Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-07-07
THE GUITEAU AUTOPSY.


| this city, and sent by him for publication I'm .
| medical paper in Philadelphia, states that ''prc-
| y1Ous to the examination it was agreed between
| Rev. DR.. Hicks and the United States district at
torney, George. B. Corkhil, that the charge OF the
removal, preservation and disposition OF the brain
| should be vested Jointly In Drs- Lamb, Sewers
| and Hartigan, and that the microscopical eXami-
| nation should be made by parties to be selected
| oy the gentlemen making the agreement. The
examination was then conducted by me, assisted
| oy DTS Hartigan and Sewers and Mr.. Schafhirt.
| ana as near as possible In the order proposed
DIS Klcnschnidt, Patterson and others took
notes, and Mr. Charles Throught, OF the museum,
| the photographs.
There was a yellowish furrow, a few lines IN
! width, extending around the neck in direction
| doWnWards and forwards In line OF rope. On dis
sectlon the sterno-cleido-maStoid muscles were
| found to be torn in two about halfway between
| their points of origin and insertion. The thyro-
| bone and thyroid cartilage widely separated.
| Ihe large blocdveSSelS were not injured, neither.
was was there fracture nor disocation of the verte-
| SSA-The right parytal bone was slightly fiat
| tened over space about two inches square, just
back OF the frontoparetal suture and to the right
| OF the iGterparetal; there was Slight fattened
ecVation on the corresponding internal surface OF
the M caivara. The frontal suture was obllterated,
| the others quite distinct A number Of pacchiOn-
Ian depressfons were observed near the groove for
the longitudinal sinus In thickness the skull
presented nothing remarkable.
| Mrnt0TGhes OF the BrGtn.-The dura mater was
firmly adherent to the anterior portion of the
|
Ihere were adhesions of the dura also t0the base
or the skull; they were quite firm and situated in
the several fossae, where also there were small
patches. abruptly limited, OF immovable arbores-
| cent congestion, with, however, no attendant
thickenng or plemeutation; this stogndtion was
again most marked in the left anterior and middle
! fossae. There was no congestion or the dura
| except at the points just noted. The cerebal
vessels appeared to be normal in all respects.
| Ihe brdtn Was firm. It's weight including the
cereDrull, ei, cerebellum, pons and meduila, and a
p.,ltl p0dtlon OF tne dura, vas 494 ounces. 1t was
| the 1latten1ng OF the parietat bone above men
TONED On section OF the cerebrum there was
| an appearance as Of Slight thinning OF the gray
! corteN; me measurements taken, however, gave
depths OF Lie to q inch in close proximity to each
other The white substance was almost absolute
| ~ anemlc. The cerebeilum and island OF reil were
both coteled on each side. The assures generally
presented considerable depth; In many places,
an inch. The right fssure OF sylvius was typical;
the LETT was separated-from the first TEMPORAL lis
sure by Slight bridge deeply situated There
| were numerous secondary assures. On the
| right side were seven fiSsures, rudiiting irc!n a
circular iSsure surrounding a smell isolated
| conVOut10n; on the LEFT side were ftTa nsSureS
radl ltinS from small, shallow deprcss.5a.
| me ConroluionS.-In regard to Tie az! yaiGtions
the following alone cah for remark: Tie - t ling
frontal was well defined on each SD The as
! cendlng paTletal on the right side WAS well de-
| veloped in Its lower three-fourtEs, bur narrowed
In the upper fourth. On the lert siie tha narrow
ing was less marked. The island OF rril presented
on the right side five assures and < straight
gyri: on the left side, seven tissuras aill Ci.ft
Stfalgnt gyrl. The paracentral lODulc W..S well
marked on the right side, small on the let.
A6domt1at Fiscefa.-The liver was corsestci; /;
the gall bladder contained little bile; the spleen
was lobulated and enlarged it weighed eigit,en
ounces; ounces; the capsule was blush, the substance
prov d, the malpighian bodies hypertrophed; Or.
