Diagnosis: Shot wound abdomen, perforation of colon, Room 325.
Died Sept. 10, 1935.
The unsigned “admitting note” on its plain sheet of paper, which follows the foregoing summary, reads:
“Pt. admitted to O.R. at 9:30 P.M. Dr. Vidrine present. Exam made by Dr. Vidrine shows wound under ribs rt. side, clothes and body with blood. Pulse volume weak and faint. Fully conscious, very nervous. Given caffeine and sodium benzoate 2 cc by hypo. Dr. Cook present. Put to bed in 314 at 9:45 P.M. Foot of bed elevated. M.S. gr. 1⁄6 by hypo for pain. Asked for ice continuously. Dr. Cecil Lorio present. External heat, Pt. in cold sweat. After consultation, patient to O.R. at 11:20, pulse weak and fast, still asks for ice.”
Then follow the words, obviously added after the operation:
“Dr. Vidrine, C. A. Lorio, Cecil and Dr. Cook present, and put to bed in 325 at 12:40 A.M. Foot of bed elevated.”
The Operating Room record of the chart reads:
Surgeon: Dr. Vidrine.
Anesthetist: Dr. McKeown.
Assistants: Dr. Cook, Dr. C. A. Lorio, Dr. C. Lorio.