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

ono. the injury 10 the solar plexus az an
other. and n possible Infection from some
where Of bacteria rs the third
4 Either Of tho-e, you think, would be
suficientl A Sufficient
y But this fluid from the pancrsas
would not involve al 81 tho wounds of
the ztomachf A II would not.
q The anterior and posterior wounds
both In the same Manned A should not
think II would
Y 70 far NJ YOU traced the line Of this
bullet, did this same ssngrenous oondi-
ton EXIST A Existed along the whole
track, a. far ~ | GOULD make cut.
4. Why did you not continue II and To-
cate the bulieti A Well. they tried their
level beet for -four hours and could not
find Il. and al last they were told 10 de-iri
The family - the President would not
ave allowed them Ia e on any longer
and would not permit them 10 injure me
| corp-a any longer therefore they desisted
. You were four hours making this
autopsy, A. Yes, they were four hours
irving 90 And u In the same way, they
would not permit, anything 20 be removed
for pathological examinations 81 Tn" body
q Now. doctor, one other question.
Would this N-rsy have shown YOU the W.
iurie- or the path 81 the wound A NOT
at all II would simply have shown where
the bullet was.
o IL would not have shown YOU this
dead tissue OF anything Of that kindl A.
Not the slightest
z. Nothing 10 indicate the line OF the
bullet a, all, the direction ofn A Nothing
whatev-r. nothing u uldioats that there
was gsngrene there
By Mr.. P~enney-The X-ray would have
di-loe~d the location Of the bullet II ~
had bsen near the -urfaoe, Doctor n
i.~ or de~per. too, for that matter
pn MANN D~gsoRIsEs mi OPERATIONS
II a.. "a. to asF Nit nsea
Of the afternoon, the Court taking an al
,ournmant before he had finished Ids direct
examination a. 10 ths operation on uh"
| President He testified
Il examined the patient and helc q CON
sultntion with Or Mynter and SoL.e others
Of the surgeons and We deCidei an OPERATION
should be undertaken AT once lh' Tres
ident was told 81 this and gave HE 'on-,ul
After AL the preparations w-r" Wad" it
Nvnter. acting a. my aSsocl"t" anu ~
Parmsnter and DIR Lee A. assiatahtS, We
proce.-iei 10 do the operation W" oienrd
The abdomen with a knife, maklug an 10
cision some three inches iu length, t"Gii-
ming lust at the edge Of the rths and cut'liS
downward toward the navel, the lncl,l,h
being about three inches long ~ hr-' li'
o~p.ning was mad. down 10 the -i''nA'h
Iiutr,iuced NV finger and felt ~ ~" ir'nt
val % the stomach anu found an opening
ln IL then enlarged The oigning M IN"
abdominal wall somewhat and pulIed VA"
stomach No ~ ina I fNhlNl - " .tNH -
lus th.u With a us-atlo and thread S.'~cd
mn IN. hole according ga the usual methot..
IN. parts were washed on and returned
then cur awav som" OF IN" iat'N ts>nr'
which IL lot w.-.n the bowel and the Stotna'h
and GOT nj tho hack wall oi Ia" stomach.
snJ ther We found another opening. a
little larger than the one IN front, tn" edges
RAJ her NOR frayed and bloody, and with
great difficulty Ne got that up ana clu-~h
h m 'he same wav The parts were then
81 - aANH ~ AHA "A .
hot -ali and water and the parts r"turn'd
After this ia" surgeons pr'ennt expressing
themselves a. being satisfied thar every
thing had t-rn done. | introduced NV
hAnd well down into the abdominal cavity
10 try and find the track OF the hui
let fhis was entirely impossible There
were M evidences Of blood OF abdominal
contantr. Intestinal contents there on NV
hAnd a. | withdrew u. therefore thought
there was no serious injury, no largo v.s-
aels, blood vessels. injured, and | de-ist"d'
especially as the manipulation with my
hand In the abdomen was making the Prt~i-
den, very weak. had a very bad effect on
his pul-r, ~ Il ALWAYS does To hnd 10"
track Of the bullet W. should hav" had 60
have taken the entire intestinos out 81 IN"
ahionen. which would have Increased 80"
shock very much probably would haN"
killed him on tho table, aud u IL doubtful
whether W. could have found the track ~
"a" bullet even then In fact, then 10 not
hAN NNNAN o -" W up 49, "H"N
could not After this "" CLOSED ia" au.
dominal wound with stitches, ~ the usual
way. put on a dressing. bandag.~, and ~"
President ~Rs then removed Ia the amhu-
lrnO, and taken 10 Mr. Milhurn's br
Rncv chas, myself and Dr Myntcr a. the
surgeons and Or WasdIn a. physician,
and later ia Mcli1rn"y ~Az called IN, al-n
CHOSEN hv Dr RiSev. and later or Or
Stockton ami two other physicians came
later. too late
S no THE
A. 70 IA. autopsy DR. Mann said W
found In the first pac' that ia" hbdomiual
~ witty. intsstincs. were all IA a perfectly
healthy condition. no evidence ~ infam-
nation % IA. bowels There was n point
In IN" front vail - the stomach which had
tr.n CLOSED hV ~. siturc. and around that
was a stsli a. lars, ~ q silver dulstT where
N" ti-su" va entirely dead IA" walls uf
tho stomach Wcrr entirely dead Raising
up ~, stomach W found q similar con
clifton ON the hack VAL around tn o'h"T
h,illrf hpas below fhi- 'lrrc wa n caNlfv
o. opening Nhirh c,ltain~i a lot of nuii
and whioh showed tho evidences 80
gr-u. lu 80. cavity Wa q portion ~ 10"
farc-s,as. a. vrr tlso th' la Which suf
round 49,. hiir'y. and ~" uTi-f "'Hi "i
49, kiu'y VA vrfN r"ar thu Jaw
vh.fhsf ~ was iu ~ oF not I CsIid uvi $50
10 NJ psrusv Ths oau-. ct ura'N
va fhe hiIlsf vUufst tu thr stomach afHi
~ thc parts h'hiut O.
U IL. cAu- - death - 'hD Ia. frrsI.
S.u, was thl- bull-i gaurt ftHf va u-f.
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