The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-08-25

| Vic L 1CS1uOAG . pd1OOlO SAe~N,
though not perceptibly changed IN
appearance since yesterday, seemed
a little softer. AS a more careful eX-
animation made later in the day
convinced the surgeons that pus
has already began to form and the
patients condition was satisfactory
1t was decided to make the incision
Immediately after the noon eXamin-
alton. The operation was a COM
paratively trihing one, and was per-
formed by DR.. Hamilton without
the use of an8sthetics, local or
general, but with antiseptic precau-
lions in the shape of carbolic acid
spray. The cut was made
under and just forward of
the right ear, and resulted in the
liberation Of a small quantity of
healthy puS, estimated by DR.. Bliss
to be about equivalent in bulk to
two medium-sized peas. The pa
TENTS pulse rose to 115 Immediately
after the operation, but soon began
to recede, and in half an hour had
fallen to the poiUt at which it stood
when the examination was made
for the noon bulletin, viz, 104. The
patient is now resting quietly, and
his general condition is in no re-
spect worse than before the incision.
1t is thought now there will be no
further trouble with the parotld
gland, since, if more pus forms, 1t
can readily escape through this
opening. The patient swallowed,
to-day, about fourteen ounces Of
liquid food, consisting principally OF
beef extract, peptieiZed milk and
milk porridge. At this hour he
continues to do well.
DIR. Bliss is quoted on the street as
having told friend, last night, that
everything that could be done by
human beings had been resorted to
by attending surgeons to scatter the
swelling in the Presidents parotid
gland, but it did not appear to yield,
and suppuratiOn seemed inevitable.
The doctor thought, however, it is
said, that the discharge would be
comparatively light.
BLAINE TO LOWELL.
According to the opinion of his
physicians there is no marked
change in the Presidents condition
since the last dispatch. At this
hour, $50 pm, there is some indi-
cation of an increase of fever, which
they say is in part caused by the in
creased heat Of the day. He con-
tinueS to take liquid food, and does
not seem troubled by nausea or indi-
gestiOn.
ANXIOUS TO GET AWAY.
When the surgeons assembled this
morning the President again re-
Cured to the topic so prominent in
his mind yesterday and day before,
viz: Removal to Mentor. He in
sisted upon some time being fixed.
As the surgeons have already told
him his wound was now causing
them little annoyance he could
see no reason why such a
trip should injure him. Upon
being told that so long a rail-
road journey would be imprudent
he said he had determined not to re-
main in the White House
any longer if he could help it,
and asked if he could go to
Fortress Monroe on a steamer.
The surgeons could only promise
him that he should be removed at
the earliest possible moment that It
could be safely done.
Executive Mansion, AS pm
Up to this hour the President has
taken tWenty-three ounces of lieuid
nourishment. The attending sur
geons express the opinion that he is
doing very well, and has not been
materially affected by the opening
of the parotid gland. He is now
sleeping quietly.
BRITIIH SYMPATHY.
London, 24.-United States minis
ter Lowell writes to the Times that
he has received dispatch from Sec
retay Blaine, acknowledging the
arrival at Washington of numerous
addresses of sympathy forwarded
by Lowell from various public
bodies, and from other sources in
Great Britain, in regard to President
Garfield. He says: There is no
way of conveying to the corpora
lions and private persons who sent
addresses of recognition of their
courtesy by his government Lowell,
therefore, asks the Times to publish
an extract of the dispatch Of Blaine
stating that that the numerous adj
dresses in regard to Mr.. Garfield
cannot but further strengthen the
affection for the mother country
already existing in the hearts of the
American people.
DIR. REYNOLDS.
Chicago, 24.-Special from Wash
ington: DR.. Reynolds, army surgeon,
now on the retired list, talking of
the Presidents case, says the ply
sicians in attendance had about
given himIup. / don't believe they
have yet communicated this opinion
to Mrs. Garfield, but they will likely
do so tonight or tomorrow, if he
does not improve any. regard it
as impossible for him to recover.
He is so weak that he cannot rally.
The splendid physique of the Pres
idenG started with, IS now gone, and