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Show COOLIDGE'S SON OPERATED UPON SIXTEEN YEAR OLD SON OF PRESIDENT IS PLACED IN HOSPITAL President aVid Wife Near as Youth Goes Under Knife to Arrest Course of Acute Septic Poisoning Washington. An operation de scribed as successful was performed perform-ed upon Calvin Coolidge Jr., 16-year old son of President and Mrs. Coolidge, Cool-idge, at Walter Reed hospital in an attempt to arrest the course of an attack of septic poisoning. One of the physicians said, "We accomplished all that we expected." The President and Mrs. Coolidge where at the hospital during the operation. oper-ation. Mr. Coolidge going there when the operation was decided upon and the latter accompanying her son when he was removed from the White House. They remained across the hall from the operating room during the ordeal, but as soon as it was over Mrs. Coolidge went to the bedside for a few minutes. This became known soon after President Coolidge had arrived at Walter Reed hospital, where the patient pa-tient had been taker; from the White House during the day. The step was taken it was said, in an effort to arrest ar-rest the course of acute septic poisoning poi-soning with which the youth had been suffering for several days. The operation was decided upon at a cons-ultation of physicians early Sunday evening, and the president was at once called to the hospital. Mrs. Coolidge had accompanied her son to the hospital. The poison in the system, is was indicated in the belief of physicians, had localized sufficiently to be gotten got-ten at and drained from the body. They were hopeful that the boy had sufficient strength left after his three day's battle with the infection to withstand successfully the operation. |