The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-07-14


ly lacerated-so you suppose the danger to be
over:" asked tho reporter
"No Even after reaction has taken place
suppuration in such wound as the one we are
| speaking of is certain to take place to greater
or less extent, and purulent absorption or sep
ticmmia may take place and produce fatal re-
suit"
rs this a possible or a probable danger?"
II should say it might be possible intercur-
rent complication in this case The reports
are that Gen. Garfield has q fine physique, and
| it wo1ld not be 80 probable in the case Of
healthy constitution IS in q person of ante
cedent broken down physique"
"When would such secondary symptoms DO
likely to show themselves:'
"From the fifth to the twelfth day."
"Ihen would he be ont of danger in two
weeks if the symptoms all remained favorable.
mot even then, for prolonged suppuration
any time during the progress Of suppurative
| wound"
when will he be out OF danger, them"
"Wth the presence OF foreign body in the
! could scarcely be said that all danger was over,
resume their normal functions the prognosis
then becomes almost absolutely favorable"
| SIS it possible that the bullet wounded none
| OF the organs you have mentioned?"
by bare possibility, the mesentery or the
| omentum might be pierced without very dan
gerous symptoms occurring, but such thing
would be almost like that which saw in the
case of Poole, the pugilist, who received a bull
let in the heart, which was not followed by
hemorrhage simply because the bullet slipped
| incidentally under the coronary artery"
"What course is the most proper to be pur-
sued in regard to the extraction of the bullet
in President Garfeld's case.
"After twenty-four or tbirty-six hours in
| fammation sets in along the track of the gun
shot wound. and generally renders search for
the bullet futile at that time. A suggestion of
DR.. Wales to search for the bullet by the
gentle insinuation of the finger soon after the
| wound was received was most judicious, and
| if properly followed up, might have at that
time discovered the seat of the ball. Until
inflammation has subsidized along the track of
| the wound and suppuraton shall have freely
rule" VIVIAN ''''''N
harmless?"
tissues and at times remain harmless, as &C.
| CURED in the case of Poole to which just re-
ferred. He lived eleven days after he was
shot, and the ball was found to be entirely en-
velored in a cyst without the slightest degree
| of suDpuratiOn."
''Thcn what killed Poole?"
s'Poole died of Inflammation of the percar-
dunn, with effusion OF serum into the cavity of
the pericardium.
.'Well, doctor" said the reporter, "if you
|
Garfield will live or die:"
Il should say to that" replied DR.. Car
nochan, that having escaped so far the grave
symptoms which I have just enumerated the
chances IN favor of his recovery have greatly
| increased"
| DR.. AGNEw's OPINION.
| DR.. A. Hayes Agnew was found at bis coun-
try seat at Haverford station, Oh the Pennsyl-
vania railroad, this evening, and eourtcously
| interviewed by the Herald CORRESPONDENT The
Qnnf DIM "a bv$ I'm FtIi,.
! physicians in attendance at the White House
! was read over by DR.. Agnew with great care.
| and he pronounced tho symptoms as hourly
more favorable The official bulletins printed
| in the evening papers up to 5 o'clock, he said,
| confirmed the hopes expressed in the earlier
| message to him.
| Tho absence of any further distension of
the abdomen, the disap appearance of the pains
IN the legs, the many other signs that the pres
idents strong system is reasserting itself are
! all too gratifying to be passed over without
comment said the humane physician. 81 am
avorse to limiting at the new dangers that
threaten the patient because the newspapers
find their way into that sick chamber with
alarming ease. Everybody reads the newspa-
pers about the White House. l found them,
actually. IN the sick room. Therefore, think
it wise not to talk about the dangerous way
marks that stand at intervals along the
road to recovery. Consideration for the pa
tent stands before everything It is by striv-
ing to see the effects of the future stages of
the wound TALL of which are natural and likely
to arlse) that the progress of the patient can be
constantly assisted. For instance, the favor
able bodily condition Of the president proves
| far more clearly than the natural action of the
bowels that the intestines have not been sew
cred, because had the stomach or an intestine
have occurred ere this: I do not regard the
search for the ball as wise e. shis STAGE and do
| not think for Moh1eut that it will be attempt
3D. Dr. Degrass. Of Georgia, was the first to
simms in the Herald; but doubt vers t,,uch
pursued that =. course under all cir
cumstanccs Nobody knows or eau
know exactly where that ball is lodged. I in
serted my finger to its full length into the
wound, far past the broken rib; still cannot
say where tits. I can surmise; but who would
dare to cut patient open on mere guess?
Wherever the ball is there exists cot of
blood which nature or science must eliminate
had great number Of cases during the war
quite similar to President Garfied's, some of
whom recovered. Therefore, his case is not
hopeless, although in the great majority of in-
stances a fatal result follows. The tingiing in
inferred, especially since Mr.. Garfield moves
his legs readily: He turned over on his face
readily to permit us to examine his wound"
''What is the exact location Of the wound?"
ut is on the right side, four inches from
the spine" replied DR.. Agnew. 1.-THE missile
entered between the tenth and eleventh ribs
the latter being broken. From the exterior
appearance of the wound the presumption Ger
tainly would be that the liver has been trav-
ersed and that the bali is somewhere in the
lower par! of the abdomen. Either case would
be equally dangerous"
What are the great symptoms in his favor?'
sive to physicians mind that none Of tho
small intestines are cut and that the bladder is
uninjured. The growing desire of the patient
for more nourishing food (which he has evinced
especially to-day. I am informed indicates the
stomach. When saw him Mr.. Garfield gave
many evidences of herculean constitution
and great strength Of mind under trying or
deal He had no advice or suggestions to give,
but was, in short, model patient have al
ready aud officially expressed my approval OF
the treatment prior to my visit to the White
House. If no acute symptoms of peritouitis
Of the presidents recovery will perhaps he
The guarded manner in which the famous
physician spoke showed clearly that he ptill
had grave doubts as to the recovery Of the
wounded president
SOME WORDS FROM BEEcHER,
New YORK, July 4.-Rev Henry Ward
Beecher, in his prayer meeting. referring to
IN the president said:
DRY Of this country the re has never
Soue Ss ass a. q his s
country been united in that prayer for the presi-
dent. and now from day to day we have been
cheered with growing hopes and to-day cheered
| more and more I hope brethren will not fail to
give thenks to God for the benefit received in
! the assault made on our pres!-
| cent The nation received shock
which. on Large scale equivalent Of the shock to
the presidents system received from the bullet.
Inc nation was for a moment in tho condition of a
child which wakes at midnight and cries for muse or
mother and finds neither of them. When Fl.
sumter was fred on the shock was immense,
sgreat people. as it has been called, sprung up at
nrst surprise to every But in the case of our
president the danger was very great to him. and
there would have been great Inconvenience il
his life had been taken, but it would
not haze shaken the government or nation. It is
| strange that man who had gone through SO many
been stricken down by the hand Of an assassin and
struck down in the midst OF security and peace.