Show THE PRESIDENT A surgical operation on the chief dr hamilton ilis mews on the condition of the bound r mccotery a doubt Is the verdict jelv 24 the operation was performed by dr this morning As to the font dr rayburn made in substance the following statement the direction tikes b till liter it ent red the body was and slightly downward until it struck ono of the rib it was then dal still further down a little to the richt so as to make an acute angle avith the line of the back in other woid when the probe was intro ducca into the wound to a depth of three or three and a half inches its direction was such that the inner end wi onla about an inch and a half from the outside of the boda futher down tre examination which was made in the prec of doctors agnew and hamilton chis maruin mo ruin showed that a pus cavit the track of the ball and beyond the point where it glanced from tho ibi and that the cavity could be reached b i direct incision inci tion three inches below the mouth of the wound it was decided at bouce to perform the operation no anesthetics were aed but the pirt to be operated upon was benumbed by a spra of ether and a wide cut wis made into the pus cikity nadiel at the depth of a little more than an inch with i probe pair of forceps and i a small flexible tube dr achew in the operation tins mornine pushed abo knife in about inches below the wound 0 o hat the point of the knife entered the bullet several inches fiam mouth of ahe wound ind the new opening made bv adnew went below it it i through this opening made with the knife tint the flow of pm is now the doctors feel deiy much at ohp presidents condition to lie has not had a ichuin of the chilly anat ions to di d i no anesthetic was administered washington jelv 27 dr re continued and steady improvement in the presidents condition ue lias ben very quiet and comfortable throughout hn day his taken nourishment in titie with out heans slept pe at inte nala without anodyne and up to this hour has been diee from fever all hi of the at t adin su eon are full of encouragement the pot terue weil D r taid the depoliti depO titi of pus which caused tho recent would anve been opened bv the itt endine but thought it was a luty and sart toi adnew and him abib does not deflect hi of ic covery and though similar obstructions and compile irions may ensue there is no baue for serinus il n m thew pus pouches aro not likely to oct ur in the old track of the wound ahe special cause of alm one was the projection of the rib the beems to be from certain indications that abc ball lies in the line fossa or cauty between thu fiant of the hipbone and ibs which contons the intestine I 1 do not think all I 1 still think the clances of recovery ire more thin equal more since I 1 awe had an opportunity of him thase arc dt hamiltons exact evurd he is not so much as mw patients would be the same circumstances I 1 lift stories of his weakness are groundless hi con id bear a doa nor more the last winch boil alicie is no evidence whatever WA july 12 30 p M the provident boie the dressing of am wound well this mornine and exhibited deiv little fatigue after tho completion the of the wound the character dna quantity quint ity of the discharge and the re condition of the patient ire he acita wel ird abea adequate quantity of nourishment ish ment pulse is 98 temperature 98 i i epi ration 18 |