The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-15
SIMILARITY TO THE
 DEATH OF MIR. GARFIELD
As in McKinley's Case Surgeons Could Not Find the 4 Bullet Thought They Had Traced It.
 Autopsy Showed Mistakes.

cation of the ball. They tl4ed thln body Tor the first time last week. and ai- though 1t indicated faintly the Iocation oe the ball, 1t was afterward found to be pertinent was not regarded as perfectly conclusive. The results of this mornfne'e tests, however, are entirely satisfactory both to Professors Bell and Taintor and to the attending surgeons, and it is nevr unanimously agreed that the location Of the ball has been ascertained with rea- ,ssrstaso, sonsni certainty, and that 1t .ies as abdomen, immediately over the ereIr. about five inches below and to the right
 Autopsy Made.
 Improvement and relapse confauusa the President was removed from. fhs White House to Elberon his case tf1er1 being really hopeless. Three thousand. the railroad station to Eiberon fo the Francklyn cottage. to which the Presf- dent was taken, SC that the train could run practically to the door. His, condi- deaah at l0:s5 ?. m-. on September 1eth, The autopsy was made the next day. fhs knife being used by Dr. D. s. Lamb Of the presence of the other surgeons Tho official announcement of its results pafd.
 !t was found that the ball. after frac- tnsring turing the right eleventh rib. had passed spinal canal. fracturing the body of the nrst lumbar yertebra, driving a number or small Fragments of Bone into the ad- Jacent soft parts and lodging below the pancreas. about two inches and 6 half to the left of the spine and behind the peril toneum. where 1t had become Completely encysted- The immediate cause of death was secondary hemorrhage from one of the meeentric arteries adjoining the frarlr Of the ball, the blood rupturfng the perI- tse adoaa1 aa6 nearIy ssEy,S pin: escaping into cavity, six inches by four in dimausionn. was found in the vicinity of the gall blad- ger. between the liver and the transverse colon. which were strongly adherenf. IL did not involve the eubstance of the liver a.nG communication was found between it n and the wound A long supporatinK wound between the loin muscles and inc right kidney almost to the groin. The cnannei, now known to be due ta the posed during life to be the track Of tke
 ~ Necessarily Fatal.
 The report of the autopsy was signed ny n DTS. p "; Bliss. !. K Barnes. ]. J- Hamilton: ?. Hayes .Asnew, Andrew R. smith and D. s. Lamb. Dr. Reyburn has said that the injury to the spine would HIvs RIiss ,n caused , asath n, m any event; pr. the points revealed in the autopsy whicR required consideration py the profession. Would the condition of the PressaArt immediately after his injury have fusfs- ned a more thorough exploration of fl-e wound. or would such procedure have action was established? Considerin9 care. iLuliy the condition of the President dur thg thg the entire period of his illness. and not any operation for the pmrpo.e~ hs- lore mentioned have placed the Pre-S- asnt Henra nie in great jeopardy. and. at hesf, out afrording any signal relief? desire to make the inquiry whethex naara ssssnsivs ssfs,n W explorations could have been known instrument or means of exnIos- tion has ever been presented to the o- Iessi9n capable of tracing before fhA death Sls.s, {, of said patient the course of this
 s Opinions Differed.
 There was discussion both lay and pro- Iessionai after the result of the aritspsv was made known and of course. opinions thas 1,nsTeo; tsa The general conclusion was out reference to the mistaken diagnoeis
 One rather delicate point raised was as iIton if me sn1 egast syIs psrt taken taken by Drs Ham consultation after the other surgeons had .aken M preliminary measure and they ap~ proved what had already been done. It was said afterward that instead of rIak Ing explorations or examinatfons for themselves on their arrival at Washinr- ton. efhey accepted the reports of the eth CT attending surgeons and gave their ap- proval or the course taken by them On one hand 1t was said that they were pound to accept the reports of the other doctors who were first in charge. In fine otner nsTas said, that their profession and tne people expected them to be their own Judges wholly and that the profes- sion all over the world, when informed that these two men had been summoned teIt satisfaction that the President wsoc z to have the best medical and surgical skill and knowledge available, and thaf this implied initial examination on fine part Of these surgeons The case by req son of the remarkable mistake in the diagnosis of course became a famous one In surgical annals. ~-'s