Show DETAILS GIVEN Of Wll WILSONS WILSON'S ON S ILLNESS 5 Suffered Cerebral Thromboses Thromboses boses hoses but Mental Vigor Unimpaired Io BALTIMORE m Md Feb J. J eb 11 H. 11 President dent Wilson In many ways Is In better sha shags s than before his illness his mental mental mental men men- tal vigor Is simply prodigious Dr Hugh H II Young Young of Johns Hopkins university university university uni uni- one of ot the presidents president's consulting consulting con con- suIting physicians declares In n a copyrighted copyrighted copyrighted copy copy- righted Interview published in n the Baltimore Sun r l If you think it would quiet uneasiness uneasiness ness less which is without foundation and allay alarm which Is without justification Justification justification Justi justi- I shall gladly lay Jay all the facts fact as to the distinguished patients patient's condition con con condition before beCore the public Dr Young said In the interview OPERATION AVOIDED From the very beginning the medical med med- ical leal men associated with the case have hae never h had d anything to conceal When I first sa president in October a crisis had arisen of such gravity ow OWIng OW- OW owing ing to the development of prostatic obstruction that an emergency operation operation opera opera- tion to relieve this this' situation was was' contemplated con con- c n- n b but by a fortuitous and wholly unexpected change in the president presidents president's presidents president's dents dent's s condition the obstruction began to The improvement in this respect which has been ste steady dy is now complete COIn COIn- com com- 1 The president was organically sound when I saw him first and I 1 found him not only organically sound when I visited him last week b but t further fur fur- ther all organs were functioning In a perfectly norm normal l healthy manner fur I SUFFERS NO SETBACKS I Para Par pass th the presidents president's ts t's genera general condition and specifically lly the slight impairment of the left arm and l leg g have improved more slowly it Is true but surely s steadily There ha have e been no setbacks no backward steps and rumors t to this effect are rubbish As you know in October last we diagnosed the presidents president illness as cerebral thrombosis which affected his left arm and leg but at no time was his brain power or the extreme vigor and lucidity of ot his i mental processes processes proc proc- esses in th the slightest degree abated His condition has from the very first shown a steady unwavering tendency toward resolution and complete ab ab- ab sorption The Increasing utility of the left arm and leg greatly Impaired at first have closely followed on onn this Improvement The president walks sturdily now without assistance and without fatigue and he uses his still slightly impaired arm more and more more every day MENTALLY STRONG As to his mental vigor It t is simply prodigious Indeed I think in many ways the president is in m better shape than before the illness came His fr frame me of ot mind is bright and tranquil and he worries not at all He knows that he is now quite up tIp to fighting weight In fact he weighs quite a few tew pounds more than he did when we put him to bed You can say say- that the president nt is able minded and able bt bodied and that he is s giving splendid attention to affairs affairs af af- fairs of state and that we h have ve every assurance that he will become progressively pro pro- more active in these mat mat mat- matters tars tars' with the adv advent nt of spring spring- and sunshine which cannot now long be delayed |