Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-07-26
Dr.. Agnew's Opinion OF the Presi-
dents Condition.
An Attack on the Presidents
Doctors.
Special to the srkr1NrL.l

tho eAotptioH Vi u bilSHlly lHcreaStu Wedh-
ness, caused by the relapse OF Saturday.
His condition is not different materially
from the early days Of last week.
1 P. M.-Thc Presidents condition at
this hour is regarded by his surgeons as
extremely favorable and encouraging.
Pulse, 104 temperature and respiration
normal. The discharge of pus is as cop
ious as could be expected, and its character
is perfectly healthy. There was no indica-
ton. Of fever at present, but it is proba-
Bile the usual slight febrile rise will occur
this evening, as it did last week, before the
formation of the pus cavity.
DR.. Bliss at PIP P. NJ. reports everything
as going well. There has been no reap
pearance Of the fever, and the President is
sleeping quietly.
Ex-senator Conkling, accompanied by
Senator Jones Of Nevada, called at the
Executive Mansion at l P. NJ. to-day, and
were received in the Cabinet room.
NEW York, July PA Tribune Wash
ington correspondent interviewed DIR. Boyn-
ton, the Presidents family physician, last
night, who said: We are feeling very good
tonight. Things have not been going very
well for three days or so, and the President
has evidently not been as well. After the
~incision wound he has been found to be
very much exhausted. Night before last
he was pretty well tired out. In the after
noon, very likely, he had a slight chill in
his sleep, but we didn't know it. We are
very certain of it now, and that he had a
restless, bad night. He awoke 10 the
morning yesterday feeling weak and rather
badly, and before noon be had that chill.
1t was quite a severe one. and he shook for
a long time. That was accompanied by
vomiting a number of times, and throwing
up green matter; and, of course, the pulse
ran up. At one time it reached 132. The
alarming. We, Of course, looked for an
accumulation Of pus and an abscess some-
where. The fever was followed by a pro-
fuse sweating. In the afternoon another
chill came on, and this also was followed
by exhaustion, and accompanied by vomit-
ing. Coming to dress the wound at night
an accumulation of pus was discovered in
the back, forming a sack running back to-
ward the backbone, three inches long and
perhaps three inches wide. That was
drawn off through the old wound, and the
President was greatly relieved at once.
So much so that Doctors Agnew and Ham.
ilton did not think it best to see him last
night. l sat up with him until about IL
n'ntnnb and thar uuank - Ill l--kr-
after l left he had another severe chill, with
vomiting and other serious symptoms. He
then began to perspire profusely, and this
was continued until nearly 8 o'clock this
morning. AT 8 o'clock there was an exam.
~ination, and it was determined to open the
wound. When the operation was performed
he never fiinched nor moved, and nothing
was given him in the nature of an anasthetic.
Probes were thrust down through the old
wound to the bottom of the pocket, and
the surgeons cut against that, and Of course
it required q good deal Of examination.
Fingers were pushed down into the incision
and the rib restored to its place, and a tube
as large as your little finger pushed through.
one end in the old wound and the other in
the new. From explorations made with
the finger all the membranes were found in
good condition as far as they were reached.
They appear ed to be very solid. "And
how do you feel, Doctor, in regard to the
general outlook for recovery? p asked the
reporter. VERY well, indeed. The pres
ence OF the two surgeons is very encourage
ing in itself. The confidence and self pos
session manifested in all Of their operations
was very reassuring. I look for a constant
improvement from this time out. lie may
have a recurrence of the chills and attend.
ant symptoms. but we feel that he ought
to get well, and in all probability will. He
will have some little set backs; he could
hardly help that. We felt relieved yester.
day a. soon as the accumulation of pus was
found. If 1t had not been found matters
might have been much more serious. 'What
food is the President taking now!' Moth.
ing but beef extract; all milk diet has been |
dropped entirely. He threw it up as fast |
as he took it. It made his stomach sour |
and bad"
EXECUTIVE MANSION, July 25-1:30 A.
M.-The President is resting quiet. The |
attending physicians are dosing. and mem. |
beers Of the household, excepting the watch |
ers in the sick room, are asleep.
blaming the Doctors.
WASHINGTON, July 25.--Since the Presi-
dents condition has again assumed q IA
vorable shape parties have begun to attack
the doctors. One prominent gentleman
said: There has been too much politics
newspaper reading in the sick room.
The President should be kept perfectly
quiet and not allowed to talk OF outside
matters. have no doubt his increase OF
fever on Saturday night and his chill yes
terday morning were due in q great meas
ure to the mental excitement which he has
undergone. 1t was wrong to tell him
about the New York elections, and set him
to thinking about such matters. Others
condemned the medical treatment, and
said the doctors were entirely wrong about
the location OF the bullet. There is no
doubt the attendants on the President have
been too confident Of his recovery, and al
lowed him more privileges than his condi-
ton warranted. Talk about the necessity
of finding the bullet has taken q fresh
start. Professor Bell, who has been con-
Quoting experiments with the view Of as
certaining the location OF the bullet by
electricity. said last evening that the ap-
paratus was nearly complete, and that they
had been able to detect the presence Of
lead at q distance Of three inches. He
thinks with an improved apparatus this
distance can be increased.
Seized with Malaria.
New York, July 25.-The Tribune says.
Four Of the persons In attendance upon
the President have been seized with ma
laria since he has been confined to the
White House. This is the pleasing result
Of Congressional inactivity OF serious i'm
now, because constant doses Of
quinine alone will probably ward of the
trouble from ths President, and d