The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1882-07-06

| appear that their diagnosis differed materially
| from that made by those who first came in
contact with the wounded man. The medical
| treatment OF the case was generally approved
by the profession, but its surgical treatment
WAS subjected to searching and in many quar-
tiers adverse criticism. 1t is not clear, howey-
er, that had the diagnosis been correct and the
surgery different a different result would have
ensueu. The wound, it is true, received no
treatment at all. but so deep did it lie, and
such delicate and tender organs were affected
| by it, that it is doubtful whether holder treat
ment would not have made the Presidents
death speedier.
The period succeeding the assassination will
| long be remembered.
| For two months and half the people of the
| whole rountry we're in suspense, fearing re-
suit which was to be deprecated both for the
personal loss 1t involved for the novel politi-
| cal questions it would raise, and the changes
| IN the Administration it would OCCASION
| Three times day and sometimes oftener dur
ing those seventy-nne. days bulletins were sent
out from Washington by the Presidents sur
| geons, and read with intense interest through
out the United States. A proposition being
made in New York to raise $250,OOO, to be in,
vested tor Mrs. Garfeld's benefit, in case Of
her husbands death, such was the interest ia
ken In the matter by persons living in all parts
OF the Union that fund was contributed prior
| to his death which, when added to the amount
raised AFTER that event, aggregated 1855 ,0O0-
The ruler OF every civilized country in the
world sent messages of sympathy to the White
House, and In marked and special manner
queen Victoria voiced the sentiments of warm
interest IN the recovery of the President felt
by the English people.
FROM WASHINGTON TO LONG BRANCH.
Up to July 18th the bulletins issued from
the sick room were reassuring. After that date
| reports were conflicting until the 23d. when
unmistakable symptoms of blood poisoning
manifested themselves. Public excitement
become intense. The event gave occasion to
the memorable journey of the consulting sur.
geons in special train from Jersey City to
Washington,a distance of230 miles, in hours
and 30 minutes. Surgical operations on the
gath and again on the 9Th of August gave vent
to accumulated pus and secured temporary
| abatement of symptoms which had become
alarming. The knowledge gained by the pub
lie on the goth that the physicians were using
drainage tube, which penetrated the suppos-
ed wound to depth Oftwelve inches, robbed
many minds of hope of a favorable result, and
when on the 9th of September, the President
was conveyed to Elberon, near Long Branch.
tor change OF air and scene few of those who
were acquainted with his condition consider
miles was made in 81 hours, and but slightly
aggravated the sufferers condition. For the
arst few days considerable benefit was thought
to be observed in consequence of the change
But all favorable indications were ilusive.-
The President was suffering from py@mia, a
condition of the blood rarely permitting recov-
cry. Bed-sores and malignant ulcers on vari-
GUS parts of the body showed how nearly he
was within the grasp of death. When in
health vigorous man, weighing over two
hundred pounds, President Garfield had now
wasted away to mere skeleton, and the vari-
GUS painful ailments which from time to time
developed themselves all pointed to one inevi-
table result. The hope of benefit to be deriv-
ed from the sight of the sea and from its in
MIGRATING breezes vanished
THE LAST STAGES DEATH
The last stages were marked by delirium
and suspension OF the power of the alimentary
organs to assimulate food, even under stimu-
lation. Just before Top. m. fSeptember 10Th
the worn sufferer fell into a1!Asy slumber.- II
Fifteen minutes afterwards be awoke and COM
planned OF severe pain in the region OF the
heart. twenty minutes more of life, with
acute suffering, and the President of the Uni
ted States was dead. Electricity flashed the
news to all quarters of the globe
THE AUTOPSY
Inc autopsy showed that the ball fired by |
Guiteau, after fracturing the right eleventh |
RIB, had passed through the spinal column in |
front of the spinal canal, tracturing the BODY
of the first lumbar vertebr@, driving num- |
bel OF small fragments of bone into the ad- |
jacent soft parts, and lodging below the pan
cras, two inches and a half to the left of the |
spine and behind the peritoneum, where it |
became completely encysted.
THE FUNERAL.
On the 21st of September the President was
brought with much funeral pomp from the |
Francklyn Cottage, in which he died. to |
Washington. Every city in the Union showed |
Its grief with appropriate signs of mourning.
The Presidents body was laid in state in the
Capitol, and funeral services took place there
on Friday, September 23d. The remains were
then taken to Cleveland, Ohio, where they
were Inferred with appropriate ceremonies on |
the 10Th OF Observation-Disclosures Sun.