The sun., 1882-07-02
EXAMINING GUITE4U's BRAIN
Said 10 Appear Normal-Iymphe Found and
the Dura Mater Hardened.

The certificate of death which the Warden
is required, according to the terms OF the death
warrant to file with the Clerk Of the Court. re-
cites that the signers was present at the exccu-
tion OF Charles ]. Guiteau. and that he was
banged by the neck until dead. Tho jurors
were: w. s. Larner. B. p Gaines. Harry p.
Goodwin, John Coughlin s. d. Newcomb, Chas.
T. Murray. Edward Hudson. S. F. Lewis. II. l..
West. Stanley Gardner, and G.. II. Platt, Jr.
Warden Crocker said to reporter that the
manner and place OF Guiteau's burial had not
yet been determined upon. The body would
remain in the Jail over night. DIR. Hicks. who
left the Jail soon after the hanging. will return
in the morning. and then the qestiou Of inter-
ment will be settled. John Guteau. when
asked Il the relatives would not ultimately re-
What we @ viii do. for il do We we will not not be &c able
to protect, it. II the body is taken away no.
Dr. Hicks said that he did not want to say
sash a% ,Y v i !, viii Es, vii take pIsco tomorrow
At "a O'clock DR., A. Is. Loring concluded his
examination, Of the eyes Of the dead man
left eye completely sunused with blood, and
both eyes were so ,ipdistinct that no opinion
eGud og f%rmed 9MnGir h s9hndiiion or sAprfs
G Drs. b. $. Lamb J F, Hartegan,, and z. 7.
were present Dr. Bliss and his son. Drs. Noble
4obh.an Y4oSng E9Gert EIet ReybqWTnk a. A. MasRonad
Chns. II. Nichols. Surgeon General Barnes OF
the army Surgeon General Wales of the navy
Drs. W. A. Godding, 4. H.. Wilmer. and Clarke
Patterson. Coroner OF the District; c. A. kleim-
schmidt j, i. Hugner and Drs. Birdsall and
present for Il short time but left the jail before
the conclusion of the autopsy.
After the examination Of the eyes the brain
NrnG m n snh Nka.n hs,.tt.
was cut open and ~ thoropgh and complete
examination MHs made. The brain, weighed
nine ounces and was healthy. rs were all the
other internal organs. Dr., Williams who was
autopsy was held said there ere was % nothing irs so
abnormal.
evening at the Academy Medical Museum, in
Tenth street. DIR. IIartigan left the Jail soon
brain. All the physicians said that there IH were
dura mater, None of them cared TO express
shall have been completed. DIR. Bliss said that
there were many peints showing good. healthy
DR.. Hnrtigan took the brain TO the museum,
where. in the room sct apart for Photographic
rurnoses. a number OF surgeons and physicians
been the intention of the surgeons TO begin by
making plaster east of the brain, with view
Of it's confguration and external characteris-
tics, but the organ WAS found to be SO soft
and yielding as to render this impracticable
Resort was therefore had to photography. On
account OF the lGtencss Of the hour and OF q
dull and overcast sky. tho preparations were
necessarily hurried; but after the brain had
beon placed on Il mass Of curled hair. such as is
used In upholstery. and disposed in the form
il had during life. a number Of negatives were
taken OF 1t from various points Of view. with
ca examination OF the brain was then re-
sumed. This examination, which will include
Il careful microscopical study Of the tissues
and structural characteristics of the organ
will certainly not be finished before to- morrow
afternoon. and may occupy several days.
Tho surgeons and physicians who are partic-
ipatng in the autopsy have pledged them
selves not to make public in the mean time
any individual conclusions at which they may
arrive. in order that the official report when
made may, have full weight and value as rep
physicians. SO far as the results of the autopsy
can be learned tonight from the surgeons. they
are stated as follows:
The brain found TO weigh fortynine and onehalf
ounces, which is little more than the weight OF the
human brain II well formed and presented
cXtena evidence Of disease or lesion The lungs and
heart were in their normal condition but there was
Of the heart. The neck not dislOcRted
Or fractured, as the surgeons at rrst sup.
mastod muscle both sides We'll OF tie tUyro.
hyod membrane II follows therefore. that death
rctnled from snhocHtOn and not from disOCAtion uf
the spinal Nertehrr. partial examination was made
at the time the autopsy suspenied The spleen
found 10 he considerably enlarged its weight beng
teen ounces, or more than twice that OF the normal
spl,cn The other abdominal sans far as they were
lHaI nFaEn q n IA