The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-08-24
NEARING THE END.
Such are the Indications Regarding
the President
Fears That He Cannot Survive the
Critical Period.
He is Growing Weaker Day by Day
"Skin and Bones"
Only the oficial Surgeons Express
Any Hope.

Washington, Aug 22-S:3O q. m.-
The president slept the greater part of
the night but awoke at frequent inter-
walls. lie has taken since last evening
larger quantity of liquid food by the
mouth than in the corresponding hours
of any day during the past week. The
use of nutritiye enemata is continued
at longer intervals. The.parotid swell
ing is unchanged. Pulse 100, temper
ature 1874, respiration Is.
11:30 a. m. The condition of the
president has not materially changed
since yesterday afternoon, and is yet
subject to grave anxiety. The i'm
proved tone OF the patients stomach,
which gave such encouragement to the
attendants yesterday, is still main
tained, and this is most hopeful fea-
ture OF the case. He has taken this
morning 81 ounces of beef juice with
out nausea o. any other symptoms of
gastric disturbances. Upon contin-
uance for seversi days at least of this
ability to take and assimilate food, and
upon the continued absence of further
complications, would seem to rest the
patients chances for recovery. If the
wound continues to do well; IL no Sc
rious consequences result from the
swelling of the parotid gland, and il
the stomach continues to take food
enough to make the waste caused by
snppuration, there will at least be i'm
provement enough within the next four
or five days to carry the patient to
higher plane Of vitality, and perhaps
to put him on the road, although not
ION the sure road, to recovery. The
continuance of these favorable condi-
tions, however, while universally hoped
for, cannot be confidently predicted.
DR.. Agnew returned to Philadelphia
this morning.
1890 p. m. The president continues
to take by the mouth and retain an in
creased quantity of liquid food. At the
morning dressing the wound looked
well and the pus was Of a healthy char
acter. The mucuous accumulation in
the back Of the mouth on account Of
the parotid swelling a less v;.c;d ana
now gives but little tropble A, nr..
ent the pulse Il 1o4 temneratrra 90
respiration 1s
o.aon M Erom a.. 49,.
tim oht.;naa ~ t,,sl -. s'' .H.,,, NJ. Ia
two ~ Tho a..an,;aa ~ ' no' inouulns
be said that the condition. ~ the nrss;,
dent has not changed in anv raspact
since yesterday afternoon. He Il tak-
ing increased Quantities of nonr,sbmsnt
and this circumstances of co,,rsa .ffora.
rational grounds for feeling encouraged
but the same uncertainty which NJ
vailed Yesterday in regard. to tba f,,trr.
course Of the plandular inaammat;or
prevails to-davs and tbers a.. st;I, so,,.
question as to whether the batiant can
take nourishment enough 70 s,,.ta;n ~.
strength through the nrasent ,cr;t,c.,
stage.
w..h;noton oos 81 .s.
Tha nres,dsrt hos oon.,.s.s -
,,a,,,i ssas ~, az I S...s '..e1 :. ~ 'sNo
teryals during the dav and has bad ~
recurrence Of gastric dIsori1ar Tns
parotid swelling remains nnchaross
In other respects the symptoms show
some Improvement over his. condition
yesterday afternoon. Pulse 1o4. tenn
perature 99.2, respiration 10.