President Garfield’s Condition: August 24, 1881, 12:30 PM

Portraits of Garfield's six doctors surround an illustration of the President on his sickbedEXECUTIVE MANSION,
August 24, 1881.

12.30 P. M.

The President continues to take liquid food by the mouth, as reported in the last bulletin.  His temperature has risen slightly since that time; in other respects, his condition is about the same.
Pulse, 104; temperature, 99.2°; respiration, 17.

D. W. BLISS,
J. K. BARNES,
J. J. WOODWARD,
ROBT.  REYBURN,
FRANK H. HAMILTON.

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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