President Garfield’s Condition: July 3, 1881, 2:00 PM

Portraits of Garfield's six doctors surround an illustration of the President on his sickbedEXECUTIVE MANSION,
July 3, 1881.

2 P. M.
The President has slept a good deal since last bulletin, though occasionally suffering from pain in both feet and ankles.
Pulse, 104; respiration, 18; temperature nearly normal. Whilst the President is by no means out of danger, yet his symptoms continue favorable.

D. W. BLISS.

This post is one of a series reenacting the official bulletins released to the public by the physicians to President Garfield during his illness after the shooting on July 2, 1881.

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