Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-08-29 | Page 1 | Injured Film Actor May be Operated Upon

INJURED FILM ACTOR MAY -BE pPm'MUPON LOfl ANOELES, Ana. It Physicians Physi-cians attsndlng Jamee Klrkwood. motion picture actor, whoee skull waa fractured last Saturday webn ha waa thrown from a horse, were of the opinion early today that no trepanning operation would be nee-eeeary. nee-eeeary. although admitting that thiy bad coneldered It. J Except for brief periods of lucidity, lucid-ity, the actor has been unconscious since tha accident. Tba chief development de-velopment In hla case waa that of yesterday, when a alight paralysis mada its appearance on hla left (Ida, affecting that aide of hla face also; but his physicians stated that "it was not af a natur to warrant surgical sur-gical Interference at that time." "Hla blood pressure, temperature and pulaa remain about tba same," waa tha latest statement obtained from the physicians. Lila Lee, screen actraaa, who married Klrkwood about a month ago, has left hie bedslds anly once aince the acoldeat. That was for about ah hour and a halt, when she took aa automobile rid for frees, air.