Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-10-24
SURGEONS REPORT
Complete and Official Account of
the Operation and Care
of Mckinley.
CONSULTAN7S WERE AGREED
Further Search For the Bullet Would
Have Caused Death on the Operat-
ing Table Sur There Was no In
jury From Premature Giving
of Solid Food.

New York. oct. 17.-Thc New York Med
zeal Journal for Saturday, October ~. viii
contain the fun official report of the STR
icons who attended the late Pre- s!dcut Nj
kinlcy in Buffalo. The report contains NJ
wards of 15.000 words and constitutes tn
official record of the ctse. The report i.
signed 10y Doctors l.. NJ. i,ixey. Hush l..
Mann. Herman Myntcr. Roswell Park. Eli
gene Wasdin, Charles McBurneyHnd Chae.
c.. Stockton. as members of the mcuicdl
stan attending the late President. The re
port of the autopsy IL signed by Dr. IIar.
Ncy t. Gaylord. patholorist to tho Ncu.
York state Pathological Laboratory.
while the report ON the meteorological cA-
animation bears the signature of Br. Her
man q. Mataingcr, bactcriologist to TIN
New York state Pathological Laboratory.
The important feature Of the report IN
the New York Medical journal is the en-
phasis with which DR.. Matthew -. Man,
speaking for his colleagues declares that
there never under like circumstance wa.
a more harmonious and better agreed
band of consultants. thus setting HSid,
rninors of disagreement among the attend
ing physicians and surgeons.
The report describes in detail the events
Immediately following the shooting which
are already familiar to the public. ThcI
fellows "A description of the operation H.
all its technical minutiac. The utmost
care WAS used to prevent infection of thu
abdominal cavity and of the wound. 10y
the most approved modern methods of
surgical cleanliness. The Oun i'm Tho
stomach were suturcd with silk, usina
double rows of stitches SO arranged that
the greatest possible security was given t.
the sutured spots. The application OF these
stitches was accompanied by grca. dini-
culti,S. especially the slituring of tire
Crouing in tho poStcrior wall of tire STONE
"cl. The chirt troubl" was the depth ot
the abdominal cavity. the lack of iastru-
ments to draw the edges of the wound
Gpari during the sewing. and the lack Of
good light. In his ON the re-
port of the ouoration DIR Mann partiCu-
larry emphasizes the disadvantage undo
mel he laborod when suturine i,c
wounds in the stomach with the rlilinL
nght OF Il September afternoon. Later on "a
tn. operation Il movable electric light WIS
used with advantage. Speaking of the
search for the bullet during the operation.
the report SAYS: "Thc operation on tie
stomach now b"ing finished. DR.. Mann in
troducod his arm so as 80 palpatn care
fully all the deep structures behind the
stomach. No trace of the bullet. or of tn
further track of the bullet could bc found.
AS the Introduction of the hand in this
way seemed t. have a bed influence ON tho
I1esid"nt's pulse prolonged sea- oh FIR far
thor INJURY in the wound by the bullet or
Tor tn" bullet itself. was dcsistcd FROM
tulthcr search might have caused tn'
death of the patient upon the opelatin1
table. At the close of the operation tn
urgconS present unanimously assured u.
Mann in answer to his questions tina th,l'
were perfectly satisfied that cvorythi, ;
that was possible mad been done and thtt
they had no further suggestions to muk..
1t WIS also decided not To Introduce ar.
gou2o or tubes into the ahdo.cn for drain
tIo. as this WAS not necessary, but the
wound was not scwod up 80 tightly that
II" drainage could taxi place naturally.
The report then continues i'm the histu1 V
of TN, case after the operation. The lru-
gross of Tia" illness is given day lv dav
ana the bulletins as given out Ivy the ut
tcrding rhvsicians are Incorporated in tlc
report.