The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-24

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Then the popular idea is not corrrect?'
Not exactly"
Judge Lewis closely cross-examined DIR.
GAYLORD on the question whether antiSep-
tics were used TO prevent Inflammation.
The doctor explained that re-
suited from bacteria entering the wound
and that antisepticS were used TO kill these
germs. Judge Lewis tried TO get DR.. Gay
lord TO say that antiseptics We're used TO
prevent Inflammation, but he declined TO
admit il.
on redirect examination DR.. Gaylord ex-
planned that Inflammation il a popular
term which il applied 10 changes III the
tissues. and antiseptics are applied - pre-
vent these changes in the tissues. which
are broken by the entrance of organisms.
The cause of the breaking down Of the
mats OF the pancreas in the first place was
the Injuries produced. and secondly the
escape of the secretion in the panCreas.
The function of the pancreas is TO secrete
a fiuid which passes out into the stomach
and intestines for aid in digestion.
THE FIRST OPERATION.
DR.. Herman Mynter was the next witness.
District Attorney Penny questioned him
closely regarding the operation performed
on President Mckinley at the exposition
hospital Immediately after the shooting.
DIR. Mynter said the surgeons found the
bullet wound i'm the left upper side of the
abdominal cavity. The President agreed 10
an operation at once. which was absolutely
necessary 10 save his life. DIR. Mann was
selected. with DIR. MNnter, to perform the
operation. The abdomen was opened. IL
was difficult to get at the wound in the
back of the stomach. The stomach was
turned over and a bullet hole was found i'm
the back of that organ. They could not
follow the further course of the bullet.
and as the Presidents temperature was
rising il was agreed by the physicians
present that no further search for il was
advisable at that time. The stomach was
replaced and the opening closed with
on the advice of the physicians the
President was removed TO Mr.. Milburn's
house. DIR. Mynter then described the
I,eriOd Of favorable symptoms shown by the
patient. his relapse and death. DIR. Myn-
ter gave the names of all the doctors who
were associated with him i'm the case and
described the result of the autopsy. say
ing that it proved. first, that there was no
inflammation of the bowels; second, that
there was no injury to the heart; third,
that there was a Sunshot wound in the
stomach and that there was a gangren-
Gus spot back Of the stomach as large as a
silver dollar.
What was the cause of death?' asked
Mr.. Penny.
THE cause was blood poisoning from the
absorption of poisonous matter caused by
the gangrene. Primarily it was the gun
shot wound"
Cross-examination by Mr.. Titus was di-
rected to the possible presence of microbes
in the intestines. Have you any idea
that there may nave been microbes in the
intestines of the PRESIDENT"
"Oh, yes" was the reply. You have
them. and so have l."
was the pdncredS broken! asked Judge
TitSs,
How could the fluid escape from the
organ if il was not punCtured2"
by deterioration of the tissues sur
rounding it,
What caused the infection of the
81 wish you would tell me-" replied the
doctor.
Mr.. Titus explained that he was not criti-
cising the witness. but was questioning him
as an expert. DR.. Mynter explained that
this was a question that could not be de-
termined until the results of the bac-
THEOLOGICAL examination now in progress
were made known.
WHAT THE AUTOPSY SHOWED.
How far, as you traced the line of this
bullet. did this gangrenous substance ex-
ist?' was asked by Mr.. Titus.
1T existed along the whole track, as well
AS L could find out"
why did you not continue and locate
the bullet when you made the autopsy?'
Il did not make the autopsy
You were present and were consulted?'
Yes; DR.. GAYLORD performed il. The
tried for four hours to locate the bullet"
Why did they stop them
The family of the President would not
allow them TO continue any longeB or to
inJure the corpse any more. They would
not permit anything to be removed from
Would the X-ray have shown you the
injuries of the path of the wound?"
mot at all. IL would nave simply nave
shown where the bullet was 1t would not
have shown the position of the injured
tissues in the slightest
What was the cause of death?'
The bullet wound that passed through
both walls of the stomach and lodged in
the muscles of the back
District Attorney Penny asked in redi-
rect examination: THE X-ray would have
disclosed the location of the bullet if it had
been near the surface
Yes. or deeper, for that natter the
witness replied.
DIR. Matthew d.. Mann. another of the
physicians who attended President Nc
over the ground covered by DR.. Mynter and
described the operation performed at the
Exposition Hospital.
ITO find the track of the bullet back OF
the stomach" DR.. Mann explained. lit
would have been necessary TO remove the
bowels from the abdominal cavity. The
resulted fatally. as the President already
had grown very weak as a result of the
first operation"
Were you present at the autopsy?"
Yes"
TEL us what you found"
Raising the stomach we found a large
cavity, the walls of which showed evidence
OF ganGrene. In the cavity we saw a guam
tity of pancreal fluid. The tissues sur
rounding it, covering a space as large as a
silver dollar, were Affected
What caused Mr.. McKinley's death p
asked District Attorney Penny.
THE gunshot wound in the stomach, re-
sulting from the bullet that passed through
both walls of that organ and lodged In the
muscles of the back
DIR. Mann's testimony was not concluded
at the hour set for adjournment. Justice
White addressed the jurors, giving them
the usual formal instructions as to talking
about the case among themselves or allow
ing others 10 talk to them about it. Juror
Richard j. Garwood asked the court to
permit an officer to go with him to his
place of business so as to prevent persons
from talking about the matter I'm his pres
ence, but the court declared that this was
unnecessary, although the police would. he
possible.
Court adjourned at 4OS till tomorrow
morning.