President Garfield’s Condition: July 26, 1881, 8:30 AM

Portraits of Garfield's six doctors surround an illustration of the President on his sickbedEXECUTIVE MANSION,
July 26, 1881.

8.30 A. M.
The President was somewhat restless during the night, and the fever, which had subsided after our last bulletin, rose again about midnight and continued until 3 A. M., after which it again subsided.  He is now about as well as yesterday at the same hour.  Pulse, 102; temperature 98.4°; respiration, 18.

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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