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

VI vi. AAAN AI..@AN
and tract showed changes which tndioated
that u had been injured during life. w"
made careful search for a missile. n bullet
bat NJ the time did not find any aud later,
~ the cause % death was established. the
soo-rh Tor the bullet wac d. 'untinued
The wall ~ this CAVITY was formed 10y tn"
IA po-'criorly Tho attachment Of the large
intestine and the pancreas were SERIOUSLY
involved
y. What was the oau-, ~ death1 A. The
cause 81 death was n gunsiot wound leading
: 10 changes IN the important vtsoera
q What was the condition OF the organs
aside from this woundP A The condition
Of th. other organs which were not m
cluicd IN his area Of the wound were those
which a man 81 the President age should
have had. They were not ESPECIALLY robu.'
Organs, ~ to spssak but they were perfectly
satisfactory and In sufhcient condition TO
support hfc. j..
o That ", they were normal for n man OF
hh- condition and agc3 A They were
certainly that.
nv TITUS.
Juds- Titus c-roas-e1amined the witness
, y Sou lid not hnd tbs buiistF 4. We
did not.
y You did not search for Il very much'
I.@. air. we soarch~d until Va we're
finally requested 10 desist.
Y The parts near the wound. what
change. " any. had occurred theref 4
They wer, In a condition Of necrosis They
were dead.
q What color' A. Thsy were grsyish
In appearance.
q Well. a very pronounced gray or
simply an indication ~ grayl A No. cir,
a well defined gray color
Y What lid that indicate TO you
That indicated a necrosis Of the TISSUES.
That IL. a process which cad caused com
pleta destruction Of tho TISSUES
q L. that what is popularity known a.
gangr-nor A That is, sir.
-. l. $50. ..-sa.rAa. ill .nfl
H. kind enough Ia Use as plain Language
~ YOU can. leaving out the scientific IAN
guage? Now, you say that tho kidney
s.sm.d Ia have been inJuredr A The
kidney showed changes. injury. which
could have only been produced during
life. and through coming In contact with this
tract. which We traced down "a It's opening.
Y Had the hall passed through any
part Of the kidneyp A No, ali, l cant
state that A hall could have graz"d u
and caused injury, hut there was no los
Of continuity which would enable ms to
say II had been perforated
U What was the color of tho ktdney~F
A Tho Kidneys were Of n r-ddish color.
They presented the appearance which q
kidney OF a man OF that az" usually pre-
s.nts Thew was some fatty change.
Y. The natural co!Orl A lies. sr lhare
were only slight chang-s.
Y What disculorauon ur change had 90
cunvd ~hero the kidney had teen p~rto-
TaAtsAf lhIF WIZ "
area where a hemorrhage had occurred.
where soma blood had .-caI~d.
q Did you find any evldence OF blood
lying Ia the vicinity Of the kidney A.,
There WIS an evid"nce Of tho hemorrhage
In the lat tack of IN" kidney. That WAS
In direct line with this tract.
Y What do you call this part OF the body
n lies below the stomach A. The
Ientoneutn. You mean the peritoncaI
cavity
THE INVOLVED.
. What hes Immediately below tho
stomach A The pancroas.
Y Wa that injured In any ~ayt A.
That VA involved IL showed very pro-
nOunced change.
y. Not by any actual injury 20 Il by tho
hulst7 A | couldn't state that. beNaus"
the amount ~ injury, the amount Of IN
volvernent Of the organ Wa too great IL
possibly might have been injured. but II
would b. impossible 90 state 20
y Was Il ANYWHERE In the line OF the
direction Of the bulletY A should b-'
inclinri 10 think II was too FAR hack 70
have be%n IA line with the bullet
Y. How far removed from the line OF the
bullet A Well. a very short distance. not
over ~three-quarters Of an inch,
Y. But the bullet passed above III A.
The bullet pa@sed below II.
% Nell. I had got the erroneous idea
shat this pancreas Law below the stomach.
A IL does, hut posteriorly and below u.
o How could the bullet have gone
through the stomach and not touched
the pancr.as? \ Because the stomach
extends further DOWN. The stomach over
hangsi II.
Q'Tha wound passed through the stom-
ach below the pancreas' A lies. sir lhe
wound passed through the stomach below
tho pancr-a-
Involved OF iniuredp A. No. cir. The
kidney and pHncr-az and stomach were
the only three organs.
IHE CAUSE or DEATH.
o You have entertained the opinion
and do still that the wound through The
MIR Mckinley. A. Not the wound through
the stomach In itself. ! consider tho
changes back Of the stomach Which IN.
volved IN. pancreas were the fundamental
factors
WINS Injured hy the bullet coming In con-
tact with Il that caused the d'aih OF ~.
President A / don't think hat | could
state specifically that the death oi the
President vas due TO injury In any organ
made directly ly the bullet That n, l
could not max. that statement The
changes caused by the bullet. which re-
suited from the passage Of the bullet through
that spacc hack % the stomach Wa what
caused his death. and that was largely
because Of the fact that the pancr-as was
involved. II was caused by the absorption
or brea up Of this material back OF the
pisrtouoal cavity
y You think the injury 20 the stomach
itself did not produco that deathf A
do not
y And you think the injury 70 the
kidney did not produce d.athi A ! do
not
q And you ssy The p~ancr~as was not
touched A. | couldn't say that u Wa.
. Did you hnd any evidence hat It
was? A There Wa marked evid"nce
that u had been seriously involved In this
general breaking down Of tissue. hut !
could not saw IL Ind been directly injured
by the bullet.
y Won't you describe, Doct or. the
extent Of this d~isin;.gration or breaking
down, as YOU express hl A. Of the die
Indignation. Il was an AREA NJ least two
and a half inches In diameter. which ex-
tended well into the substance Of the organ
lust about it, ndddle portion.
rHE UsE of A~NTIsEPrIcs
o Al the present time In cases 81 thee
operations on wounds you US. antiseptio-'
A. lcs, sir
o And could that have been applied
To the uancrea-7 A No, sir. That could
not have produced th"sa changes Ia the
panCusas.
q Howl 4 You moan could that hav c
prpduC~d thss-, changes IN the pancreasr
= Could Il nave been applied Ia that
organ and would II have n tendency -