Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-07-07
THE AUTOPSY.
The OSacial Report or Dr. Lamb.


NEw YoRE, July 6-The Medical News,
OF Philadelphia, furnishes the Associated
Press with an advance copy of this weeks
issue, which contains the official report of
the post mortem examination Of the
body of Charles J. Guiteau. The re.
port is signed by u. g. Lamb, and dated
Army Medical Medica, Museum.
WASHINGTON, July 4,-The official report
Ss: By reason of the delay for which
nerker / nor my assistants were responsi.
PIE, discrimination was not begun until
H:So p. hone hour and half after death,
IN conseqs2ce Of which protographing was
less successts and cast was impractica-
The body, WIN, was Of faint yellowish
tint, was that Oh Aman about five feet
hundred and forty-hveS Wounds Ths awas
were examined by DIR. LdSnc rbo rsno,,'
ed the pupils slightly and NSsliy diIstad
Vitreous was cloudy and fund.- indist;n.
guishable. The conjunctiya o. tba iaf,
eye was congested. He repeated n ersm.
ination two hours later, and notice&S, =, sn.
pearance as OF transverse fracture ofSke
lenses. A small white scar, obliN
ly downward, forwards and b,
the left and confined to
the scalp, wss observed, midway between
of the head. In the skull, the right parei-
tai bone was slightly fattened over q
space OF about two inches square, just back
OF the fronto parietal suture, and to the
right OF the interparietal. There was
slight fattened elevation on the CORE
spending internal surface OF the calyoriax.
The membranes OF the brain, the dura
mater was firmly adherent to the anterior
portion OF the calvaria in the vicinity OF
the longitudinal sinus.
There was no congestion OF the dura ex.
cept at the points just noted. The dura
was slightly thickened along the Longitude.
nal sinus. 1t was also slightly thickened
and Opaque along that portion OF the line
OF the middle miningeal artery on each
side.
The cerebral vessels appeared TO be
normal in all respects.
The orhitsl plates were we'll arched. The
brain was firm. The weight, including the
cerebrum, cerebellum, pons and medulla
and portion OF the dura, was 491i ounces.
1t was slightly flattened in the region cor
to fattening Of the parie.al bone
above mentioned. On the section of the
cerebrum, there was an appearance as Of
slight thinning of the gray cortex.
The measurements taken gave the depths
of ore-sixteenth to one-eighth inchin close
proximity 70 each other. The cerebellum
cular substance was apparently normal.
There was an abundance OF fat upon its In.
terror surface, and a villous patch o. old
near the apex OF the LETT ven
tricle. The right ventricie contained Q
little blood Just forming into clot. The
valves were normal.
All the abdominal viscera presented
large accumulations Of fat. They were
normally situated. The liver was congested.
The gall bladder contained a little bile.
The spleen was lobulated and enlarged. 1t
weighed eighteen ounces. The capsule Was
blush, and the substance brown. The
stomach contained food. The intestines
appeared normal, and were not opened.
The kidneys were congested. There was
small superficial serous cyst on the right
one. ..
Notes.
First-A considerable quantity OF dark
blood ran out 81 the heart In the separation
of the heart and lungs.
Second-Br. Young states the man was
subject to maarial attacks while In Jail.
Third-He had eaten DINNER about an
hour and half before the execution.