President Garfield’s Condition: July 12, 1881, 8:00 AM

Portraits of Garfield's six doctors surround an illustration of the President on his sickbedEXECUTIVE MANSION,
July 12, 1881.

8.00 A. M.
The President is comfortable this morning.  The rise of temperature noted in last evening’s bulletin began to diminish about an hour later.
Pulse, 96; temperature, 99.6°; respiration, 22.

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

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