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Show Terrific Fight With Death at White House President's Wife Suffering Agbny Prona Dilation i.r Kidney Due to Stoppage of Excretion Bj Obstruction in Canal Between Organ and Bladder WASHINGTON. B pt 9. The com-dltlon com-dltlon of Mrs. Harding was declared to be "still critical" in a bulletin issued is-sued by Brigadier General c. E. Sawyer, Saw-yer, the family physician, at H:10 o'clock tonight. The official bulletin. which was timed 7:30 o'clock, gave the patient's condition as follows. "Temperature 102.2; respiration 36; pulse 112 Excretion by kidneys somewhat Increased. Laboratory findings find-ings Indicate less auto-Intoxication. Pain In abdomen diminished. Patient j has been able to take and retain some nourishment. Condition still crltl- I oil." , "Dr. t; T. Harding. Jr.. President Harding's brother. Joined the medical medi-cal council Saturday inorri'Pj," the statement continued. "Dr. Oharlcsl Mayo, who has been called to confer on surgical aspects will arrive In I Washington at 9 a. m gunoay. (Signed) "C. K. BAWilSR, M. D." Tiie condition at 1 1 o'clock was said i by Secretary Christian to be about, the sumo as when the official bulb-tin bulb-tin w a.s Issued earlier in the evening. "The most encouraging thing." he; declared, "is thai Mrs. Harding is no I worse." Chairman Lasker of the shipping1 board, was a lat. caller at the White, house, and said Dr. George T. Hard-ling, Hard-ling, the president's brother and one I j of the consulting physicians had told I him be was 'not without hope" for I the recovery of Mrs. Harding President Harding was still at the I bedside. He had been greatly cheered, cheer-ed, il was announced, by the Visit to; i the White House during the day of, ! former Presient and Mrs. Wilson They had be. n "most gracious" ami the president was deeply appreciate . jof their words, It was added Among the later callers tonight ,nt i the executive mansion were Senator and Mrs New, of Indiana. S. . r. lary Chrlstia.i ' aid at th- White House tonight that "all s'.gns till were very distressing " He made I the statein. nt as ho left hln office I for a few minutes in company with Hear Admiral Cary T. Grayson, who aM-ndcd President Wilson during his I critical lllneps and who had also called call-ed at the executive mansion In the afternoon. It was Indicated that an operation would be performed only J as a last renort After Friday nlght'T tnse hours, with Mrs. Harding admittedly in a "critical condition." a nplrl? of hopei e.-n tinged with some optimism had pervaded the White House during the day. It was apparent that this was duo to the plucky fight the patient is making nd which has aroused the admiration of the group of physicians i and attendants ever since th- recur-1 ring malady, this time with compll-catlons compll-catlons due to S cold, became scrloun I s wrul days ago. Even today sh-n' ., Midden 1-.. I:i h15f temperature j cansed some momentary concern and ' Mrs. Harding plainly wa- suffering acutely, she continued to display her usual fortltud- and unfailing courage. cour-age. President Harding laid aside all but the most Ital affairs of slat- Io.Jjv and went to the spacious chamDCJ' overlooking .Lafayette park where the first lady of the land lay, to bo wilh her, and tonight was there. From time to time the physicians and nurses withdrew, leaving the two alone. Throughout the day there was a continuous line of carriages and automobiles au-tomobiles bringing cabinet officeis and representatives of foreign governments govern-ments to inquire for the latest news from the sick chamber. Former President Wilson and Mrs. Wilson came during the afternoon (Continued on Page Two) MRS. HARDING BATTLSNG DEATH Consultation Today to Determine De-termine Whether Operation Opera-tion Shall Be Performed (Continued From Pajre One) and left their cards. The new German Ger-man ambassador. Ilerr WeldfHt, and practically every department head In the present administration m re among the callers, most of whom left flowers and personal notes expressing express-ing their s mpath) The White House grounds wen d -serted tonight except for the details of police who kept quiet vigil v. bli the executive mansion itself waa ahrouded in darkness except for .a dim glow from the front entrarv- and a subdued light which came from the sick room. President Harding physicians and nurses, remained at the bedside, while Secretary christian was close at hand in an adjoining room. Because of the absence of officials offi-cials from the executive offices, where attaches and newspaper correspondents correspond-ents kept watch there were few visitors vis-itors as the night wore on It was emphasized at the White House that both President and Mrs Harding hold every confidence in Dr. Sawyer especially in lew of his personal per-sonal attendance upon Mrs. Harding on the occasion