Territorial Enquirer | 1881-07-30 | Page 2 | The President

THE PRESIDENT his condition farther improved CHEERFUL executive no Mn n nilon july 20 0 in alio j presidents rover cassub has subsided sid edund mill atilda at this hour he Is sleeping the physicians are arc dozing on and I 1 it the members or tile the Is 1 household ouse u mill till tile tho exception of tho the attendants tend ants to the sick room have re tired ared for the night dr agnew repelled reached at midnight and wits at once token taken to the alio resi benco of attorney general mac blac where he remained over night washington july 1 16 tn explaining n the iho n lure iture or of the operation operation performed by dr aenoi and tile iho necessity for it dr alii burne mado made in aub substance stance tile following statement tile direction taken by tile the bull after it entered the body wis was forward and 81 slightly lightly downward until it struck one of the ribs it was thence deflected still further downward a little lit tie to tile the right su as to cohnke make acute angle with tile the line of ilia iho in ock buck in other words when the probe was introduced rife into the wound it depth or of three ahr e or three und and a i half I 1 riches inches its direction was such that ilia iho inner end wits only nebout tin an inch and a 11 air from the outside of tie lle body at 11 point lower down an examina lion which wits m do lit in tile the presence or of drs agnew find hamilton this morning m showed that tile tho pus cavity halt had formed in the track of the hall bull n nd ind beyond the paint lit from the rib and that till this cavity could bo be readied reached ly by direct incision inches below tho the mouth of the wound etwas it wits decided at once to perform r form tile the operation no anas 1 ales were used but the part to be ba operated upon was wa banu benumbed abed by a pray or of other ether and a wide cut wits was made into the alie pus pua entity cavity which was reached at it depth ot of it little more than nn an inch with willi tile iho lid aid or of tile lh probes and a pair til A forceps tin the d tilde which Is ii a small flexible tulu tulo of rubber perforated with holes 1110 ans was then introduced into the aou wound no dadog by the bull ball an and fai after belne being carried through tile the ills cavity was wai brought out through the newly made incision one end of the tube projected from the cut made by tile the surgeons suree ond knife ond the he other fro from the ilie mouth of tho the original wound As the tius bozed into I 1 iho 0 tu tube a through the perforation it would escape from elther either end find and was repeat edly edy 1 washed out with a weak solution of car carbolic bolle arid acid and water which was thrown through tho tubo tube in a stream the discharge which followed h 0 p n g 0 f e pua cavity v was entirely tl r 1 I satisfactory t i f t r y t to th the s aur r geons and aris soon ful followed loed by relief 11 of to the patient The drainage drain has been left no na it was originally placed laced and will remain there for the present resent if the wound III dl charges charees reely through the new opening open lne tile alio juho tuho may perhaps be tile the old one in order to allow tile the lilt hit ter to tohaid beat now new york july 26 20 ex surgeon general hammond told a herald reporter last night it certainly Is a areat great pity that tho the president has not had I 1 lid the best beat talent anti and treatment available in tile the country bilm is probably a very mr fair su surgeon rn 0 but is as to barnes I 1 dont till think a lie he has seen been a gunshot wound since th the a mexican war and its as to woodward he has probably ro bably never seen been one in ilia his life kv wales was the best man they hall and he was dismissed by bliss tile the surgeons have never nuda made search for t the ile bullet which Is tile tho very first thine 1 I ing they ought to have dore done and they 11 ey have never made the slightest endeavor to extract tile tho bullet they have evidently been afraid to treat the president as i they would have treated an ordinary mail and that is all wrong A times reporter interviewed dr carnochan 8 ageon ln in chief of tit the state hospital OU on it goeld lie ile wits decidedly of tho the opinion that gir gar field Is suffering from in regard to emial lie ho suil sald that hit it is no uncommon thing for it to follow severe gun gunshot gunsholl wounds where the pus becomes ted it la Is a very dangerous thing to hive have the percentage of recoveries from well markta acuto pyramid py ryn ramia enla after serious injury inbur y particularly in broken down cuffs t long la Is very small it win wag undoubtedly proper practice ile he thought to malce make a counter opening the purulent deposit was much bolow below the made by the bullet and the ilia counter opening from the force ot of gravitation nude made the egress of the pus pug much moro more rree free tile the bit bullet I 1 I 1 et struck the upper edge of the eleventh rib and it and this splintering of the rib othave caused additional secretion all the symptoms that been observed might occur from if mere flesh besh wound tile the presidents is recovery carnochan thinks depends entirely upon the a u ccelia which the surgeons meet in acute pi way may