The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-07-14
MARKED SIGNS
OF rHE COATlNUEp IHPEOvEHEAT
or Prsuidsnt Garasld-YerIerdsy the
Turning POIRttn ihe Case. and the
Patient now on the way 70
RssOVeFy-PNhlie C0nn-
~. dsRee ReatoFed. ~

WASHINGTON, July lS.-The Presiden
ID better to-day than ever before since h
WAS shot, DR., Bliss says there are marke'
Signs OF improvement, and the pulse ant
temperature are nearly normal. Th,
President ale some Woodcock to day anS
toast in addition to the regular diet Of tho
week, q diet Of milk dashed with rum
Dr. Bliss says:
THE PREsIDENT IN NOW on THE ROAD tt
REcovERY, d.
with Rsteady but necessarily slow i'm
provement This Ia the twelfth day since
the President was shot, and the day on
which the surgeons say the turn in such
wounds ocCurs. The attending surgeons
cay that the indications to-day are Of q
change lor The belisF.'
Al one O'Clock the bulletin shows that
the improved condition oi the President
continues, otWithstAnding the very hot
weather, the fever being lower than the
middle oi any other day recently.
HiS pulse Is below 100, and his
temperature scarcely more than q
hundred. The surgeons believe that the In
crease Of the fever this evening will bs
very slight
The Cabinet officers who called this
morning we're PostmSster.( isnerAl James,
and Secretaries Lincoln and Window,
who fairly beaned with pleasure at the
figures Of the bulletin.
The fact that Secretary Blaine has In.
formed the Vice President that his pres.
ence here Ia no longer considered necess.
Ary by the Cabinet, has
TENDED TO INCREASE CONFIDENCE
in the favorable progress oI the Prssi.
dent's case. When asked last evening
when he would return here, Mr.. Arthur
said he hoped not until next December,
The illness ot Senator Jones, ut whose
house the Vice President remained, may
cause him 10 remain yet . dBy or two.
Dr. Boynton said this morning; "The
history Of the last six hours add Il eatly 10
my c9ntidenCs The fever oil last night
did not quite reach the point Of Monday
night, while this morning his condition is
much better han yesterday, and Hook
now for steady improvement. The in.
PRODUCTION Of the tube, which induced q
ireer flow Of pus, may have had some.
thing to do with the improvement"
Vice President Arthur left here TO- day
for New York.
Among the messages Of sympathy re.
celyed her for the President none have
been more earnest and touching than
those OF ex President Hayes.
SURGEON WOODWARD,
for the first time, was found somewhat
communicative this mornlug. In reply
to a question as TO what was The nature Of
the i'ciscumscribed psrltonitis" admitted
10 have been present for soIue time, he
said: 4.
Ut Is simply Inflammation, Indicated by
tenderdees 10 the anterior wall OF the ab.
domen. II has existed ever since the
second day. It's extent has become more
circumscribed with every day until now
Il Ia scarcely perceptible. 1t ls one oi the
Indications which appears TO tell US where
the ball 10. The abatement Of the inHl:
nation shows that II is doing no harm.
"There ere other signs oi improve
menL?"
Eyes, II one made no examination and
bad NO medical knowledge, yet he could
tell that The President has improved dur
ing the past few days simply by looking
o. him. =.
E,'Hls eye Is brighter, bis color better
and he moves with lees difficulty. iAn In.
creased amount Of nouTishnent has been
given with good TeSultn, and The wound Is
doing we'll"
"under most favorable circumstances,
how long will 1t be before the President
can leave his room and attend 10 bust.
ness2 ~ n5
~ donot feel inclined To make prsdic.
tions. The cases 30 far reported
in which men have recovered
from similar wounds show that several
months have been required to bring the
patient back 10 active life"
Dr.. Bliss says that II no new complies.
ton arises the President will be suostani.
ally out Of danger by Saturday.