The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-09-14
TELLSOF OPERATION
ON THE PRESIDENT
Physician Present Gives De-
scripti0n to Medical Journal.
DRESSING OF WOUNDS
PART THAT DIFFERENT DOC
TORS TOOK IN THE CASE.

New York, Sept. 13.-The New York
Medical Journal, in its issue this week.
viii print the following account of the
operation upon President Mckinley fol-
lowing his shooting at Buffalo last
Friday. This report is furnished by a
Buffalo physician who was present at
the operation. Beginning with the ar
rival of the president at the hospital
the account says:
The hospital internes removed the
presidents clothing, ascertained the 10
cation of the wounds, and made ready
for the surgeons, who had been sum
moned by telephone. Dr. Edward &.
Mann administered one-fourth of
grain of morphine hypOdermically,
which served a good purpose in allie
Waiting nerve strain Dr. N W. VIII
son. sanitary officer of the exposition,
was at a remote part of the grounds,
making an inspection, when he was
notified by one of the guards of the
injury to the president. DIT. Wilson
proceeded to the hospital and by virtue
of his Office assumed control pending
the arrival of the surgeons
This was at ABS p. m. The first to
arrive was DR.. Herman Myuter, who
brought with him Dr. Wasdin of the
marine hospital service. DR.. Mynter
saw the serious nature Of the wound,
informed the president that the opera
ton was necessary and set about the
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operation.
Dr. Wilson. the internes and the
nurses were all actively at work fur
| thering the preparations when DR.. Mat
I thews. DR.. Mann, professor of obstet-
RIGS and gyndecOlOgy in the medical de-
partment. University of Buffalo, ar
rived at the hospital which was a few
minutes after o'clock. After five min
utes more DR.. John Parmenter, pro-
fesSOr of anatomy and clinical surgery
in the institution above mentioned,
came into the hospital In ten minutes
more Dr. Mann had made himself
ready, and, by common consent of the
surgeons, together with approval of the
president and his advisors, proceeded
with the operation.
DR.. Mann in Charge of Operation
At DR.. Mann's request DR.. Wasdin
assumed charge OF the anaesthstics and
began the Administered ton of ether at
| $40, one hour and fifteen minutes at
ter the wound was inflicted. DR.. VIII
son was asked to keep the record, DR..
Mynter to stand opposite the operator
as first assistant and DR.. Parmenter
to standsneXt to Dr. Mann as consult
ant and assistant. Dr. Z. W. Lees of
st. Louis. a visitor at the exposition.
who came to the hospital before the
other surgeons arrived, was asked by
DR.. Mann to stand next to DR.. Mynter
as an additional assistant. Dr. P. NJ.
| Rixey, who was summoned from the
Milburn home, whittier he went in COM
/ pany with Mrs. Mckinley, arrived just
as the operation began. DR.. Roswell
I Park had gone to Niagara Falls, and a
! special train to bring him to Buffalo
was ordered by Harry Parry, general
| agent of the New York Central rail-
! road.
1T should be mentioned that the first
/ or uppermOst shot went through the
/ presidents clothing and made an abra-
/ sion about the center of the sternum.
| The bullet was found inside the waist
/ coat. and did no essential harm. The
| clothing was burned by the explosion
/ of the powder at this point.
The president took the ether kindly
and was well under its influence within
/ the next ten minutes. The abdomen
/ having been asceptically prepared, an
/ incisiOn three inches long was made
! perpendicular TO the body and includ-
/ ing the opening made by the ball-a 81
| caliber-that was located four inches
/ below the left nipple and an inch and
a half to the left of the median line.
! The inciSiOu went through a. deep
/ layer Of fat before the peritoneum was
/ reached, hence the incisiOn was en-
! laEged another inch. a piece of cloth
J probably bit of undershirt-was
| found in the track Of the missile, which
! looked as if it had been punched OUT
| by the bullet.
Bullet Hole in Stomach.
Upon opening the peritoneum a bull
/ let hole was discovered in the anterior
/ central portion of the stomach. The
! viScus was drawn open in the operation
/ wound and the perfOratiOn after ex-
/ animation was closed with a double
! row of silk sUtures. A little oOzing
/ of the stomach contents had occurred
! through the opening, all of which was
! wiped away.
"A further enlargement of the Incl
| sion now became necessary in order to
/ examine the dOral of the stomach, up
/ on which another opening was found.
/ This was sutUred in manner like unto
| the first and the sluggish hands of the
/ clock marked 6;12. The intestines were
| examined for possible wounds. bat hap
PLY none was found. and these were
/ wrapped in moist, hot towels
/ "A previous hypOdernic injection had
/ been made. and now twenty-five min
/ inns of brandy were similarly admins
| tered A further search for the missile
failed to discover it. but it became ap-
parent that it had done no other vital
I damage, with the strong probability
| that it lost itself in the thick lumbar
| muscles.
DIR. Roswell Park arrived about this
| :25-and Joined the staff as con-
/ sultant.
THE abdominal cavity was flushed
/ with normal salt solution. and the clos
| ure began. Seven deep siIkworm gut
sutures were employed, and catgut was
placed superficially between them.
About $50 the anaesthetic was discon-
| tinued and the abdominal bandage was
applied. Thus the operation on which
! SO much of moment depended was fin
/ ished. The presidents pulse was I'D,
respiration 50.
Funeral of Viola jackson.