of similar attacks In the past As a matter of precaution, however, specialists have been called In for consultation and others are en route to the White House today. Doctor John Finney of Baltimore. Md., who Is already on the scene, Dr. Charles H. Mayo of Rochester. Minn, and other physicians are expected to mako an examination on the arrival of Dr. Mayo tomorrow when a declB-Ion declB-Ion will be reached as to the nec 8- Kiiy oi an operation, Failure of Mrs Harding's condition to respond to the treatment which had proven efficacious in the past wa the basis of much ot the anxiety evidenced eviden-ced around the White House Tlu treatment includes frequent appllt a-tlons a-tlons of hot cloths in an endeavor to induce elimination of possible uremic poison through the pores The vicinity Ol the White House presented a scone today In sharp c ontract on-tract to that witnessed dally since Mrs. Hardin;,- became Its chatt lalne STREAM OF FLOWERS Instead Of numerous groups of tourists tour-ists and sightseers crowding the spacious spa-cious lawns and wandering about the historic East and Red rooms, tha .31 grounds wore deserted and the residence resi-dence restricted to the staff of employes. em-ployes. At tho executive office on the J north end of tho square block occu pied by the presidential mansion, a H constantly growing delegatlcn of howspaper men awaited tho latest news from the sick chamber. This is situated In the northeast corner of tho building, overlooking Pcnnsylvan-i Pcnnsylvan-i la avenue and Lafayette square A constant stream of flowers and messages of sympathy from friends in Washington and cities throughout the country reached the White House during the day. Government officials continued to make personal inquiries and to leave messages of encouragement encourage-ment for their chief. Mr. Harding usually an earlier visitor to the executive offices, where the routlno work of the administration is carried on did not reach his or-flco or-flco until noon and then remained a brief time. Attaches said he was in constant communication with the patient's pa-tient's room and cn several occasions the nurses and physicians withdrew, leaving him with his wife. CALLS HER BROTHER President Harding personally called call-ed Clifford Kllng of Marion, Ohio, brother of Mrs. Hardlnif, over long distance this morning and advised him of tho latest report from Dr. Sawyer. The nomenclature of medicine describes de-scribes hydro-neuphrosla with which Mrs. Harding is afflicted, as an accumulation accu-mulation of fluid In the pelvic region of the kidney, caused by an obstruction obstruc-tion of the flow of urine between the kidneys and the bladder. Fretjuent-ly Fretjuent-ly it has been rnls-dlagnosed as dropsy, drop-sy, and it Is believed mat previous Indications of the same trouble In Mr. Harding's case have caused friends to I 'believe that she was disposed to dropsical drop-sical condition So far. It is understood, that It ho-s I not been determined whethei one or ! both kidneys are affected or which I may be the cause of obstruction. Some surgeons have found that it is frequently fre-quently caused by what is commonly known us floating kidneys, when one of thOSe orguns gets out of pi n ' and twists the canal which conducts the (outgoing fluids, thus obstructing or completely closing, the pusaage. In some- i ases. the obstruction lias been found to be caused by the lodgment of renal calous a hard acid crystal 'body in the canal SHARP PAINS PRODUCED In either case the obstruction causing caus-ing the accumulation or riulds pro-! pro-! duces sharp pains and acute dilation ol the yrgans and If not successlull ii'l 1 can-., s the absorption or distribution dis-tribution of toxins and results In some degree of uraemic poisoning. Until the arrhal of other surgeons and the i consultation which will determine ! what action la to bo taken. Mrs H..r-ding H..r-ding Is being made as comfortable as possible With sedatives Hut she is at all times conscious and with her mental faculties unimpaired and de-' de-' spite the great pain approaching at times to almost agony, she has shown i as her first concern the comfort and repose of those about her. The fact ithut she was resting easier today because be-cause some of the pressure had be li r lieved during the night was taken as a good indication medically that nature na-ture was helping in some degree to relieve the obstruction and might continue con-tinue to contribute valuable aid to the urpeons during the next 24 or 48 hours While a surgical operation is generally gen-erally accounted a sure means of relief :ln such cases, other considerations (frequently make It Inadvisable in tne i opinion of the surgeons and whether Jit would be resorted to on Mrs Harding Har-ding depends on the developments of the next da and tho outcome of the I consultation of the surgeons whi n I they assemble. 00 |