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Show ROOSEVELT REPORTED III SERIOUS COITION v Termer President Passes Comfortable Night After Af-ter Undergoing Operation Opera-tion for Abscesses; Inflammation, In-flammation, However, Enters Interior of Left Ear and Is the Cause of Anxiety. THREE DOCTORS ARRIVE IN HASTE At Last Accounts the Inflammation In-flammation Was Sub- siding, but the Special- j ists Could Not Determine Deter-mine Whether a Further Fur-ther Operation Would Be Necessary. .VTzv'yCF.K. Feh. 7. Colonel Theodore Rooseveit was resting easy tonight in Roosevelt hospitaJ, vhere he wi3 oper-a-2n yesterday for fistula ani ab-es&esin ab-es&esin boti of his ears. T- pvsic'ar.s in attendance pon the forrrar president, in a bulletin issued at ? o'dc this evening. o.id thev were Vry hopefI about his progress, hut are unfcb'e to say positively until tomorrow whether fur "her operations will be noc-pf noc-pf 5ry.'' Surgeons Hopeful. The bulletin fc'.lows: Tr. Martin ar. i Dr. Buel consulted 0-y Colonel Roosevelt at 5 o"cIc-ii. Tfcey found that the active symptoms from the acute inarrmauon of hij internal ear ""ere Fubsidit:? -wltr-Out any cntoward developments, de-velopments, Thev fee! 'very hopeful about r: progress, but are r.l.Ie to say posi-t:ve'.y posi-t:ve'.y unul toroivow -whetner further operators op-erators will -5 necessary- ' A sudden develcprr.ent of inflammation :n the inner left ear "was rsrcms'.Me fr the hurried calling of a cor. ui: at ion of specialists during the day. This ruit-ed ruit-ed in the issuing of a statement -which, in rlect, characterired t ie colonel's con--ition as "serious, but not cntk-i.' Seized With Hemorrhage. After having undergone a miror opera -t.on for :is tula at hi.- home in Oyster Eav about a week a??. Oclonel Roosevelt Roose-velt came to New York that he might be in closer touch with his physician. Tuer1-fidy Tuer1-fidy r.isrt at his hotnl he v.s seized w ith a Ee?ondarv hemcrrr.ace and Wednesday. the advice of Lr. "Walton Mrt:n, underwent un-derwent another operation for fistula. r.o rtl y a f t erwa rd a spe l- i ;i ! is t also removed re-moved an,abF:ess from earn of his earn. Altogether the operations lasted a few rrinutes Ie-s dwn tto hours ftnd "ecr.eMay night was paysc-J by tne for-i nr president in comparative e?e. Today, hov. ever, the a, it ending ph - , iiar.s diecovered the development of in-1 nation in the inner ar, but said th.TSr the present nothing wojld be done e?ept the maintenance of a, care- . Jul observation of the patient. j Family Optimistic. j In a suite near the colonel' room are MrE. Roosevelt, Mrs. Nicholas Longworth rnd Mrs. Pj chard Derby. All the mem- ; frers of the colonel's family are optimistic, as to his ultimate recovery. During the day there were scores of: callers at Roosevelt hospital, among them Georee W Perkins. 0"-ar S. Straus &"-d John Pu rroy M l tu h e! . f o rm e r rna y or 0' New York. None of them was per- , nitted' to see the colonel, Mrs. Longr-worth Longr-worth doing the talking for the family, hi addition, E-.-ores of telf-grams and nottT i'' inquiry from friends throughout the '-o-jntry were received at the hospital curing the day. Flowers and baskets of njit also were delivered there foi Colonel hootevelt. Major Operation Possible. .The opratin? surgeons, in lan-unc the fM'v- in the left -ar on Wednebday, 'O'jnd pu ba.ck of the drum membrane a4 were com pel led to pierce t lie drum 'n order to remove it, it was learned to-"'S'nt. to-"'S'nt. This condition was improved to-cr, to-cr, but a puruleiit condition of the rnid-r'-e ear was discovered, tiiis suppuration 'insr the surgeons to conbult on the fusibility of more operations in the -'ent the infection spread. J-rrnination will be made b t he Lionel's phy.-ir-ians in their examination j:orrow whetner or not a major opera-ion opera-ion of a delicate nature must be per-Irmed. per-Irmed. it was believed tonight. t' arold KevtH of t lie Roosevelt hos--0-se utaff. remained at the bed-of bed-of the patient during the nisht-Ie6ages nisht-Ie6ages were cent to the ex-j.res.i-'nt s sons in France todav, warning t-iem again ft exaggr.-ated reports. THREE DOCTORS HURRY TO BEDSIDE OF THE COLONEL . NBYOP.K, Feb. 7. The sudden ar- 0t afternoon of the three phy- -n attending folonel Roosevelt at the J&ital where yes'erday he underwent (Conttrjuod on Page Two.1 ROOSEVELT IS II SERIOUS CHTif (Continued from Page One.) an operation for abscesses gave rise to reports that the colonel's condition was ! not as favorable as had been indicated earlier. I None of the physicians would make a statement, although they admitted they had been summoned hurriedly. They went Immediately to Colonel Roosevelt's room, j It was later announced in explanation of arrival of the physicians that tho inflammation in-flammation in the abscess in Roosevelt's left ear had entered the internal ear. After a consultation, the physicians decided de-cided that no further operation at present pres-ent was necessary, although it was stated that the colonel's condition "is eerl-ous." eerl-ous." The following statement was issued by the colonel's private secretary: "Colonel Roosevelt had an abscess In both ears which were operated on yesterday yes-terday afternoon. The colonel passed a comfortable night, but this morning inflammation in-flammation had developed from his left ear into his internal ear. This afternoon It was found advisable to call in Dr. Gor-ham Gor-ham Bacon and Dr. Fred Whiting, eye and ear specialists, who went into consultation con-sultation with Dr. Buel. another eye and ear specialist, who performed the operation opera-tion yesterday, and also Dr. Walton Martin, Mar-tin, the surgeon attending Colonel Roosevelt. Roose-velt. In their opinion, no further operations opera-tions were indicated at present. While his condition is serious, nothing more is to be done than careful observation for the present." Two hours after their arrival the physicians phy-sicians left the hospital. |