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

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

8.30 A. M.
The President has passed a quiet night, and this morning his condition does not differ materially from what it was yesterday at the same hour.  The swelling of the parotid gland is unchanged and is free from pain.  This morning his pulse is 98; temperature, 98.4°; respiration, 18.

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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