Waterbury Democrat., 1901-10-26
DR. R|XEYS STATEMENT.
Filed With Surgeon General of
 the Navy.

Tells All About the Shooting and the Death of President AIcKinley-The Report Gives the Mihutest Details
 As to the Treatment Accorded tue
 President from the Time He Was ] Shot Until He Died.
 1 Washington, Oct 26.-"In the line Of l duty, while receiving the people, was
 shot by Leon F. Czolgosz,' is the ottl-
 cial statement filed. with the surgeon
 general of the navy by Dr Presley M- 1 Rixey, medical inspector, U. S. N, as l a,l iiltroduction for his report upon the ]! wound4ng. illness and death of the late
 President Mckinley. The cause or 1 death is thus stated: "Gangrene cT 1 both walls of stomach and pancreas, l following gunshot wound"
 ] The report itself is remarkable for l its exhibition ill the closest possible de. l tail of the exact state of the patient 1 during his mortal illness. It is in the 1 shape or ships log almost. showing
 a5 intervals of very few minutes,
 sometimes q single minute, rarely more 1 than an hour the patients progress to. 1 ward the end. But perhaps the mosr I valuable data contained from med9-
 cal point of view is the accurate regis 1 ter!ng Of the medication of the case
 noJ a single morsel of food nor dose Of medicine, or a bath. is omitted in this account. Included i'll the running story at the proper intervals are tllt. i bulletins which were given 10 the pub- i lie as the case progressed
 f The report begins with an account ]! of the first operation at the Emergency
 hospital. September 6, the two wounds | being described exactly as they have l been treated in the preceding medical
 reports. Dr RiXey, stating that all the 1 physicians present agreed to the inn mediate laparotomy. makes his first en-
 try tt 5:30 D. m., when Dr Mann made /! q vertical incision passing through the i wound. and found at the very begin
 nirg q piece of cloth carried in by the i bullet. Eight minutes later strychnine
 was administered hypodermically.
 some time after that brandy was ad-
 ministered in the same manner, and then morphine likewise was. adminls- l tered. This same application became
 necessary five minutes after the pa l tienr arrived at the Milburn house, the i result being an improved pulse but slighr nausea. The first bulletin issued 1 to the public was dated at { ?. m. It l described the character of the wound, l tue general outline of the operation,
 and spoke of the condition of the pa
 tie1lt as gratifying and justifying hopes
 of recovery. The next entry at S:43 1 declares that he rested quietly for eight
 mi1IGtes, but at 9:15 the patient yonl- i tied q small quantity of partly digested l food and blood clot Vomiting fol ] lowed at $40 also. At 10:45 the but letin was issued stating that the presi-
 dent was rallying satisfactorily and resting comfortably. At 1o:45 ?. m. i there were occasional twinges Of pain
 and slight discoloration of dressings. l At 12 o'clock midnight q saline enema | was retained. At l a. m.. an hour
 later. the bulletin described the presl-. l dent as free from pain and resting well. The notes follow at intervals
 of less than an hour until 4:53 the sec
 ond day, September '. The patient l was sleeping. but at the latter hour q 1 large amount of gas was expelled, and
 ten minutes later at 5:05 a. m., the en-
 try reads: "Pain severe OH deep in-
 sriration." At 5:20 the patient is said
 to be restless after retaining one pint
 of saline enema. At 6 q. m. the off l ci;! bulletin announced .'the president passed 8 good night Fifteen minutes later an injection of morphine was l given, and at 9 a. m. it was announced | that tic president had passed fairly I comfortable night and no serious symp- toms had developed.
 At noon on the second day more nor 1 pliIne was administered hypodernical- | ly. at 1:15 there was a saline enema, 1 and at 1 80 there was hypodernlic in-
 jeetion of digitalis, the patient passing
 much gas by the mouth. The first al ! cohcl bath was given at 5:30 of this i day. while the patient was sleeping, but passing gas by the mouth. Al 6:3o the patient complained Of intense pain i'll the pit of the stomach. He
 was given a hypodermie injection of morphine. No pain, but restless.
 Sponeed with alcohol and rested quiet
 ly for half an hour. The official bull
 letIn announced no change for the
 worse. At TAO r. m. digitals was ad- min stered hypodermically, and the bulletin at 9:30 declared that the con- ClitiCns continued much the same, tine presitlent responding well to medica ton. He had fifteen minutes quiet
 sleep. when q saline enema with soma
 toz was administered. part of which
 was rejected. Then there was another hypodermic injection of digitalis at 10:40 and fifteen minutes later of nor
 phine, the patient being very restless.
 The third day, September s. began
 With the entry at 10:30: Restless during sleep. Limbs Sponged with :ti-
 collol. Quiet and slept from , to ;
 o'clock" The 3:20 a. m. bulletin said
 tue president had passed a fairly good
 night. At 3:30 there was another enc.
 Ha of salt and somatoZ. From 4 to 4:30 the patient was said to be scol;- l fused and very restless" At ; a. 1n.
 complains of feeling chilly, but 1t passed in a moment The patient 1 was restless and talkative from 5 to
 6 o'clock a. m., expelling brown fluid and gas.