New-York tribune., 1901-09-08
Mr., LEE ON THE WOUNDS
DESCRIBES OPERATION ON
THE PRESIDENT.
Yrs HIS WOUNDS ARE MORE DAN
GERoUs THAN THEY ARE zen
FRALL.Y BELIEVED TO BE.

- wound than was at first reported.
.o, recover, but the chances are evenly
..hed with the dangers. Judging from
.,lIetins of this afternoon stating that
.,,,erature 14ss IO2 degrees, should
~, his condition worse now than
.s,.r the operatiOn. Nevertheless. one
.od,ct what Will happen thus early.
-.'. statement was made yesterday TO a
-. ,snorter by DIT. Edward Wallace Lee,
=. ,ook mart in the operation on the Presi-
a., IN Friday half an hour after the shooting.
rss left Buffalo on Friday night at 11:20
he Delaware. Lackawanna and Western
-.r-o,s. and reached this city yesterday noon.
= -.,,stered at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. where
= .vrlained in detail last night the operation
.bs President. and described the character
= che wound inflicted ny Czolgosz's bullet
rsa was The medical director Of the Omaha
7,-,oei+;on in 1895 and, accordingly, was well
,ovn 10 the staff Of physicians under Dr.
T Parke. the medical director Of the Pan
,-,s-ican Exposition. DR.. Lees home is IN St
r,,S and he had visited the exposition at
puralo as ne put it. merely as a sightseer.
7, telling of how he came to be present at
the operation. DR.. Lee said:
.T was wandering airnlessly along the MID
ray and had reached that part OF the con-
course which IS bounded on one side by the
shor darkness and Dawn and The Old Ken
,pozv Home when some one ran up TO me and
sa3d. President Mckinley has been shot They
want YOU at the Emergency Hospital
ALMOST STUNNED BY THE NEWS.
~7bs news almost stunned me, but I did not
r..l;za i+s f,n purport until had reached the
bosnital. There found the President stretched
+pN
been removed from the upper part Of his body.
disclosing the two wounds.
-.rhe first, which could not truly be called
vouns but was. in fact, more OF bruise, had
been caused by the bullet grazing the flesh OF
the breast and leaving an angry red mark The
second bullet was seen to have penetrated into
the abdomen. and had struck five and half
inches below the left nipple and one and half
inches 10 The left Of the median line
DIR. Mann and Dr.. Parke. two eminent sur
reons Of Buffalo. had been summoned. and all
were anxously waiting their arrival. Dr. Mann
arrived soon, but Dr.. Perke. II was learned. was
at Niagara Falls and could not reach the scene
for some time.
At that time there were present around the
operating table Dr. P. NJ. Rixey. the Presidents
personal physician, DR.. N. B. Mann and DR.. II.
Mynter
..As soon as saw the President was struck
with his condition. There was a pallor IN his
face. and on examination It was found that his
pulse was abnormally high. There was every
indication that the man was dangerously
wounded and that an immediate operation was
imperative
There Tas p consultation OF the physicians
as to whether il was expedient to wait longer
for DR. Parke or 20 begin at once. II was finally
~. lon, A he
while was greatly impressed with the Presi-
dents fortitude He wore a faint smile on his
face. and Vet all the while his expression In
dicated that he knew the seriousness Of the
wound. that it had been inflicted by a man who
had planned 10 XIII him. and thst the ultimate
success Of the treatment was as yet prUolernat-
ieal
Having decided 10 perform the operation one
OF US said
"Mr President, your condition demands an
operation
"'Gentlemen' WIS the answer. uttered IN a
low. cuiet tone SIS 81 spoken to some little child
7 want you 70 DO whatever 10 your judgment
you think IS necessary
That Is the last tntng he said at the hospital
We did not encourage HIM 70 talk, for gre knew
hat the more quiet he was and the more free
rom excitement, the more likelihood of success
Tould attend the operation.
DR.. MANN TAXES CHARGE.
"Dr Mann then took charge, and the flesh
was cleaned by shaving and by antiseptic solu-
tons. The President was then put under the
Influence Of anasthetics. which acted promptly
and satisfactorily An incision was then made
IN the abdomen. through the aperture made by
ne bullet about four and one-half inches long.
through this opening the stomach was drawn,
aho on examination IL was found that the bullet
hsa passed straight through this organ. As the
Fresieent had had a hearty luncheon between
ana o'clock the stomach was partly filed
Eia undfgested food. This had oozed through
ne holes in the stoamch 20 a certain extent and
lsa run down into the abdominal cavity. Since
ne abdomen is inclosed in a lining known as
me peritoneum, this lining had also been per-
iorated by the bullet
me bullet could not be found Accordingly.
NC abdominal cavity was washed clean with
oueSepuc solutions. and all possible care taken
y.estfoy any infectious germs.
4he holes IN the stomach were uglv ones. and
posieror hole was much more jagged and
t.i sLn 1han the one in front. through which the
bullet passed first This consider a most seri-
80. -s Aarter' although 10 be expected, since the
-4et hao spent some OF It's force by the time
nao reached the further side OF the stomach.
thus tore rather than pierced its way
through. '
Ai'er repeated bathing OF the wounded parts
IA sntiseptic lotions the apertures in the
,,-scn We're sewed up with silk sutures, and
eOooininal cut was sewed together with silk
'ocn gut sutures.
ne external wound was then carefully
sS'sc with an antiseut3o hath ana ,,,,Aa
sbs, bAal binding was applied The body was
w., sTeDped IN sheets. around which hIanlets
he sr.I,ea. -gI.qea. and the President was placed in
UNCONSCIOUS WHEN MOVED.
or..-'. PRESIDENT was stin unconscious when the
bsa, .'0h was completed ana the ambulance had
- henmoned 20 carrz .ho ..n.......,. =