President Garfield’s Condition: July 15, 1881, 8:30 AM

Portraits of Garfield's six doctors surround an illustration of the President on his sickbedEXECUTIVE MANSION,
July 15, 1881.

8.30 A. M.
The President has rested well during the night, is doing admirably this morning, and takes his food with relish.  Pulse, 90; temperature 98.5°; respiration, 18.

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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