Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-10-16
PHYSICIANS Puzzled
DR.. Mann Tells Medical Society
Doctors Did Not Understand
McKinley's Case.
The Exact Cause Of Death Never
Ascertained-.-will Never Be
Known.
Bulletins Issued Told the Truth
as Far as the Physicians
Knew.

| New York, Oct. 16.-The physicians
and surgeons who attended Presiden
Mckinley thru the closing days OF hi
life have presented to the State Medica
Society, gathered here in semi-anna
session, lengthy report covering tn,
medical and surgical history of the cas-,
or the martyred statesman. 1t wa
signed by Drs. Matthew ID. Mann, Her
man Mynter. Eugene Wasdin, Charles
G. Stockton, p. NJ. Rixey, Roswell Parl
and Charles McBurney, and was read b,
DIR. Mann, who discussed the feature!
as he proceeded. No reporter was pres
cnt, but general summary Of 1t wa:
given out by one of the physicians.
DR.. Mann did not mention the opera
ton, emitting that altogether He de-
scribed the presidents symptoms anc
treatment from day to day, going into
the fullest details. In speaking oflths
bulletins issued, DR.. Mann SAID thai
every one of them was absolutely true
None had been misleading in any man.
rer. He told Of the progress of the pa.
tent from day to day till the unfavora-
BILE turn, very sudden one, on the sew.
enth day, and he said he mentioned that
20 show that the bulletins were true anc
rot misleading.
DIR. Mann said that there was abso.
lutely no meteorological injection. Con.
tinuing, he said: III you ask me what
caused the presidents death, 1 could not
tell you. doubt IL that will ever be dis
covered. Amongst contributory causes
however. were the presidents age. his
lack OF exercise and his naturally weak
heart, which made his pulse high.
DR.. Mann wac asked by one Of the
listening medical men why the X-ray
was not applied, SO that the missing bull
let might be located. DR.. Mann replied
that there was nothing in the condition
of the patient to show that the bulle,
was doing any harm, and he said that II
the X-ray had been used 1t would only
have been to satisfy the curiosity of the
physicians. and the excitement attend
ing the operation would have been
harmful to the patient, so the doctors
refrained from using the x-ray appara-
3tus.
I DR.. Mann went on to say that at no
time whatever had there been the slight
est disagreement among the physicians
He said that complete harmony marked
every bit OF the time they were in at
tendance on the president. He said he
had never known OF such complete har-
mony among physicians in attendance
On single patient. DIR. Mann did not
say anything Of the autopsy, but he de-
scribed the technical treatment Of the
president daily.
A vote of thanks was accorded DR..
Mann by the society.
DR.. Herman Mynter. colleague OF DR.
Mann in the presidents case, corrobo-
rated all DR.. Mann said. He spoke OF
the fine traits of the president and of the
remarkable exhibition of patience Mr.
Mckinley had displayed. DR.. Mynter
spoke very feelingly Of the Christian
charity Of President Mckinley toward
his assassin, and said that the presi-
dents manner of bearing his trials was
SC Impressive that there was not one OF
the nurses who would not have gladly
taken his place.