10ung states that the man was subject TO lnl-
/ laTlal attacks while in jaL)
The result OF the microscopic examination VIII
| be reported hereafter.
| THE "MEDICAL NEWS" ON THE AUTOPSY
The Medical Ne,rS says in its editorial upon the
report, that increasing experience clinical obser-
vatlons and experiment tend to show that minute
aIteratlons aI IN the cortex suffice to produce
IRENE IRENE mental arrangement. when extensive
coarse LESSONS in the other parts OF the brain have
| little influence on the operation of the mind. It
| Is probable, indeed, that mere molecular changes
IN the gray matter OF the mental sphere may
| much effect its functions. So much uncertainty
attends the demonstration OF these minute
| changes that there Is growing diStrust regard
| ing the genuneneSS OF many observations. ADply-
| Ing these principles to the demonstration OF
| Gulteaus morbid cerebral anatomy, it must
appear from the report Of the autopsy that these
| psycheatrists, who expected to demonstrate the
assassin's criminal irresponslbfty by the changes
Some devtatons from typically normal brain are
referred to in the report, but they have abso-
lutely no signification from the point of view of
mental arrangement 1t may be affirmed OF
Guiteaus brain that it presented as little evidence
OF pathological change as the brain OF any one OF
his age dying OF some other than cerebral disease
| What may be disclosed on microscopic lnyestjea-
ton which is yet to be made, remains to be seen.
DIR. KLEINSCHMIDT
writes 10 morning paper to say that stthe notes
taken at the autopsy were taken by the following:
Dr. Morton, OF New York, for his own use In his
journal OF Mental Diseases; DIR. P. j. Murphy, OF
the Columbia Hospital; DR.. Patterson, jr, OF the
st. Elizabeth, and the writer. These three sets
@ reports npon s Sysr G aoe p kehsr k and p
Lamp nor Dr. Sewers, nor Dr. Hartigan took notes
me last TWO assisted Or. Lamb in the work OF the
autopsy. Hence, it follows that their notes could
not have been given to DR.. Lamb afterwards or
course DR.. Lamb could not produce what did not
for ~
original notes by whOmsoever written. They were
lying upon the table in full view OF the gentle
men,"
DRs. HARTIGAN AND Sewers
will at once begin the preparation OF their report
OF the autopsy now that they have obtained the
necessary data from DR.. Lambs REPORT They both
say that DR.. Lambs report is full OF inaccuracies
and mlsstatements, some of which they pointed
out to the author before he had it printed. 1t is
not their intention to decide in their report upon
the sanity or insanity OF the deceased : but to
simply give the facts disclosed by the autopsy.
and leave to others whatever fnferences and con,
clusionS these facts may justify.
Dr. kleinSchmidt'S statement in morning na-
per IS denied by DR.. Sowers who says that Dr.
Hartlgan took notes OF the autopsy and very full
ones These notes are in the possession of DR.
Lamb who refused to give them up. AS stated In
topsy gives no facts which were not already known
to the public, and the report is regarded as of
is attached to the result of the microscopical ex
ANIMATION OF the brain, which has not yet been
completed.
DIR. D. C. PATTERSON
writes to say that he had nothing whatever to do
with the autopsy OF Guiteau except as locker on;
that he did not make notes in the case.
GUITRAU'S WILL
Rev. DR.. Hicks to-day filed the memorandum or
will OF Chas. j. Guiteau, who was executed on
Friday last with the register OF wills. Guteau's
book, "The Truth and the Removal" which was
on sale, has been withdrawn from the book stores
The Autopsy Row.
WHAT DR. HICKS SAYS ABOUT IT.
The New York Herald, OF to-day, says that the
doctors had row over the body of Guiteau before
the autopsy was begun. Rev. DR.. Hicks is re-
ported as saying: ''There stood Dr. Lamb, whom
had selected to make the autopsy, with knife iu
hand waiting until some question could be settled
at once made known my desire to have the au-
tOpSy proceed but that such wrangle was out OF
place and must be ended at once, else the physi-
clans would not be allowed to witness the autopsy
repeat that / authorized DIR. Lamb to make the
autopsy and furnish the report in the case be.
cause believed he would act fairly and Justly
subsequently thought detected something
wrong in the matter, and I accordingly sent
word to DR.. Lamb to make as thorough
and exhaustive examination as he desired.
He has made satisfactory report, and know
this has been made from original notes which
have read 1t has been said that wanted Dr.