The Evening critic., 1882-07-07
GUITEAulS BRAIN.

Br. Lambs Report of the Result of
the Autopsy-No Evidence OF Hn-
snntiy-Thc tssnssiu's SiseIetOn-N
Wni Soon he ArticuIntcd-SOnie
Talks with Guitcau.
II now looks as though what at first throat
enod TO DO medical cyclone over Cult eau's
cadaver Will simmer down and do out like
spring zephyr. Tho nature of tho s1uabble
was.so disgusting that It is probable tho an.
tngonlstlc NJ. DIS have decided to smoke tho
pipe Of peace and let the boiling down pro.
cess proceed without ''more ado" II is Ger.
tainly hoped that such Is the case.
DIR. Lamb Stated
TO critic reporter this morning that tho orig.
lnal notes, Of which there are four copies, are
distributed as follows Dr.. Morton, editor OF
tho NBtdl JoNIndl, New York, has one copy;
DR.. Mills, OF Philadelphia, has another, ana
tho other two copies IRE ON file In tho Medical
Museum.
"Tho notes were takon," said DR.. Lamb, 'sby
Drs. kleinschmidt and Patterson, jr. Dr..
Murphy also took some notes"
"Did not Doctors Sewers and Hartigan take
notes Z" asked the reporter.
"They did not, 10 tho best OF my recollec.
not seen them"
"They have asked for notes." replied the re.
porter; (which notes do they refer TO 2"
-, VI DO not know" replied the doctor, sunless
Tho case in which
GuIteau's Skeleton
will be displayed has been completed and Is
now In entire readiness to receive what Is left
OF the assasslOn. II is not known yet In which
part OF tho building 1t VIII BIO located, as tho
utmost secrecy, as In Booths case, Will DO
maintained for some time, to thwart body.
snntchors ana skeletOn.grabbers, who are care.
fully watching tho museum.
The process by which Guiteau's "stlir " was
cleaned and prepared for wiring, is rs follows;
"a m lYI N aaNu IL. .
decomposition, II was placed In n vat and cold
water turned on, which caused most OF tho
flesh TO drop from the bones; afterward n fro
was kindled under tho vat ana the body boiled
vigorously for some time. Tho water was
then drained on ana the flesh, which sank to a
soiyc' bottom, was worked through tho selyo
with sticks prepared for the purpose. Tho
bones, which had separated, were then taken
from the bottom, dried aud cleaned by
chemical process. Tho wiring operation,
which requires several weeks, Is now In pro.
gress.
DIR. lambs Report of the Autopsy.
Tho report OF the autopsy upon the body of
Guiteau, signed by Dr. d. s. Lamb, was pub
llshed to-day In tho Medical Negs of Philadol-
phia. The examination was conducted by DR..
Lamb, assisted by Drs. Hurtigan and Sewers
and Mr.. schafhirt, ana as near as possible In
the order PROPOSED. Drs. Klelnschmidt, Pat
terson and others took notes, and Mr., Charles
Thought, Of the Museum, the photograph,
BY reasons OF delays, the examination was
not begun until an hour and a-half after
death, in consequence of which tho photo.
graphing was less successful and n cast was
lmpracticable. Tho eyes were examined by
Dr. Loring, who reported that tho pupils werc
slightly and equally dilated; tho vltreous was
cloudy, and the fundus indlstlngulshable.
The contunctiya OF the left eye was congested.
He repeated the examination two hours later,
and noticed an appearance as OF transverse
fracture OF tho lenses. small white scar,
directed obllquely downward, forward and 10
the left, ana confined to tho scalp, was OBJ
served midway between the top OF the left ear
and the median line OF tho head.
There was yellowish furrow, a few lines In
width, extending around the neck IN dircc.
ton downward and forward In line OF rope.
on dissection, tho sterno.cleido. mastold
muscles were found to be torn In two, about
halfway between their points of origin and
insertion. The thyro.hyoid ligament was also
ruptured, and the hyOid bono and thyroid
cartilage widely separated. The largo blood
vessels were not injured; neither was there
fracture nor discoloration of tho vcrtebrp.
