President Garfield’s Condition: July 6, 1881, 8:30 PM

Portraits of Garfield's six doctors surround an illustration of the President on his sickbedEXECUTIVE MANSION,
July 6, 1881.

8.30 P. M.
The President’s condition continues as favorable as at last report.  He has passed a very comfortable day, taking more nourishment than yesterday.  Pulse, 104; temperature, 100.6°; respiration, 23.

D. W. BLISS,
J. K. BARNES,
J. J. WOODWARD,
ROBERT REYBURN.

No further bulletin will be issued to-night unless the conditions become unfavorable.

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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