The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-27

issued: "The Presidents condition is be-
 coming more and more satisfactory. etc.
 At 10 o'clock on this morning the doctors
 began to administer hourly doses of calo-
 mel. Meanwhile following 8 nutritive
 anema of egg, whiskey and water. there
 were two high enemas, one with soap, water and OK gall, which brought away
 copious discharge, with gas. At p.
 m. the bulletin said:
 The Presidents condition steadily ina- proves and he is comfortable without pain 1 or bad symptoms. Bowels and kidney functions normally performed" At 4:2o of this day, following dressing of the wound of about an hour. the patient spit up sreenish, bitter fluid. Hot water was
 given at $50 and half an hour later the patient complained of nausea.
 The fifth day. September 10tls began at 1:4s a. m., after a short sleep. with this entry, Uncomfortable, turning frequent ly" There are three entries of sleep ing and then the 5:20 bulletin stating that the President had passed the most comfortable night since the attempt on his life. The a. m. bulletin predicted rapid -conHalescence failing complica- tions. The bulletin at 1o:30 said the Presidents condition was unchanged and the cause therefor,
 The sixth days treatment was marked by the administration of the first food into the stomach, beef juice which the note says '.lasted good" There were seven administrations of this beef juice between midnight and o'clock the next morning. The patient complained of feel ing chilly, but is recorded as sleeping more than usual and the bulletin at g o'clock said that he rested comfortably and his condition was excellent The patient complained of headache at 2:15 and camphor was applied to the head. The bulletin at 3:3e stated that the Presi- dent continued to gain and the wound was becoming healthy.
 The seventh day began with the admin istration of beef juice and the diet was varied this time 0the patient complain ing of pain in the abdomen) by whiskey and water and chicken broth. At 1:30 D. 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.
 Ouieter and more cheerful since having last strychnine. At 4:45 q. m. 1t is said mind wandering and restless. Calomel, whiskey and water and digitalas were again administered. The skin was moist and cold and the S:30 bulletin reported that the Presidents condition was not quite so favorable and his food had been stopped At 9:35, Dr. Rixey writes,
 whole body moist and cold; pulse weak and thready Slept quietly twenty minutes" At II o'clock of that night normal salt solution was injected below
 the skin. At midnight whiskey and
 water were given with an infusion of digitalis. For the first time resort was had to inhalations of oxygen. The bull letin issued at that time read: All un-
 favorable symptoms in the Presidents condition have improved since the last bulletin, etc.
 The eighth and last day of the Presi- dents life, September 18th, opened with this entry at 1920 a. m.: Restless and complains of headache" Whiskey and
 water was given and precipitation was | induced, but this entry says, very rest | less and wants to get up, tired"
 The same medical treatment was con- tinued, incolving plentiful of oxygen, | digitalis, strychnine and morphia and 1 peptonoids. Still, at 4:55 the patient s | condition Is reported as grave. The | oxygen was continued. There was no response to stimulants. Atropine and morphia were injected, the patient was | almost pulseless. The last entry was | made at p. m., and there was gap | of five hours between that and the end. | It reads: Heart sounds very feeble. | Oxygen continued; slight reflex movement
 and at 215 a. m., September IA, l9ol. the | President died"
 Attached to the report are the results
 of the autopsy and the chemical and bac- | teriological examinations. which already have been published in the medical jour nalS.