President Garfield’s Condition: July 25, 1881, 7:00 PM

Portraits of Garfield's six doctors surround an illustration of the President on his sickbedEXECUTIVE MANSION,
July 25, 1881.

7.00 P. M.
The President has done well during the day.  His afternoon fever did not come on until after three o’clock.  It is somewhat higher than yesterday, but there has been no chill.  At noon his pulse was 104; temperature, 98.4°; respiration, 20.  At 7 P. M. his pulse was 110; temperature 101.8°; respiration, 24.

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

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