Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-07-15
Experts on the Autopsy.

Last night couple Of medical students from
the Long Island college met at Brighton, and
after pleasant but dgnifed greeting tell into
conversation on the all-absorbing topic of the
Guiteau autopsy.
I'm not exactly satisfied with it." said one
stroking his side whiskers mot at all satisfied,
doctor, are yOu?"
Cant say that am, DOCTOR" responded the
other '1f, as they CLAIM, the right parietal
Done was slightly f1attened just back of the
frontO parietal suture. then where are you?"
Just my idea exactly, doctor You have
formulated my notion to dot. Why, sir. you
take that fact in connection with the discovery
OF number of Pacchionian depressions near the
groove Of the longitudinal SINUS and no man is
SAFE. Then they found some dua mater, clearly
showing the presence Of pus cavity. and the
probability is they were probing in an entirely
wrong direction"
THAT is the first correct diagnosis have
heard. doctor You appear to have studied the
SUBJECT deeply. But have you given any thought
TO the statement that the right fssure of Ro-
lando did not connect with the assure of
Sylvius?"
Yes, doctor, I have, ard don't believe it.
That statement has impaired my faith In the
whole autopsy. You will note that the left fis-
sure OF ROando was connected with Sylvius by q
small bridge. Very we'll Now the right and
left RinaldO were connected and SO If YOU want
to get to the Sylvius from the right Rinaldo, YOU
just go around 10y way of the left and cross the
bridge. Strikes me the connection is about as
You can expect to get it."
You are not only right. DOCTOR but the fact
that they failed to connect the pracentral and
retrocentral assures shows that the whole eX-
animation was purely superficial If you and
had been there. do you suppose the polls would
have closed before we found out why the CAL
loso marginal assure extended by to the ante
rior margin of the paracentral lobule? Well, not
much. Mary Ann!''
you bet! Say, doctor, do you make the man
out insane, or responsible for his acts?''
" Well, there's question, doctor. II your
solution of the connection between the right of
Rolando and Sylvius be correct, and the dura
mater shows the real course of the ball. the
brain would be normal. unless the bridge con-
Meeting the lett of ROlandO with Sylvius hap
pened to be opened at the time of the shoot
ing!''
:" By Jove. that's so, doctor. Do YOU know
that never occurred to me? And there's another
thing; the left of Sylvius was only separated
from the first temporal by bridge deeply stu
ated, showing conclusively that it was low
water and consequently depression of the
spirits not healthy
How it opens out to US. as we talk It over.
doctOr!" murmured the other. Ibid YOU OBJ
serve that the dura mater was firmly adherent
to the anterior portion of the calvaria in the
vicinity Of the longitudinal sinus?''
% did. and it puzzled me, DOCTOR What i'm
pOrtance do you attach to that?
"The greatest. If there was adherence, there
was not natural flow of the dura mater, which
burrOwing into the calvaria would soon destroy
all the bridges between the assures and seriously
impede the regular travel on all the trains of
thought"
$50. by Jove! These doctors over there never
appeared to have thought of that. Then you
think you detect predspostion to insanity?''
"A predispositiOn, yes; but actual. no. You
probably noticed that the Orbital plates were
well arched and there was no roughening of
the inner surface of the skull. That shows that
there was room under the arches for the brain
to work. and it had been working smoothly or
the skull would have been scratched. OF course
L am not prepared to say that Guiteau had any
such mind as you and have, but / am inclined
to hold him responsible"
81 see your point Yes, yes. You and agree
with the other doctors, though we arrive at the
same conclusion from a more satisfactory pro-
cess Of reasoning"
''That is precisely the idea. 1 thought you
were going over there, doctor"
IL did intend to, but the races came on and I
couldn't get away. Have some clans. DOCTOR"
Don't mind. See that off girl there? What
pretty foot, eh? HOw's that? Come doctOr?"