destroy lire life in two or three days but constitutions not greatly broken down will u ill how sone times resist blood poison for a number of days said at 10 tile the president WK was resting welt well hat lili ills fever auver had deell declined neol since tile evening bulletin was issued find and he fit felt that tile the president wits wai now nov beyond tin anny y I 1 in tiled lit to d danger a iwer he lid did not be have that any other to alie flow or iii would occur I 1 but frit if it lid it wo would tild bg be relieved and its as it 11 c consequence fe need not be reared leared dr I 1 ill t oe yb burn u indence n said the tha pr president aident wits was doing as well as 01 tiny any person mill such buell i wound could ro 10 expected to do ito mt confident of his recovery covery though it will bo be slow ard its garfield and other ine members niber of lie rai rilly have requested ted that doctor lra hamilton mid find agnew will ro if alu hero hern until the Preil president dent Is be yond nil all dan danger er find and when vilen it wm wag tell learned rife NI t thai h at L dr ir agnew would nut get hern beris ili in little lime dr flan allion agreed to stay till lie cattle the indol members bers of tile call tie djoi lined tied lit in ta the 0 that thi tone one or the other or of life hie bonsu biting surgeons burgeons remain liere here dr ebur stas at tho White hulian belld a 1 I t t it wits ills his opinion that the operation of yester day luis hits re relieved if eved the president or of the danger he fie win in find that lie will now g ret e ellar well Dr RBy burne dop does not till think n k 1 there b tew re wilt will bu be uny any further obstruction to the low flow or if pus executive mansion ALin sion july 20 26 a I 1 in 11 the president was Boine soine what res restless tl sa during tile the night find tile the rover which had subsided utter after our laal bulletin row again about mid and continued till 3 a in ili utter after which it again subsided he Is now inow about as well as ai yesterday esterd ay iy ut at the maene tine hour pulse 08 4 respiration 18 mansion july 20 dr nilsa blies ai tit the president president passed a coni forIa to flight resting well el at intervals up to 3 a in about 3 a rise lit in temperature was noticed but it boon passed away ant and afterwards the president obtained more rest und find sleep tills morning at 7 lie Is ii resting quietly with at 08 and temperature pera pora ture apparently about nominal no rinal chicago july 20 inter was washington another operation was waa performed on the president b by dr agnew this morning inor A p piece ece fractured of eleventh rib and one or two small pieces of splintered bone ero cut away tile tho operation king made mada through tile incision cut of sunday Tho unfavorable ayap long lalta lust lIlt and tills ills In orning are said by the tha doctor to bo be too due to irritation of f the wound by particles of bones in it millington july 20 the president t did not have a rood good rest last alg I 1 I 1 but was revert s it u until antil I 1 a g tho surgeons hel held a consultation from to 10 dr agnew mid a lit tile the rover was tita thu ong lion of tile the cound and tile the caused caunza must be removed then another operation was as determined upon and dr agnew enlarged life incision I 1 nado through ahe integument of the I 1 lack on oil sunday so lie ho could insert I 1 its his fl iier ile iio felt winters splinters of true I 1 tired lured rib impinging on the track of I 1 the I 1 I 1 bullet ho took cut fifteen or twenty of these fragments one an auch long ile iio then raised the fractured tit rh with ills his roger and to ra stored it tn in its natural position the pus then flowed now cd much butter better this morning w whon when hon the wound was dressed the d ig charee had partially stop stopped mid was entirely too slight blight fur for ard tho e condition of the and tills led to tile operation u under which ch the president experienced prompt relief and tile discharge wil will s satisfactory agnew said the condition was vaa then favorable and about noon repeated tills this statement the Il resident tale ato raw egg and milk with ruin in half an hour und and said fluid lie he felt b better et I 1 e r chicago july 20 Inter oceans washington rl two the doctors say buy the president is much relieved hy by tile tho ox traction extraction of several reveral slivers era from the fractured rib they hey still express confidence but say aay th they ey will he be more reticent hereafter on account of alleged misrepresentations IOU in the press dr agnew says saia t atie 1 io prcy president I 1 dent lit is better than when he e 8 luw IV III him in sunday there appeared ap appeared peare 1 to bo be no real foundation lor fur tile tho sudden alarm all over tile the country today d iia w york july ag the Th theaoa eZoa pose interviewed ter dr hamilton nil ho I 1 0 baij a 1 d I 1 tha lie deposit corpus of pus which caused th the e recent trouble would have been C petted opened by the attending but they thought it wits was a responsible duty still and they sent hent for agnew and hirn him tills complication fleet effert tile the dunces chances of recovery very materially cand and though an and implications 0 may ensue thero there la Is no e cause ause for Ier serious lous