The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-07-15
GUITEAU'S BODY.
Or. Lambs Special Report of the Autopsy.


copy of this weeks issue, which contains the
official report Of the post-mortom examination
of the body of Charles J. Guitcau. The rspert
is signed by ID. :. Lamb, and is dated ut the
Army Medical Museum, Washington ID. c.,
July 4, and is, in substance as follows:
BY reason of delay for which nel her nor
my assistants were responsible the exnmina--
ton was not begun until 2:;}0 y. IN. zone hour
and half after death IN cons squcnce of
which the hotograp5ing was less successful
and u cast WIS impNcticabla 2 he body
which was of Il IA Mt yclowish tint, was that
OF n man aoout five feet seven inches in
height, and weighed 1ij pounds. The ewes
were examined by DIR. Lurinp, who reported
the pup Is slightly and equally dllated: the
vitreous W"' cloudy the fundus undts-
tnguishlble; the conjunctiva of the left
eye eOngestei. He repeat the examination
two hours later and noticed an appearance as
of a transverse frncture of the lenses. A
small, white scar, directed obliqu " down
ward forward and to the left. and confined
to the scalp. was observed midway between
| the top Of the left ear and the median line Of
| the head.
| SKULL.
The right parietal bone was slightly hattened
| over space about two inches square, just
| back of the frontal paricta suture. and to the
! right of the intcrpareta there was n slight
! lattened elevation on the corresponding inter
! nal su face of the calvaria. The frontal suture
was oblit rated the others quite distinct. A
| number of pacchionian dopressions were OBJ
sinus. In thickness tho skull presented moth
! ing remarkable.
| MEMBRANES OF THE BRAIN.
The dura mater was firmly adherent to the
! anterior portion of the calvariSfn the vcin-
/ ty of tn longitudinal sinus. There were adj
| hesioaS of the durd also to the base of the
skull; they were quite firm and stu.
marked in the deeper parts of the fossfe,
where also there were small patches, alb
ruptly limited, of immOvaDle urbo ,escent con-
! gestion, with, however, no attendant thcken-
| ing or fermentation. This stagnaton was
again most marked in the left anterior and
mid 4I lp
! the dura except at the points just noted The
| dura mater and pa mater were adherent to
! each other and to the brain on both sides along
limited portion of the longitudinal assure,
| In the vic nifty of the pacchionian granula-
tons. The dura was slightly thickened along
| the longitudinal sinus. 1t was also slightly
| thickennd and opaque along a portion of the
| line OF the middle meningeal artery on each
side. The arachnoid of the upper convexity
It covered the suci small patches of
! thickening and opacity; elsewhere it
was normal; The pia mater was anem-
ic anteriorly; posterorly there was
| slight hypastasis The cerebral vessels APP
peared to be normal in all respects The or
! bital plates were well arched, and presented
many concal eminences of large size. There
! was no roughenng anywhere of the inner sur
| face of the skull. The brain was firm. Its
weight, including cerebrlm, cerebellum, ponS
and meduila, and portion of the dura was
/ forty-nine and one-half ounces. 1t was slight
/ ly hattened in the region coIrespon ling to the
/ fattenng of the parietal bone above men,
| toned. On section of the cerebrum, there
was an appearance aS of slight thinning CT
the gray cartex. The measurements taken,
however, gave depths of one-siXteenth to one
| eighth inch i'll close proximity to each 9th n.
The white substance was almost absolutely
angmic. The cerebellum and island of Reil
were both covered on each side
THE FlsSUREs.
! The fis sureS generally presented cOnsidera-
bic depth many places, as in the right tls-
sure of Roando, amounting to seven-eighths
/ OF an inch. The right assure of Sylvus was
! typical; the left was separated from the first
temporal tssure by Il slight bridge, deeply
situated. The righthssure of Rolando did not
connect with the assure of Sylvius; the left
was separated only by small bridge deeply
situated; both were separated from the longi-
tudinal assure. The first frontal tssure on the
right side was not connected with that of Ro-
lando, but the posterior part was crossed by a
secondary assure; the same on the left side,
except that the assure was crossed by small
bridge near its center. The second and third
frontal assures presented nothing remarkable.
There were numerous secondary assures.
The prsecentral and retrOcental assures on
each side were well defined, and were uncon
nected with the other assures. The inter
pareta assures on each side termi-
mated in the transverse occipital, separated
only by q slight bridge. The pareto-occiptal
was well marked on each side. The transverse
occipital assure on the right side was Hide
fined; it began on the mcdian surface, and OK
tended we outward. The first temporal ifs
| sure was well developed on the right side: on
the lefC it was not of the usual length. Wer-
nicke's assure WAS well marSed on the left
side but not continent. The electromagnetic
tisSure was double on each side, the upper OF
the two being probably the true one on the
right the upper one extended back to the am
terror margin OF the paracentral lobule; on the
left not quite so far. The lower one extended
on the right side TO a line about half an inch
which it was separated by small bridges on
the left side, also by bridge of larger size.
ORBITAL SURFACE.
On the right side were seven assures radiat
ing from the circular assure surrounding
| small isolated convolution. On the left side
were five assures radiating from small,
loft
was well defined, extending to the anterior ex-
tremity of the temporal lobe; the right was
also well marked, but did not extend SO far
| back as the other, aud there was an attempt
! at confluence anteriorly with the temporo-oc-
oipta a small bridge intervening fhe left
temporO-occ pital assure was well defined.
THE CONyOLUTIONs.
| The following alone call for remark
The ascon ling frontal was well defined on
each side. The ascending parietaI on the right
side was well developed in its lower three
fourihs, but narrowed in the upper fourth.
On the left side The narrowing was less
marked The island of Rel presented on the
right side Ave assures and six straight gyri;
ON the left side seven assures and eight
straight cyril The paracentral lobule was
left.
...I THoBAx AND ABDOMEN.
The usual median incision was made ana the
abdomen opened. There was extravasation of
blood into the right pcctoralis major muscle
near the second rib. The adipose layer of the
abdominal section was one inch in thick
ness The dome of the diaphragm extended
up'to the fourth rib on each side. There
were. Old pleurltic adhesions at the. apex
of the right lung. The upper and mid
die lobes We're congenitally united by
connective tissue. The lung was normal
throughout. There were also old pleuritic adj
hesions of the lett lung to the diaphragm and
betwe en its lobes Three small tubercle-like,
pi -mcnted patches were observed In the up
D II lobe. The heart weixh ten and three
quarter o1lnces. Its muscular substance was
apparently normal. q here was an abundance
of fat upon its anterior surface AID
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