SAuR-The right parietal bone was slightly
1lattened over space about two inches square,
Just back of the ronto.pari etal suture aud to
right of the inter-parietai. There was n slight
nattened elevation on the corresponding inter.
nal surface of the calvaria The frontal SUI
ture was oblitevated, the others quite distinct.
number OF pacchionian deprcssions were OBJ.
served near the groove for the longitudinal
sinus. In thickness the skull presented moth.
Ing remarkable.
MtmJraaeS Of he Brdin-The dura mater was
firmly adhorent 10 the anterior portion of the
calvaria, In the vicinity OF tho longitudinal
sinus. There were adhesions of the dura also
TO the base OF tho skull. They were quite
nm, and situated in several rossfc, whore u SO
there were small patches, abruptly limited, of
immovablo arborescent congestion, with, how
ever, no attendant thickening or pigmenta-
tion. This sta6nation was again most marked
In the left anterior and middle iossp. There
was no congestion OF the dura, except at tho
point Just noted. Tho dura and pia mater
were adhercnt to each other and to the brain
on both sides along limited portion of the
longitudinal assure, In the vicinity OF the pac.
chionian granulatlons. The dura was slightly
thickened along tho longitudinal sinus. 1t
was also slightly thickened and Opaque along
Portion of the line Of the middle meningeal
artery on each side.
brain presented In many places whore 1t COW
erod the sulci small patches of thlckenlng
and opacity Elsewhere It was normal The
pia mater was anGmic anteriorly: posteriorly
there was slight hypostasis. The cerebral
vessels appeared to be normal In all respects.
The orbital plates wero we'll arched, and pre-
sentcd many conical eminences of large size
There was no roughening anywhere Of the
inner surface OF the skull.
The brain was firm. Its weight, including
the cerebrum, cerebellum, pons and medulla
and n portion of tho dura, was 19H ounces. II
was slightly ilattened In the region CORE
spending to tho fattcning of the parental
bone above mentioned. On section OF the cer-
cbrum there was an appearance as of slight
thinning of the gray corteX. The measure.
ments taken, however, gave depths of one.
sixteenth 10 one eighth inches in close proX.
ity to each other. The white substance was
almost absolutely anpmic. Tho cerebellum
and island OF reil We're both covered on each
side.
The organs OF the body wore normal.
No Evidence Of Insanity.
The Medical Netcs to-day has the following
editorial: "lncreasing experience, clerical OBJ.
seryation and experiment tend to show that
minute alterations In tho cortex suf1lce to pro-
duce extreme mental arrangement when OK
tensiye coarse LESSONS In the other parts OF the
brain have little influence on tho operations
OF the mind. 1t is probable, indeed, that nero
molecular changes in the gray matter OF the
mental sphere may much AFFECT Its functions.
SO much uncertainty attends the demonstration
OF these minute changes that there IL a growing
distrust regarding the genuineness OF many
observations. Post.mortem changes take place
with such rapidity, the preparation OF sections
Tor Inc microscope so mobiles the structure
and so high Is tho skill necessary to produce
good results, that structural alterations not
demonstrable by coarser means, are looked
upon with the same uncertainty, II not with
suspicion and distrust. Hyperplasla OF the
delicate neuralgia, granular clouding OF the
cells amyloid bodies &c., II alone discovered,
and not accompanied by other distinctive
evidences of pathological change, Will hardly
be considered TO prove In any doubtful case
the existence OF insanity.
applying these principles to the demon.
siration OF Guiteau's morbid cerebral anatomy,
II must appear from tho report OF the autopsy
that those psychiatrists who expected TO
demonstrate the assassin's criminal lrrespon-
sibility by tho changes in his brain will have
rather dinicult task. II they expected to
IND deviations from the normal typo OF brain
gifts, dilatation OF tho yentricles, atherO.
matous degeneration OF the vessels, dilata.
ton, fatty degeneration, amyloid
change, Sc, or tho perlyascular lymph