The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-09-27
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BUFFALO. Sept 15.-In suppors q
President McKiniey's body. DE. Eagenel
Wassiin has made the folkowfng STATE
ment
The hreasf-b0ne wound. alfhoHgh
simple shoEed large impact Sfiii. the
area Of infffration into the subeHtaneous
tissues was entirely too extensive to be
seoeuHted for b. the centasioa caRsed
By the foree Of the bullet The sab-cu-
sauess1s tissues were IN parity ganEreH-
ous cOndftian
.fsTbe bullet that went into the abdomen
ard penetrated the stomach also wzs
followed ny extensive necrosis Of tissues.
or gangrene. wherever il passed The
skin wound on the point Of entrance wAs
lividfy xangrenons. and Eangrene had ex-
tended along the entire line Of invasion
made IN the abdominal wall. The point
cf entrance Of this second bullet into the
stomach Was neerotic. or gangreE0us- The
/ intact al the autopsy. But the lines Of
satures were surrounded by a necTotic
area through the entire thickness OF the
stomach wall and extending on all sides
about one and one-haif to two inches The
same Is true Of the wound Of exit of the
bullet on the posterior wall of the stoui-
/ aeh This was also still closed by
4 <UrufEE. WHICH Tau BtIU4lE G4fE AC4NrA Va
an extensive area Of necrosis The tis-
sues Immediately intact with these ne
1 crotie surfaces were also neerotic. AT
! the point where the bullet passed through
/ the apex of the left kidney the tissue was
gangrenous. The further passage of the
1 bullet through the soft tissues Of the
/ back. where II became imbedded, was also
surrounded by necrotie tissue.
TESTS were made for sangrenous ma,
Al. . H. uF
/ were relieved and the wound redressed
| They have not shown as yet the presence
| Of gangrene-producing organism. leading
iaferentialiy. TO the opinion that the bu
let was coated with some poisonous sub
stance
STOCKBRIDGE. Mass. Sept. 15.-
Dr. Charles McBurney this afternoon
4 was asked to comment upon the theory
/ that the bullet which killed President Me
] inley was poisoned
cit looks suspicious" he said. ain ms
experience have never seen a wound il
such a condition as described in the re
port of the autopsy made by an ordinary
bullet"
DIR. MeBurney had just returned to his
summer home from Buffalo.
Il am not prepared to state positive
ly.- continued Dr. MeBurney. "that tbs
bullet was poisoned and until chemica
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bullet wound may be received in tbs
thigh, for instance. and provided it doe:
not cut an artery or shatter the bone il
! will quickly heal under ordinary con
ditions In a wound like the Presidents
| where manv tissues were perforated. th'
suspicious thing is that. according to tbs
| reports gangrene followed the entir,
nath of the bullet. In cutting the tissue
of the stomach. for example. an ordinary
wound might develop gangrene 10 som,
extent where the bullet went in, but if
understand the reports of the autops.
correctly. gangrene was just as great IL
extent at the end Of the wound as at iii
| beginning This is something that no on,
can understand. assuming that the hulle
| was an ordinary one
-Supposing the presence of gangren'
had been discovered before the condi
ton of the President assumed a serious
phase. could his life have been savedY'
The only way to treat conditions like
| this" replied DIR. McBurney, would b
TO lay open the whole wound and cut on
the diseased tissue. A wound like the
Presidents. involving so many different
tissues could hardly be treated in thi:
| way. for. after cutting away part of the
stomach. part of the abdomen and par
| of other tissues involved, what would
| there have been left? You cannot apply
chemical agents to wounds like that"