President Garfield’s Condition: July 20, 1881, 8:30 AM

Portraits of Garfield's six doctors surround an illustration of the President on his sickbedEXECUTIVE MANSION,
July 20, 1881.

8.30 A. M.
The progress of the President towards recovery continues uninterruptedly.  He has passed a quiet night.  Pulse this morning 86; temperature, 98.4o; 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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