The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-09-16

said 10 Have Been the Cnu-e "f The
Delay an Issuing the signed Nc-
mort OF Post Norton Examination
BUFFALO. Sept. lf.-There IS "a great
deal of interest I'm the result of the -au-
topsv ON the body OF the late President
and much discussion I- evoked - tn"
medical profession. The aUtosE began III
I-s5 O'Clock saturday morning 10 was
performed by Dr. Harry j. Gaylord
PathoIoGi-t of the New York state l-a'"-
ratory. assisted by DIT Herman O. Met
finger also Of the State Laboratory. in
the presence Dr the attending physicians
and SURGEONS. Including Dr. Charles Nc
Rurucy and Dr. Edward C. Janeway. OF
New York Dr. rs. +. Kendall surgeon,
L 8 A. Edward l. MUnsuu assistant
surgeon. T.. 5. A. Dr. W. W Johnston
DIT Charles Cory. ana Dr Herman j..
Raor. the sau-iu-IaW OF AhncT Mckinley.
were also present II. 7. Story, stenog-
rapher of the District Attorneys Office.
took notes of the examination
Coroner Wilson had empaneuod a jury.
hut tho District Attorney dispensed with
its services declaring that an inquest was
unnvCss sary.
The autopsy was performed in the
room In which the President died. Or.
w sStaaa ar-I I't mouse III -ar''. A4l-- lAl.A
the autopsy has been completed Half an
hour later Dr. Mann left the house He
hurried past the reporters. speaking
shortly and sharply in response to en-
ouirios The official report VAS not is
sued until o'clock. two and hall hours
after thu autopsy had been completed, ac-
cordiuC 70 Dr. Wasdiu. DIR. McBuTncE's
name WIS not appended for the reason
that he was compelled TO leave before the
completion Of the autopsy The delay m
issuing the bulletin was due 20 the fact
that in spite Of Jilig,nt search. The bull
let could not bc located.
The rost-mortem was "a diiEent and
rainstaking one. An inci=ion extending
from the suprasteruaI notch. which is in
the middlr line between the ends of Lns
two collar bones. TO the sympahysls
pubcs which is i'm the middle line AT the
upper border of the pgIyis. was first
made in the upper portion If the body.
from the notch 20 the susi5orm appendix
or extreme lower portion OF the breast
bone, the incision was made clear 20 the
bone.
In the abdominal region the iucision di-
viJed the skin and subcutaucoUs tissues
throughout the entire length OF the me
dian lire uutiI tho .IlpuiaaI organs and
yiscera were laid bare. a transverse in
cisi0n. crossing the first at right ang.,s,
and dividing the tissue from one side to
the other along the free border of the
ribs. was next made. The skin lascIal
and muscles were then separated from
the thoraE AID reflected. exposing the
ribs and lreastb0ue. The tissues were
held back by means Of chain hooks The
breastboGe was then removed by severinE
the cCstal cartiliag,s The heart AID
lungs were next carefully examined, bJt
were not removed from the BODY. The
heart walls were found 30 De thin. but
there was no evidence of disease IN or
about the organ. The lungs were also
sound
DIT. Wasdin told % reporter that there
was no evidence OF any organic lesion OF
the heart Dr. Park confirmed this state
ment.
The organs and abdominal visccra were
then removed one by one The cridces
and vessels connected with them were
carefully Iigated and cut asuuGer. The
stomach. liver. gall. bladder spleen. pan
creas. kidneys. and int,stines. with their
Omental covering. were removed I'm this
way.
1t was evident at once. according to the
physicians. that death was due 10 gan
creme. The stomach wounds were not
healed. the edges being simply held in
place by the stitches. Tho pancr,as and
tissues surrounding IL and the left kidney.
the tissues all along the track Of the bull
let as far as il could De traced, were gan
grenOus-
DR.. Roswell Park. who does not agree
with some Of his colleagues that the bull
let may have been poisoned. was seen al
his office. He said The bullet after
passing through the anterior and poster
Tor walls Of the stomach, perforated the
tail of the pancreas. and after passing
through the loose arJOIar tissue grazed
the top Of the left kidney.
The escape Of the paucreatic juice into
the abdominal cavity was sufficient u
account for the condition Of things we
found The kidney itself YVES not gan
grenous- The presence Of the
panCreatic juice also accounts for the
fact that the wounds in the stomach was
had not healed BY its peptouiziHg action
pancreatic juice prevents the formation OF
cicatricial tissue. II was impossible 70
have discovered the wound in the pan
creas and kidney or To have romcdied
them. for one cannot handle a live man
as ne would a corpse.
4 saw nothing that would lead me 10
believe that the wounds were inflicted
with "a poisoned bullet. The presence OF
the paugreatic juice alone was sufficient
to account for everything we found
Twcl:y-four specimens were taken
from the EaDgrenoLs products of In. or
Eaus and tissues The cultures were
placed ia test tubes When developed a
bactcTigl 1giral examination viii Do. made.
The N.5c'ra were carefully replaced and
the l.t.sIE.E closed with EITUTs--