Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-08-14
FRANK H. HAMILTON, D. W. BLISS,
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 Tho President's Condition Not 80 Favorable.
 WASHINGTON. August 7.-The Presi- dents condition is not as favorable to- night as desired. Apprehensions are agaln expressed as receiving surgeons m convention and by official bulletins allay the apprehensiOns all they can, but they do not deny that there is more dan ger tonight for the patient than for the past two nights. There Is fear that an- other operation will have to be perform ed. Dr. Hamilton did not leave to-day as he had expected, although Dr. Agnew arrived last night He will say over until the present bad turn takes a change for the better. Unless the Pres ldent gets much better during the even ing there will be an operation performed ln the morning Dr. Bliss stated very positively tonight Shat the President was better than last night and that there was no apprehension of the formation Of another pus cavity. Still there are grounds for fear that the President will have to undergo another crisis. The result tomorrow IS looked forward to with much anxiety.
 
 WASHINGTON. August s.-An opera tloD, the exact nature of which can not at present be ascertained, was performed on the President this forenoon. The results were entirely satisfactory, and an unofficial bulletin is now in course of preparation, and will be ready within half an hour.
 EXECUTIVE MANSION, August S-10;30 a. mt having become necessary to make further openings to facilitate the escape of pus, we took advantage of the condition of the President this morning. Shortly after the mOrn- ing bulletin was issued he was etherized. The incision extended downward and made into the tracK 0f the UaiI DeIUW the margin of the 12th rib, which, it is believed will effect the desired object He bore the operation well and has now recovered from the effects of etheriza- tion, and is in excellent condition. (Signed6 D. W. BLISS,
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 The Doctors Explain
 EXECUTIVE MANSION, August s, 1 D. m.-Ihe necessity for the operation which was performed upon the Presi- dent this morning became apparent to the surgeons yesterday, when they found the drainage tube of the size hitherto used could no longer be passed along the track of the ball between the ribs It had somewhat granulated at that point and had gone so far as to partially close the Orifice, and the ribs prevented the pushing aside of the flesh which was healing between them enough so the tube could be introduced. The result of this state of things was that pus formed Tn the deeper parts of the wound rather faster than 1t could escape through the half-Obstructed opening between the ribs, and its gradual accumulation began to cause disturbance. It was therefore decided to make new opening into the track of the ball below the last rib, SO that the ribs should no longer prevent keeping Oper the wound by solid back ing which they afforded to the granula- ting flesh between them. The operation was performed at the request ef the other surgeons by Dr. Agnew. As soon as the patient had been put under the influence of ether a long and slightly curved instrument was introduced into the wound, pushed between the ribs and carried downward along the track of the bullet until its end could be felt below the last rib from the outside. Holding this instrument in the wound as a guide Dr. Agnew then made counter incision below the twelfth rib, cutting through until his knife met the end of the aforementioned instrument at its point where he wished to intersect the track of the ball. The operation was difficult and dangerous one, and the patient bore both it and the etherization we'll There is now an open ing to the deeper parts of the wound, which does not pass between the ribs, and which can always be kept free and and no further trouble from accumulation of pus is anticipated Since the operation the patient has rested quietly, and IS now asleep. His pulse at this hour IS loo, and he has neither fever nor any other unfavOrable 
 National Swiss Festival
 NEWARK, N. J., August S.-Over 5000 persons are at the opening to-day of the National Swiss Festival. Delegates are present from almost every city in the United States.
 Dangerous Game
 ST. LOUIS, August S.-rhe Republi- cans St. Joe dispatch stated that Pike Wells, the notorious desperadO, is in the swamps with twenty men, and will be by the Sheriffs and posse. He was connected with bank robbery in Riverton, Iowa, and is supposed tO have been in the Winston train robbery.
 Heat Increases the Death Rate. NEW YORK. August S.-The Tribune says the certificates of death sent to the | Bureau of Statistics yesterday show that ! 1S4 persons died in this city Saturday 1 afternoon and yesterday morning. In l about sixty cases death was either caused l or haste1ed by the heat. About dozen l died from diphtheria and scar let fever Saturday. Dr. Hewester, who l received the certificates of death yester- l day, said the mortality from these con- tsgious diseases appeared to be as great ! in such hot weather as in the coldest day l of winter.
 The Presidents Condition EXECUTIVE MANSION, August 9, S.30 a. -NOtwithstanding the effects of yes