President Garfield’s Condition: July 19, 1881, 8:30 AM

Portraits of Garfield's six doctors surround an illustration of the President on his sickbedEXECUTIVE MANSION,
July 19, 1881.

8.30 A. M.
The President has passed a very good night, and this morning he is free from fever and expresses himself as feeling quite comfortable.  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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