New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1901-09-15
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q Buffalo. Sept. 14.-Gangrene poisoning from
xthe bullet, which penetrated both walls OF the
Hstomach. caused President McKinley's death.
sSThe official autopsy this morning at II O'Clock
4at the MiIburn house established this fact The
report of the physicians who made the autopsy
= was made public this afternoon, and is as fol-
-nlows:
a The bullet which struck the breast bone did
gnot pass through the skin. and did little harm.
4The other bullet passed through both walls of
zsthe stomach its lower border. Both holes
found TO be perfectly closed by the stitches
4 but the tissue around each hole had become gan
grenous. After passing through the stomach
sthe bullet passed into the back walls ri the
abdomen, hitting and tearing the upper end of
kthe kidney. This portion OF the bullet track
%also was gangrenous the gangrene involving
Ethe pancreas The bullet has not yet been
q found. There no sign OF peritonitis or dis
Eease OF other organs. There evidence
Gof any attempt at repair on the part of nature,
Sand death resulted from the gangrene which
&as we'll as the tissues around the further course
Nof the bullet. Death unavoidable by any
Hsurgical medical treatment, and the di-
Srect result of the bullet wound.
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a The autopsy desired to determine the ex-
sact cause of death. During the last two or three
Edays some of the doctors inclined to the belief
3that the shot that struck the breast bone was
largely responsible for death. The impact from
the bullet very severe, and this. it was
a thought by some had produced a shock the
%heart muscles The autopsy performed by
SDr. Gaylord and DR.. Matzinger, of the New
SYork State Laboratory connected with the Uni
Estaff of consulting physicians. District Attorney
&Penney present in his official capacity and
lH. E. Story, stenographer of the District At
8torney's office, took the notes as they die
tated. During his treatment the Presidents ply
s5sicians administered oxygen, camphor, strych-
Snine and adrenalin. The President in a
5comatose state for about six hours altogether.
aHe did not suffer much pan and there was an
2absence of stertorous breathing which frequent
aly proves distressing accompaniment Of a
Aweak heart. DIR. Munson is in charge of the
agovernment hospital at the exposition.
REPORT CAUSES COMMENT.
4 The report caused good deal of comment in
Buffalo tonight 1t is remembered by nearly
everybody that the consulting physicians more
3than once announced that there were no signs
8of blood poisoning. Blood taken from one
: of the Presidents ears. and a microscopica
Areading of It, 1t announced in official
bulletin failed to reveal the presence of blood
poisoning. The autopsy seems to show that III
was blood poisoning around the bullet holes. and
nothing else, which caused death. 1t re-
ported last night that the various diagnoses of
the PreSident's condition sure to up|
Il flor acrimonious discussion in medical circles
When DR.. Herman Mynter one Of the consult !
ing physicians, was tonight by reporter
4 and asked for statement. he said:
The operation performed by DR.. Manu. from al
surgical point Of view was perfect. The wounds
lin both walls of the stomach perfectly
4closed by the sutures. The wound in the kid
neys was slight, simply carrying away very
small piece from the upper part Of the organ,
and in itself did not contribute materially to theI
Il final result. 1t was the gangrene which de-
veoped all along the track OF the bullet that
caused Mr.. Mckinley death. This condition had
developed to an amazing extent in the week
since the wound was inflicted. The stomach
y was so badly affected by gangrene that II theI
President had lived until tomorrow the walsI
OF the organ would have been perforated in|
several places.
Were there outward indications at anyI
time during Mr.. McKinley's illness of the gan
grenous condition." asked the reporter.
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