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fcn of the chances of life and DEATH! I-dont know
that can convey my meaning by describing it, but
! have noticed that when the face certain
death-like appearance, as people generally phrase
II, that man dies.
Then, to your mind the face of the president
when you saw him after the shooting didn't wear
that peculiar eXpressionI
NO. sir: it did not The word die wasn't in his
face as far as / could see You must remember he
is a man of remarkably fine physique, exception
ally robust and possessed OF a large, well-knit
frame, naturally healthy and strong and muscularly
powerful Besides, his habits through life have
been most correct, and he has therefore avoided
ANYTHING that would impair his health:
Then his vgOr increases your belief IN the
chances Of his recovery?
Certainly it does. Had he been less muscular
or less healthy man, with nervous system some
what weakened, why then directly after the shoot
ing his face might wear the expression Of which
spoke. viii, or the exercise of it, has great deal
TO DO with these matters If man has pluck and
plenty to live for, and the president has both in
eminent degree He don't die so easily, and after
the first shock of the wound, which may be
serious and yet not very painful he makes up his
Have any opinions expressed by the attending
physicians strengthened Your own"
No, can't say they have exactly: that is not
positively; but you should bear in mind that they
haven't because of the professional Tsk they run
giving any positive expression opinion. Quite
naturally they are tenderfooted in giving their
views. Their regulations are at stake, and none
better appreciate il than they DO.
Have you AeHrd any hing encouraging from any
OF tn6n tldt mas not 1OunQ ltB way lnfO print.
i was about TO repeat what Gen Barnes told me
to-day. He told me that the president had not yet
vO1rited in the of retchng, that is what little
vomiting he has done has caused him no more pain
than it would you l to spit out some mucus
whici we had easily raised by a slight cough. Do
you catch my meaning: No pain accompanied the
vomiting, and according to Gen. Barnes it should
hardly be regarded as vomiting as the discharges
slight and very easily made. That Of itself
seems to be good sign.
'Vomiting, and excessive discharges d, that, are
always incident to fatal wounds. have seen men
who had sustained gunshOt wounds in the abdomen
and intestinal regiOns-and, indeed, in other pOr
tiOns of the trunk aside from the region Of the
heart--iying prone the field, and | have OBJ
served that in such cases where the wound proved
fatal, suddenly eventually the man vOmited very
often and very much, rolling in it for tnat matter,
and seeming To suffer great agony because OF some
thing OH his stomach which il wanted to be rid OF.
Perhaps you have seen an extract reproduced in
this evenings papers from talk with Gen Grant,
who says that he obtained his commission as frsE
lieutenant because his superior died from gunsLOt
wound similar to the sustained by the president.
There seems TO be few instances OF recovery from
such wounds"
L am aware that the surgical statistics of the late
war show such to be the fact but little reflection
will show yon that a cunshOt wound. except in the
rarest cases, scarcely ne called similar to another
however much il may resemble II IN ca!lbre and
shape of the ball strength Of discharge and location
of shot. may be wrong but mems bodies are
in every conceivable position when they are
wounded it is hard TO say after man lives a few
days what is and what is not a fatal wound. And as
to similarity of the wound, why great many
things must be considered before veGturing an
exact opinion. fIen differ in build, in hardness Of
this or that muscle, IN EOtnesS OF this or that pOr
ton Of the body, because of occupation, mod of
living excess or temperance. Besides, the exact
position of the lower muscles. and so forth. OF the
body at the time the ball strikes differs vastly, 1t
seems to me, because of the attitude pose Of the
person, and this in lis produces difference il
the danger OF the wound