The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-07-13
The Autopsy.
THE PHYSICIANS REPORT

New YORK. July 6.-The Medical Ners, Philadel-
phia, furnishes the Western Associated Press with
advance copy of this weeks issue, which contains
the official report of the post stmortem examination of
the body of Charles J. Gueau The report is signed
by ID. s. Lamb, and dated Army Medical Museum,
Washington. July 4.-The Official RepOrt.-By rea-
son of delay, for which neither my assistants
were responsible. the examination was not begun un-
til 230 NJ, one lOur aud half after death, in
sequence of which, phOtographing was less success
full and n cast was impractieable. The body, which
of faint yellOwish tint, was that of man
about five feet seven inches in height, and weig he'd
l45 pounds. The eyes were examined by DIR. Lor-
ing. who reported the pupils slightly and equally
dated; yitrous was cloudy and fundus indstiii-
guishable couunetiva of the left eye eongested
He repeated the examination two hours later, and
noted the appearance of transverse fracture of the
lenses. small white scar directed obliquely down
wards forward and to the left, and confined to the
scalp, was observed. midway between the top of the
left and the medan line Of the head (skull Tho
right parietal bone was slightly fattened over
the space fabOu two inches just back of the from
tai paretal suture and to the right of the pterpare
tai There was slight hattened elevation in the
corresponding internal surface of the calvara- The
frontal suture obltersted; the other quite dis
tinct number of pacchionian depressions were OBJ
served near groove for longitudinal sinus In thick
meas the skull presented nothing remarkable. The
membranes of the brain, the dura mater. was firmly
adherent to the interior portion of the calvaria,
in the Vicinity of the longitudinal sinus. There
sdhesions of the dura also to the base Of the
skull They were quite firm, and situated in the
several fass9 and most marked in the deeper parts
of the fasss. where ALSO there were small patches
abruptly limited, of imnoyable aborescent eonges-
tion, with. however, attendant thickcning pi-
gamentation. This stagnaton again most mark
ed in the left anterior and middle fassr. There WAS
no congestion dGra except at the points just noted
The dura and piamnter were sdherent to each 9th
er, and to the brain on both sides, along limited
portion of longitudinal fssure in the vicinity of the
pacchionian granulatiOns. The dura slightly
thickened along the longitudinal sinus 1t also
slightly thickened and opaqne along portion of the
line of the middle meningeal artery, each side.
The arachnnid of the upper conventty of tho brain
freaR cd in m " her IN he
lci small patches OF thiekening and opacity: else
where it normal. The piamater was snRmic
anterory. Posterially there slight bypantases.
The cerebral vessels appeared to be normal in all
respects The obtual plates were well arched and
presented many conical emnenees of large size.
There was no rOughcning anywhere of the inner
surface of the skull The brain firm. Its weight,
including cerebrum, eerebellum, pans and medulla.
and portion Of the dura. was 49, ounces. 1t was
slightly attencd in the region corresponding to the
fattening of the parictal bone above mentioned On
the section of the eerebrum, there was appear
ance Of slight thinning of the gray eortex The
measurements taken, however, gave depth of one
sixteenth to one-eishth inch in close proximity to
each other. The white substance almost abso-
lutely anRmc. The eerebellum and island of reil
were both covered each side the assures The fs
sure generally presented considerable depth, in
many places, In the right hssure of rolandO,
amounting To seveneighths of an inch. The right s
sure of syvius typical; the left was separated
from first temporal ssure, by slight bridge deeply
situated: the right fssure of the rolando did not con
meet with the ssure of sylvius the left separa
ted only by small bridge, deeply situated. Both
were separated from the longitudinal issure. The
first frontal ssure the right side not connec
ted with that of roandO but at the posteriOr part
was crossed by the secondary fssure- The same on
the left side except that the issure crossed by
q small bridge near the centre. The second and |
third frontal assures presented nothing remarkable
There were numerous secondary assures. The pre- |
central and rctroccnal fsslres on each side were |
well defined. and were unconuected with other Ms |
sures. The interparietal fssure ON each side terIn
mated in traverse Occipital, separated only by /
slight bridge The parieto occipital was well marked
on each side. The traverse oeeiptai hssnre on the
right side, was illdefned. Ii began ON the median |
surface and extended well Outwars. The first tem-
poral tissure well developed on the right side.
On the left il was not of the usual length. The
nckes fissure was well marked on the left side. but
not confiuent. The caosso marginal fssure vas
double on either side, the upper Of the two being
probably the true On the right the upper
extended back to the anterior margin of the para
central lobule the left not quite far. The low
extended the right side to line about half
inch in front of the parieO occiptal ssure, from
which il separated by a small bridge the left
side, also by bridge of large size, Orbital surface
On the right side were seven fssnres, radiatRg from
circular fissure surrounding small isolated convO
luton. On the left side five assures, radiatIng
from small shallow depression. The left collat-
sral fissure well defined extending to the anter
Or extremity of tho temporal lobe. The right was
also well marked. but did not extend far back
the other and there was attempt at confluence an
erioriy with temporo occipital, small bridge in
The left temporo occipital fssure was
we'll defined. The following alone calls for remark:
The ascending frontal well defined on each
sue. ihe scending parlctal an the rignt was
we'll developed in its lower three-fourths, but
owed in the upper fourth. On the left side the
owing was less marked. The island is real presen-
ed on the right side, five assures and six straight
,yri; the left side, tissues and eight straight
yyri. The paracentral lobule was well marked on
he right side, small on the left.
THoRAx AND ABDOMEN
The usual indian incsion was made, and the ad-
lomen opened. There was extravasation of blood
nto the right pectoralis major mnsce, the sec
md rib. The sdipose layer of the abdominal sec
isn one inch in thickness The dome Of the din
'hragm extended up to the fourth rib each side
he right lung; upper and middle lobes were eongen-
tally united by connective tissue. The lung was
ornal throughout There also old pleuritic
dbesions of the left lung to the diaphragm. and be-
ween is lobes three small tubercle-like pigmented
atches were observed in the upper lobe. The heart
Teighed l0s ounces. Its muscular substance was
pparently normal There abundance Of fat
pon its anterior surface and . vious patch of old
the apex of the left ventrcle The
light ventrcle contained little blood, just forming
lot. Ths valves were normal The aorta vas
lightly athermotaous for short distance above the
alves All of the abdominal viscera presented large
offat They were normal The liver {
ras congested. The gall bladder contained . little
lie. The spleen was lobulated and enlarged IL
Teighed eighteen ounces; capsule was bluish, sub
lance brown; The malpighian bodies hypertroPhoid
he pan creas normal The stomach contained .
BOD. The intestines appeared normal They were :
OF opened. The kidneys were not congested. There
as small superficial serus cyst on the right one.
NOTES.
l. A considerable quantity of dark blood out =
the heart, in separation of the heart and lungs
2. DR.. Young states that the man was subject to .
alarial attacks while in jail.
3 He had eaten dinner about an hour and n half z