Show SON SIXTEEN YEAR OLD SON OF PRESIDENT IS PLACED IN HOSPITAL president and aind a nd wife near as youth goes under K knife nife to arrest course of acute septic poisoning washington an operation described san as successful was performed upon calvin coolidge jr 16 year old son of president and mrs coolidge 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 mr coolidge going there when the operation was decided upon and the latter accompanying her son when he was wag removed from the white house they remained across tho 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 aint ni minutes nt this became known soon after president coolidge had arrived at walter reed hospital where the patient had been taken from the white mite house during the day the step was taken it was said in an effort to arrest the course of acute septic poisoning with which the youth had bad been suffering for several days the operation was waa decided upon at a consultation of physicians early sunday evening and the president dent was at once called to the boshi hospital tal mrs coolidge had accompanied her son to the hospital the poison in the system is is was indicated in the belief of physicians had localized sufficiently to be gotten at and drained from the body they were hopeful that the boy had sufficient strength left after hi his three days battle with the infection to withstand successfully the operation |