President Garfield’s Condition: August 21, 1881, 12:30 PM

Portraits of Garfield's six doctors surround an illustration of the President on his sickbedEXECUTIVE MANSION,
August 21, 1881.

12.30 P. M.
The President’s condition continues about as the morning bulletin, except that there is a slight rise of temperature.  He continues to take liquid nourishment by their mouth as well as by enema.  Pulse, 108; temperature, 99.4; 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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