EXECUTIVE MANSION,
July 11, 1881.
1.00 P. M.
The favorable progress of the President’s case continues. Pulse, 106; temperature, 99.8°; respiration, 24.
D. W. BLISS,
J. J. WOODWARD,
J. K. BARNES,
ROBT. REYBURN.
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.
At this time, was a persistent low-grade fever recognized by physicians as an indication of infection?