President Garfield’s Condition: August 14, 1881, 6:30 PM

Portraits of Garfield's six doctors surround an illustration of the President on his sickbedEXECUTIVE MANSION,
August 14, 1881.

6.30 P. M.
The condition of the President has not materially changed since noon. The afternoon febrile rise is about the same as yesterday.  Pulse, 108; temperature, 100.8°; respiration, 19.

D. W. BLISS,
J. K. BARNES,
J. J. WOODWARD,
ROBT.  REYBURN,
D. HAYES AGNEW.

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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