President Garfield’s Condition: September 1, 1881, 6:30 PM

Portraits of Garfield's six doctors surround an illustration of the President on his sickbedEXECUTIVE MANSION,
September 1, 1881.

6.30 P. M.
The condition of the President has not materially changed since the last bulletin, except that there has been a moderate rise of temperature this afternoon. It having been represented to us that a portion of this morning’s bulletin has been misunderstood, we would state that the President has had no rigors for several weeks. At present his pulse is 108; temperature, 99.4°; respiration, 18.

D. W. BLISS,
J. K. BARNES,
J. J. WOODWARD,
ROBERT  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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