President Garfield’s Condition: July 9, 1881, 7:30 PM

Portraits of Garfield's six doctors surround an illustration of the President on his sickbedEXECUTIVE MANSION,
July 9, 1881.

7.30 P. M.
The President’s condition has continued favorable during the day.  The febrile reaction this afternoon does not differ materially from that of yesterday.  Pulse, 108; temperature, 101.9°; respiration, 24.

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

The conditions are so favorable no further bulletin will be issued until to-morrow morning.

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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