ularm these pui pug pouches are not likely to occur at t the I 1 ie old track or of tile the wound tile 1 special pl in ell cause use of t this h is ono ODB was I 1 the lie pro roi 1 lection of tho fractured rib the p presumption r e s u m tion seems to be r from tom t g nIx indications n cation 8 that tile the bull ball lie lies in the he right little roisa ro isa or cavity between tile the front of f the hip bono bone and ribs which contains tile he small ina it antei if allne I 1 dont think it entered tile the I 1 liver I 1 ver or perl peritoneum lonea tit all thought though it a at I 1 first it lud had I 1 still think the life chances of recovery ore re mure to than equal more met es fail 3 since bince I 1 have had nn all opportunity of seeing him these it are to dr exact worda ile he Is not so much changed is as many patients would bo be under the same circumstances the stories of ills his weakness are lie ile could bear half it a dozen or more operations like the last which was like re ra ino moving vinga a boll there Is no evidence whatever ofa of sumia washington july 27 tho the surgeons have haven greed not to give out I 1 any anymore mors interviews because they have been greatly misrepresented one surgeon to night flight told it a press reporter he ha did not consider that fin oper operation atlow had been performed perform wd to today it was simply it a modification of the condition to ili produce aduce a better discharge offus of pus which wai was there the ra suitor suit of the removal of a email bone w with ith the pus for the lie president was better tonight to night than fur some das and was doing as aa well as before fri days das relapse was nearer recovery than lie he hall had ever b been eel lie iio lial flail more nourishment to dayl and it agreed with him had bad no In indices Ind diges igei lien aa and d ills his appetite Is li 11 creasing too ha will 11 regain strength I 1 believe the president will recover ro rover not in a few days daa but evidently lie is mending now ile hall no fever toda to lo da day Y the effects of to days daya liari W ere about the iho saine ns as would 1 boeni a na strongman strong anan tho the president dint is not weakened but strengthened by the removal of tile splinters splint era of bone lie fie lell fell aileen soon lifter after anti fleshed fre shed his big pulse which rose a it we in ID the hr afat eavou aaion suly sided und aind fit at 1130 hn conditions are normal bel w lie 81 sleep 11 epi quietly and ly we I 1 ersland the wound thoroughly and can call meet meat and subtitle promptly tiny iby new complaint lie ile bald in ti night lie ho felt very much better we till nil feel fed hopeful and che cheerdal erfal mrs joins lit in the cheerful feelings coelin fo elin the president Is resting wll veil to met and all the usual hypodermic injections of olinor bulor phin phane have been given W washington illIng toll july 27 all reports from tile ilia back room agree that the president Is I 1 much better and lin fin proving Yesterdays operation wild was entirely in dr boynton Don loii gave evo out the fact of its it having been performed the physicians hud had in III lemler it to withhold it executive alandus july jub 2712 30 I 1 p ni tho president tl wound was rel just oner after tills mornings bulb tin ait was issued it looks well and tile the pus pug which li ii healthy in ili character cha li 14 reely yince since then lien lie ho has rested quietly and takes lakes ills hia nour nourishment is readily find and without gastric disturbance at present lila ills la is 03 1 I respiration 18 sig si gnad ried D IV J K barnes J J wood woodward s a rd it 11 itel burne washington july 27 execute iva 31 mansion nt it t 4 15 dr bliss reports ll 11 a and t id steady in t the a presidents c condition ondi tion ile he has been very quiet and comfortable throughout the day has taken nourishment in ili increased quantities without 83 or of gastric disturbances lips has dept i peacefully at intervals without ano anodynes dynes arid up to this hour has been free from froin rever fever all his symptoms in the judgment of the attending turee uns vs are rua full of en 0 u ra gement executive x ve mansion july 27 7 p ro the Is still breting nl tini quietly ns as lie he bus been mile to take more nourishment today to day 1 dun I I 1 fin fur several d days I 1 3 19 past and up to t the lie present hour he has lag had bad nu doi febrile rise of temperature ills wound ills has just been dr dressed eased it looks vell veil find aad lias has continued t to 0 ilse harge healthy pus in sufficient insufficient quantity during the day 1 ilia I 1 Is pulse is now OB 06 temperature turg 08 5 respiration 20 executive Ma mainone MaiNon rolon ap 2 p m the very favorable noticed lit in the last bulletin continue the president la is free from fever arid and resting quietly dr agnew returned to Phil philadelphia adelphin to duy day but dr 11 hamilton p nil ton will take ills his place to orto or to morrow morning Theller tild which tills lias within ft a few days published n R broadside of criticism c on the presidents condition and greali treatment saya s 9 we have been gentle on the doctors where here they have made ten tea blunders WO we havo pointed out one and where in their ObJect objections lOns to out our observations they have opened