But even what does remain is fragmentary, and in many cases unsigned. As Dr. Rives observed many years later: “The situation that night, even after I arrived, which was after the operation was completed and Huey was back in his room, could only be described as chaotic. Several physicians seemed to be on hand, and in the case of a critically injured patient, when no one of the attending doctors is actually in command and giving the orders to the crew of which he is the captain ... well, all I can say is that even during the four hours or so when I was there between about 1 A.M. and the time I started back for New Orleans which I reached at daybreak, the situation was nothing short of chaotic.” A transcript of the microfilm was made by Dr. Chester A. Williams, the present coroner of East Baton Rouge parish. According to this document, the admitting note, set down on a plain sheet of paper, is not even signed; obviously the last two lines were added by someone else after the operation was concluded. It is preceded on the record by a standard summary form which reads: Hospital No. 24179. Sen. Huey P. Long, 42 yr.w.m. Admitted Sept. 8, 1935, to Dr. Vidrine. 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. Anesthesia: N₂O started at 10:51 P.M. ended 12:14 A.M. Pulse during anesthesia 104-114 Operation begun 11:22 P.M., ended 12:25 A.M. What was done: Perforation--2--Transfer [_sic!_] colon. [Signature not decipherable]