The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1901-09-20

merely recorded the pure ANAhRNAe
ture and respiration and left the pub
lie to make lis own deductions No
diagnosis was made public. From the
rise OF the surgical fever on July 3, the
variations OF the pulse TO July we're
from 9S to i2G. OF the temperature
from $50 to 1913. and Of the respira-
tion from 10 to "a Gen. Garfield was
told that the bullet had perforated his
diaphragm and on that account he
mustn't talk. He liked to converse and
the doctors wanted to keep him very
quiet They got him to the point
where he would even ask mutely for
water by putting his hand to his lips.
Later he lost all desire TO talk.
Appearance of Pus.
Not until Friday was pus-which the
physicians said showed that the wound
was healing seen. Ten days after the
shooting the patients temperature
reached the highest point-l02.S. The
doctors all this tine believed that the
bullet had passed between the eleventh
and twelfth ribs. through the liver, and
to the abdominal cavity, where they
said II had lodged in the anterior wall
OF the abdomen, from which they ex-
peoted to be able to remove II readily
in due time, without danger.
Appearance of Evil symptoms.
II was only learned by the public on
July 10 that the President had cir
cumscrlbed peritonitis," and that he
had II since the second day OF his ILL
ness. This circumscribed peritonitis
was defined by tenderness in the
abdomen and II was believed by the
surgeons that this located the bullet.
They thought that the tenderness due
10 the peritonitis marked where the
bullet had found Judgment. but little
lump there which they thought was
the bullet they concluded after the au-
topsy must have been hard pus at the
end OF n canal which Il had bored for
itself from point near the beginning
OF the bullet wound. The pus worked
forward. while the bullet had gone side
wise across the back; but Il was many
weary weeks before this was learned,
and the sufferer. from abundant health
in midsummer. had passed through all
the stages to the knife OF the post-mor-
tenn examiner Just before the autumnal
equinox.
The Induction balance"
The surgeons who attended Presi-
dent Garfield had not relied solely
upon the manifestations OF the pus-
workings. but had employed upon
more than one occasion the Induction
balance" There had been Mt least two
occasions OF serious relapse In the lat
ter part OF July and at length DIR. Az
new made an ineision. Explorations
were made along the pus canal. the
supposed course OF the bullet, whore
there was channel several inches
deep, but the results were not satiEfao-
tory, so experiments TO locate the bull
let were made by the induction bal
ance under the direction OF Prof. Ora
ham Bell and an assistant. The re-
port OF one of them on Aug. said:
Surgeons Report
Under the supervision OF the at
tending surgeons, Profs. Bell and Tain
tor this morning made another appli-
/ NhNloH VI AnN NANNAAANaA aREAAaAAN
knnwn as the induction balance, with
vlcs TO completing the tests OF last
week, which were not entirely conelu-
sive, and aseertaining definitely ana
certainly II possible the location Of the
ball. They tried this im-
proved apparatus on the Presidents
body for the first time last week, ana
although II indicated family the looa-
ton OF the ball, II was afterward
found to be slightly out OF adjustment.
and the experiment was not regarded
as perfectly conclusive. The results OF
this mornings tests. however. are en-
tirely satisfactory both to Profs. Bell
and Taintor and to the attending sur
geons, and II is now unanimously
> agreed that the location OF the ball has
q been ascertalned with reasonable cor
tainty. and that II lies, as heretofore
stated, in the front wall OF the alb
: domen, Immediately over the groin.
ABOUT Ave inches below and TO the
. right OF the navel"-New York Sun.