Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-10-27


retained, and an alcohol rub AT AS
D. m. the patient was restless and talk
I alive. and for the first time was given
water by the mouth. At 1: 30 an enema
OF sweet oil, soap and water brought
away some slightly eolored fluid and-a
very little mucous At s p. m. there
was a discharge Of water from the
/ bowels and the patient was set down as
very restless" At $50 a great deal OF
gas was passed and some fluid
On the fourth day September 9th.
the patient is recorded as restless from
to 1;20 O'Clock. At 3.15 as very
restless. and mind much disturbed.
Codeia phOs. was administered hypoder-
mically After an hours sleep the rec
ord is made at :: IL a. m. Mind clear.
feels chilly" The patient drank water
frequently in small quantities. Al
800 the bulletin was issued. "Tha
| Presidents condition is becoming more
and more satisfactory" At 10 o'clock
on this morning the doctors began to
administer hourly doses OF ca.omel.
Meanwhile. following a nutritive ehena
| OF egg, whisky and water. there were
Two high enemas, one with soap. water
| and ox-gall, which brought away a
eopious discharge, with gas. At 3 p.
m. the bulletin said: The Presidents
condition steadily improves and ne is
comfortable, without pain or unfayor-
able symptoms. Bowel and kidney
functions normally performed" etc
At 4:20 of this day. following a dress
ing of the wound of about an hour. the
patient spit up greenish, bitter fluid.
Hot water was given at $50. and half
an hour later the patient complained
of NAUSEA.
The fifth day. September 10th, began
at LAS a. m. after short sleep. with
this entry: Uncomfortable. turning
frequently. There are three entries
of Sleeping" and then the 90 bull
letin stating that the President had
passed the most comfortable night
since the attempt on his life. The a.
N. bulletin predicted rapid GONZALES
cence. falling complications. The bull
letin at 1880 said the Presidents con-
dition was unchanged and described the
removal OF the stitches and the cause
therefor.
The sixth dC5's treatment was mark
ed by the Administered on OF the first
food into the stoma ,h. beef juice. which
the note says: Tasted good" There
We're seven administrations of this beef
juice between midnight and 8 O'Clock
the next morning. The patient com
planned of feeling chilly. but Is record
ed as sleeping more than usual. and the
bulletin at 8 O'Clock said. that he rested
comfortably aud his condition was OK
eellent The patient complained of
hesdache at 2:l5. and campho.' was ai,-
piled to the hSd. The bulletin at 3: 80
stated that the President continued to
gain and the wound was becoming
healthy.
The seventh day began with the ad-
ministration OF beef juice and the diet
sss~as, varied tbis tinie. ..tht pafsept COM
planning Of pain. in tha abdornen by
whisky and water and chicken broth
At 80 y. m. digitalis and strychnine
having been injected hypodermically
meantime. the patient was given the
second piece of toast and one egg. The
entry reads: Did not relish it, and ate
very little. Quieter and more cheerful
since having last strychnine."
At 4:47 it is said. Mind wandered
and restless" Calomel. whisky and
water and digitalis were again admin
istered. The skin was moist and cold,
and the $50 bulletin reported that the
Presidents condition was not quite so
favorable and his food had been stop
ped. At 935 DR.. Rixey writes:
whole body moist and cold. Pulse
weak and thready. Slept quietly TWEEN
ty minutes At II o'clock of that
night normal salt solution was inject
ed beneath the skin. At midnight
whisky and water was given, with an
infusion of digitaiis. For the first
time resort was had to inhalations of
oxygen. The bulletin issued at that
time read: "b4 unfavorable symptoms
in the Presidents condition have i'm
proved since the last bulletin" etc.
The eighth and last day of the Presi-
aent's life. September 18th. opened
with this entry at 1920 "a M: Rest
less and complains of headache"
Whisky and water was given and a
perspiration was induced, but at j a.
IN. is this entry: Very restless and
wants to get up; tired
The same medical treatment was con-
tinued. involving Plentiful use of oxy-
gen. digitalis. strychnine and morphia
and peptonoids. Still at 4 So o'clock
lne patients condition is reported az
grave.
The oxygen was continued. There
was no response to stimulants. Atropine
and morphia were injected; the patient
was almost pulseless. The ,ast entry
was made at 3 p. M. and there was
gap of five hours between that and the
end 1t read Heart sounds very feeble.
Oxygen continued. Slight reflex move
ments and at 2:15 a m, September a.
1901, the President died.
Attached to the report are the rs-
suits of the autopsies and the chemical
and meteorological examinations which
already have been published in the
medical journels.