The sun., 1901-09-08
DR.. LEE FEARS The WORST.
NE ASSISTED AT THE OPERATION
on THE PRESIDENT.
while Here Yesterday Ie said u CONSIDER
President Mchiniey's Condition serN
o.n-Nery sertous'-He Gave pe-
taiirsi Description ef the Operation

| hour. ve.t.r,iay Al the fifth hvenu"
! Hotel la th. afternoon DIR lee Said that
ss n, had not seen tho President since
, hi. removal from the Emergency Hospital
to the r.sio.pe, of President John q. Mil
burn, OF the Exposition, he had To rely,
10 n great extent, on the press reports
/ ~ tn. Pr,--ident's condition. He SAID
bow,yrr. that no, withstanding the favor
able reports which had come from Buffalo
| he felt that the Presidents condition we
far more serious than was generally hr-
hevrd. when pr,---ed for a direct answer
/ as to whether hs though; that the Prt---
! dent would recover DIR. Lse said.
/ Il consider that President Mckinley
/ condition IL serious--Very serious. II
/ docs not matter where that second bullet
| lodged We did not ascertain where IL
was IL may bs In tho Presidents back,
| or IL may t-e loose In the abdominal cavity,
/ That Ia not important at present. IL has
/ done its worry
! Or / n. Love Of this city. Who had b~en
/ for some time In conversation with DIR.
/ Lee and who had been fully Informed Of
his views. said
a wound Ike the President has re-
oeived Ia always dangerous From what
have been informed | would not be sur
prised n the President died within three
days
Dr Ice bowed In silent assent
Dr I.-' who was medical director 81 the
Trans Mississippi Exposition In Omaha. was
visiting the Pan-American Exposition on
Friday and was talking Co Col william
= Cody on the opposit. side 81 the Erpo-
sition grounds from the Temple Of Music
where the President was shot. friend
who knew that he wa visiting Col. Cody
rushed over Ia Dr IL" a. soon n he had
learned that an attempt had been made
on the Presidents life and told him that
be- was wanted AZ the Emergency Hospital.
The Pr, ~ident hAd been taken 10 the
hospital when | reached there said Dr.
80 yesterday. II was then some minutes
after the shots had b~cn fired. There was
an eager. pushing crowd around the hospital,
hut Il wa- moVci only by anxiety a. to the
prcsident'- condition. | had no dif''culty
Ia getting through My friend shouted
Make way Tor a physician. and a passage
oTcncd az II 10y Tagic.
The President had been undressrd and
was living ON the operating table when
entered m" Operating room. There wera
no outsiders there think just the regular
host ital nurses. two or three ~ the-n, and
two young physicians attached 10 tho hos
U'al | think that a son Of Dr Matthew
-. Mann. Who IL also "A phv-ician. and llr
Wilson. removed the Presidents clpthes'
| can't s,y positively What physicians w-r.
ia the OPERATING rooin when reached th"ra,
~ | dit not learn their names until later
Tue Prc-ld"nt- Secretary, Gcurge ~. Cortel-
ypu r,nainrd IN the room throughout tho
c,n-ultatlnn aid operation. a. did Mr.
Nilburu.
-Th. President lay quietly throughout
tho utation. and answered the few
questions put tn him IN a very satisfactory
manner They were mostly a. to hts diet,
whether be- had lunchcd and other questions
IL waS requested that We should before
an anRsthcuc was administered II Was
determined by the phy-icians IA oonSulia
ton that an immeiia'e oI"ratiuu was
nrccs-ary The decision Wa impaired to
the President.
/ -He rmilsd and then In tho quiet, dig
uif,,-d manner 90 well known To- all who have
come into Gloss contac, with him. said.
'Gantlemen. do whatever you think
! Is neo,-~sarv
The operation was performed hv Dt.
| Mann. Dr Myrter and myself assisting
Before ~" apa~th-tic was administered
the Pr'.Idcut was suffering from shock
to some extent and was H. considerable
| main Ether was u~'si ~ the aHH s'hrtic
and wa- administered ~ one - the local
, phvsiciars, just WI one | can't say.
Z II was about hpli hour after tho pr,---
dent was shot thg' the rth"r was admin
is,cr,-l He r,eI uiod to it, Effects very
readily and remained under its influence
? Throughout the operation. He wa still
4 under the Influence ~ tho anss'hetic when
/ removed to President Milhurn'- residence.
The operation was performs 4 calmly
: and deliberately. While w. never forgot
, Tor an instant that the patient was mag
niiic.ut man and our President our emo
lions did not In the least hamper our work,
Tho wound IN ~" chest Required no att"n-
/ ,ipu until the more serious one IN the a. do
| men had hccn operated upon. and dressed
/ The fir, huc' had simply caU~"-l az alra-
1 siYu of the skin which was morn IaIuful
. than serious The wound wa drrss'Sl later
/ with a solution 81 collodion aud "a loose
b handage
I The bullet hola In tho abdomen was
I about five inches l"lpW the left nipple
and an inch and half 90 the left Of tho
/ ~ stan line Dr Mann made Hve-inch
/ iucision along the line Of the wound through
/ which the line ~ tho bullet wac followed
until II wns ssccrtsiued that It had pen"-
tin',d the anterior wall Of the stomach
! II wns found I"ccrsary Ia turn ihr stomach
! out through the incision 10 asCrrtain whether
! The lu.!ct had gone c,mpl"t'ly through that
organ We then found tha, thc pustcrior
I wall Of the stomach had also lcen pen"-
ttatcd An examination disclosed that
! the hole made by the bullet In l"aviug
| the stomach was much more faRg,d and
tom than when II entered through tho
/ anterior wall Both hulss we're thenclo-''d
with al ordinary auti-rptic sik sutur"
The stomach and abdominal cavity
/ were washed With normal All solution
! and a careful cfurt rnad- to hui thc bullet
/ IN the ahiuu.inal cavity No probing was
done From IN" prphah" iocntinu 81 IA"
| bul,t and the condition q th, Pr1siI'u,,
probing Nas not advisable "" dii 1T
hrd 10, bullct. but determined ths' II va,
\ probably -i'h"r IN th- walls Ui tl1' lack
| or lying. I-.rhAp- lose. IN the aIriomiuAl
| cavity. The salt WAf~r Was again uss'i