The Portland daily press., 1881-07-09
STILL IMPROVING.
Reports of the Presidents Condition Yes
terday.

STILL IMPROVING.
Reports OF the Presidents Condition Yes
terday.
UNOFFICIAL BULLETIN
$780, A. MI
WASHINGTON, July 8.-The Presidents con.
dition this morning is reported by DR.. Bliss as
the early. part of the night. complaining Of
soreness in his legs, but this quickly disap-
peared and he slept well during the latter part
of the night. awakening this morning greatly
refreshed His general condition this morning,
it is thought, is better than at any time previ-
ously. His pulse was Sc.
loFFICIAL BULLETIN
1915 A. MI
The condition of the Pres dent continues ia
vorable. He is more comfortable than on any
99-2. respiration %. The wound is beginning
to discharge pus.
(Signed) D. w. BLISS,
J. K. BARNES,
j. j. WOODWARD,
ROBERT REYBURN.
UNOFFICIAL BULLETIN
[10.40 A. Nj
Col. A. f. Rockwell at this hour says: "The
President passed a comfortable night was
with him from one till DAYLIGHT He silent well
and was refreshed. I don't see how he could
well be better six days after such a shot as he
received. I think we are justified in feeling
more hopeful"
1905 P. MI
The symptoms of the President are as ia
vorable as at the last official bull
letin. A report that secondary hemorrhage
had set in was entirely without foundation.
ing with Mrs. Col. Rockwell. This is the first
time she has been away from the Executive
Mansion since her arrival from Long Branch
last Saturday.
[oFFIcIAL BULLETIN
The progress of the Presidents case c,n-
tinues to be favorable. Pulse 108, temperature
101.4, respiration "a.
D. W. BLISS,
j. X. BARNES,
J. j. WOODWARD,
ROBERT REYBURN,
UNOFFICIAL BULLETIN
ZIP. MI
The slight increase in the pulse and tenn
perature of the President since morning is at
tributed by the attending surgeons to the heat
of noon and to the process of suppuration
which is now going on in the wound near the
surface of the body This process, which is
accompanied by slight discharge of pus, is
entirely natural and is an expected and neces-
sary result of the injury at this stage of the
case.
Secretary Blaine is compelled to absent
himself from the Presidents sick room on &C
count of the latter insisting upon talking on
public business
P. M. Report to the Consulting Physi-
clans.
EXECUTIVE MANSION,
Washington, July s.
The following dispatch was sent by the sur
paOnS in char Tn tho tmo corculfipo scrroooc
this afternoon:
The Presidents condition has not changed
materially since our telegram to you yester-
day. During the afternoon and evening he
was again troubled with authorizations and
the administration of nutriment was again
suspended for several hours. One-quarter of
a grain of morphine was administered hypo-
dermically at $50 p m. and followed at once
by tranquil sleep.
Towards midnight. however, he became
restless and complained good deal of muscu-
lar soreness in the feet and of pain in the
ankle joint SO that we were on the point of ad-
ministering an additional anodyne when he
fell asleep and on awakening was SO free from
pain that it was not given. After i a. m. he
he passed the night TRANQUILITY, sleeping COM
that hour he has taken an ounce of albumen-
lied chicken broth, alternating with an ounce
of milk to which teaspoonful of very old
rum was added. All this has been retained as
we'll as five grains of sulphate of quinine
taken this morning at a. m. The yellowish
tinge of skin mentioned in our last telegram
has sensibly diminished. When the antiseptic
dressing was renewed this morning the wound
was found to be discharging small quantity
OF healthy looking pus. The reaction accom-
panying the establishment of suppuration is,
as might be expected, marked by slight rise
of temperature and pulse as compared with
the corresponding hours of yesterday.
This, however, we do not regard as unfav-
orable and under the circumstances should
not be surprised if it continued through this
afternoon and were repeated in the afternoon
and evening for several days. The record
since our last telegram is as follows:
Yesterday at s. 80 p M, pulse, 1O6; tempera-
ture, 1902; respiration, %.
This morning at $50 a. M, pulse, 90; tenn
perature, 1872; respiration, %.
At p M, pulse, 10S; temperature, 1914;
respiration, "a.
(Signed) D. W. BLISS,
J. X. BARNES,
j. j. WOODWARD,
ROBERT REyEURN.