The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-07-04
GONE TO GOD.
The Autopsy of Garfield's As
Sassin.
His Brain, Eyes, Heart and Wis
cera Under Inspection.
THE PREPARATIONS.

THE PREPARATIONS.
were Drs. ID. S. Lamb, j. +. Hartigsn, and
Il. 7. Savers In addition to these physi-
clans there were present Drs Bliss and son.
Drs. Noble, Young, Robert Reyburn. A. F.
Mcdonald, johnson Elliott, A. H. McKim.
p. j. Murphy, Charles H. Nicholas, Sur
geon-General Barnes, Of the ARMY. Surgeon
General Wales. of the navy, Dr>. VI. a.
Goddling, A. II Wilmer aud Clarke psf
tersOn, of the 81. Elizabeth ASYLUM, Dr..
ID. {. Patterson. the coroner OF me district,
Birdsall and Parish. john W. Guiteau
and Rev. Mr. Hicks were pre,en, for a
short time, but lett the Jail beior- the
turned to tie city about three oci,ck.
Giuiteau's NIX was broken. all .ha the
rope had cut deep into tn Il ->h OF the
neck. A reporter OF the Associated Press
was the only newspaper man admitted To
the chapel where the bods was being
,lissected. The chapel Is spacious apart
ment. containing only few benches and
tables. The coffin was placed on bench
and the body removed, and. after having
been stripped, was laid upon the table.
Scales and other appliances for tetermin-
ing the weight and other phenomena of diff
ferent parts OF the body were placed about
on tables. The operations of the three
surgeons engaged in the autopsy were
watched with the greatest interest bv the
other medical gentlemen who crowded
about the table.
A THOROUGH EXAMINATION
After the examination of the eyes, the
brain was removed and inspected
DR.. A. h. LOring found the left eve COM
pletelv suffused with blood. and both ewes
were SO indistinct that no opinion could be
formed OF their condition or expressed.
Then the body was cut open and
thorough examination made with the view
Of determining all the physiological facts
that could be OF interest in connection
with the case. The brain was found to be
in It's normal condition and weighed fortv-
nine ounces. The heart weighed little
over nine ounces and was in q healthy con-
ditiOn. as We're all the other internal organs
DIR. MacWilliams,9ih first physician to
leave the room where the autopsy was
held, said there was nothing sa far 5 he |
could see, about the brain that was alb |
normal. Its weight, according 20 DR.. Mac |
Williams, was 40! ounces. The general |
viscera, he said, were in a perfect condi- |
ton.
At SOD the autopsy was adjourned until |
evening. when the brain will be taken 10 |
the medical museum. at Tenth street. /
where more minute and crital eyamin.
alton will be made
The physicians were disinclined TO 90
into details In regard TO the results thus
tar reached. DR.. Hartigan left the Jail
soon after 4 o'clock, taking with him
Guiteau's brain.
DIR. Gooding. who maintained Guiteau
vas insane. said II have nothing to say
now Another physician remarked ave
are all know nothirgs" A bv-stander re-
piled. $50 the uneducated, non-expert pub
lie thought al the time of the autopsy"
All the physicians agreed there were
lvmphe in the brain and hardening oil
the dura-uia;ter. None OF them care 10
express positive opinion until after the
shall be completed.
DIR. Bliss said there were many points
showing good healthy mental and physi
cal development. DIR. HartigaR. who had
custody of Guiteaus brain. took il at i:,0
to the American Medical museum. where.
in room set apart for Photographic pur-
poses, number OF surgeons and physicians
had assembled TO continue the autopsy
Among those presen: were Drs. Nichols
and Mcdonald, of New York. and DIS
Lamb Loring Powers, Reyburn. Elliott
and Godding. of Washington The direc-
ton of operations was by unanimous con.
sent given to DR.. Lamb
THE BRAIN.
1t has been the intention of the surgeons
to begin by making plaster cast OF the
brain with view to its permanent preser-
walton in that form of its cOnfiguration
and external characteristics. but the organ
was so soft and yielding as to render this
A resort was therefore had
to photography.
On account nf the lateness of the hour.
and of the dull and heavy overcast sky,
the preparations were necessarily hurried.
but. after placing the brain In a mass of
curled hair, such a that used in uphols-
tering, and disposing it in the form which
il had during life a number of negatives
were taken of ii from various points of
view, with more or less successful results.
The anatomical examination of the
brain was then resumed. This examina-
ton, which will include a careful miscros.
copicai study of the tissues and structural
characteristics of the organs, will not GER
tainly be finished before tomorrow after
noon, and may occupy several days.
The surgeonf and physicians who are
in the autopsy, have pledged
themselves not to make public, in the
any individual conclusion at
which they may arrive, in order that the
official report when made may have full
weight ana value as representing the con-