President Garfield’s Condition: September 2, 1881, 8:30 AM

Portraits of Garfield's six doctors surround an illustration of the President on his sickbedEXECUTIVE MANSION,
September 2, 1881.

8.30 A. M.
The President slept well during the night, and this morning his condition is, in all respects, as favorable as yesterday at the same hour. Pulse, 100; temperature, 98.4°; respiration, 17.

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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