The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-09-24

"a. 1901.
Ton. were present. and two other gentle
men were called, DIR. isneway and Dr.
johnson. who arrived after the President
was dead. .
y Now. his treatment during tina, period
OF his Illness. was u the result ~ your Joint
consnltation-of all you gentlemen \.
I Perfectly
WHAT rHE AUTOPSY DIscLoss
q We're YOU rfeesnt at ~" aut'f~v'
q VIII Won de-cribe h~ioiy shat tho
results ~ that autopsy db-cluz'd' a Tn"
autopsy disclusssi, first, that thsr" wa~ ~"
~periioniiis present. no inflammation ~ IN"
bowels, second, that thor" VA, no injury
To- his heart. which we hal thought trer"
might be. third. that there va "a guushot
wound II the anterior wall OF the stomach
ana 81 the po~tertur vail OF the si"iihh'h'
leading through u cavity and through ~"
! me~antery Of the transverse colon, pr
I f~orating tho posterior wall. hitting th" tip
of the kidney and losing ite@lf; tina around
the two wounds In tine stomach Mher" TIE
suturee could be seen and which werr .lSht
wac an area Of gangrene, oT total neh'h
Of the wall Of the stomach. about 40 hIsr
~ "a silver dollar, that the whole I'm" "l we
tract wa Ia the same gangrenous c"hdl-
ton
y What was tho cAu-e 81 deathY 4
The cause Of death was what we cal toh-
emia. kind ~ blood poisoning from ah-
sprptinn Of poisonous products rom M"
gsnRrene produC.d by Tho bullet wound
q Well, In simple language II was
the gun-hot wound A IL was the gun
shot wound primarily
q The cause of The death 81 President
Mckinley was this guuShot wound that
occurred on the 9Th ,tay of s-ptemt-'r
Of this YEAR, A. Wee. sr.
ruy DocroR
Judge Titus then TOOK the witness
Y You did not think II advise ble when
you performed tho operation % pufsl"
II further and ocats the bullet; 4 We
could not have dono that without taking
all the intcsiiner out Tho President
would have died on the table n We had
gone further We would have had 20
make a large ~incision. ten inches hong,
take all his iutestine- out He was al
reAdy under the inruenCe Of shock at that
time He would ave died on the table
II We had gpne further
Y What was tie object. or what would
hav. heon IN" object, To- locating IA" bullet
and removing itf A To get rid II II 80
that Il might not rails" "a di-turuano"
aftervard
y II IA. bullet was left in the muscles
was IL IN a position where Il would not
cr.ate any disturbancei A II was ~ a
position whec IL might not Great" any
dizturhanCsa
NhN Nfh'Tf huN 80 ~ NAHT
bullet could have t-an located at that
tim"' A Only the N-Tays
q We're they u-s-if A. They were not
usad.
Why y-R.Ys ERR Sut rsEp.
q Why mott A IL WAS not con.
suffered nac.-sarv. And even II We "a
knuWn whore tho hullet was. not one Of
u would have thought NJ IN. time 81 try
ing To- remove Il.
q Suppostng |" N-ravs had di-clos't
that the bullet wa located IN N" muscles
near the back or near the ~urfaCe 81 the
body. II coubi have lsen removes without
very much physical disturbance, could
IL not 4. ls-. bUt still you might have
to uss cocaine and with a weak heart that
might iuIure him.
Q Would II not have been desirable
10 nave made an opening Ia a wound Of
that character In order 10 drain u AMI '"
wash u with au~tiseUfics \ Not nee
osSanly. lie hal No tenderness there
h-hind
o No. saw would y not, ave been
desirable II II could have l-en done, 4 Nes,
II Il could have b.-n done u was desirable.
q II there had h'-'n an open drain aud
IN" passage Of the bullet had hs--n clearly
dia gnosad and determined would there have
hean So much liability ~ biz death a. when
tho wound was closed and no acc,'ss Ia ~
| do not suppos. II would have mad"
the slightest difference either on" way
or another Tho gangrene 20 the stomach
would AVE occurred anyway
. Why should have that occurred In
a healthy por~onPi A Well the President
Was not exactly " hat ! would call a healthy
person. He was a healthy person for his
age. hut with n rather low vitality.
q Does n necessarily follow when n person
receives a wound inside that gahgreno
must sci APP 4 No. II docs not
q IL Is not usual. h. - 4 IL Ia not
usual never saw II before
q Well. t. what 40 you attribute thts1
A To different things
CAUSE oP rHE
Q DIV. us some Of them A l attribute
II perhaps partly 10 what Or Gaylord said.
To- leakage II the paucreatic huid, although
to nv idea the pauCreas was not wounded
hv the bullet. but II might hav" got into a
state Of injury 10y simply the wav" ~ tho
bullet striking Il #~Cpr'u7'uup, a. we call
II and In that way injury O. ia" pancrSs
occurred That "a on" idea Another idea
l. that the bullet a. that the injury was
followed with bacterial growth That We
canno, saw yet. heclu-' the Meteorological
examination l. not finished Another thing
II that the proximity 81 the lArg" solar
plexus. the larg" gangltl near the heart.
near the stomach wound, might haN" C~r-
tain deleterious influence u~on The nervous
-vs,em. which alrNadv Wa w"0ken'sd, and
In that way favor g~angrnnous process
y L. this bacteria that Won speak OF
produc,d hy the Introduction 81 some
foreign substance ~ 90" wound A II
may. II may be- produccsi 10y the bacteria
tina, are present In ~. iut'-tlnes and IN tho
stomach itself II nod not b" brought
In from outside | have bacteria and 10
have YOU In our inte~ilne-' ana " thai ger
pierced or your stomach gets pierced, the
bacteria NAV. alone. Ia that way infect
the tract
were not injured OF pi"rctSl ~ allS A No.
not the iuts~'3ues: simply the stomach.
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