The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-08-23

reinforced to give the President
necessary strength to recover, par
tIcularly IN view of the fact that
the system will now be subjected to
the demands that will be male upon
it by wound more than a foot in
length.
Secretary Lincoln, who was at the
White House last evening, before he
had seen the evening bulletin, said
he felt very much discouraged. He
had seen the physicians about noon,
but was unable to obtain from them
any assurance upon which he could
base a reasonable hope
Secretary Window said: He NAV
be no worse, but l do not like these
new complications. At one time it
is dyspepsia, next it is the parOtid
gland swelling that causes the trOu-
BILE; always something, and each
time the result is bad Still | am
hopeful l am in duty bound TO be,
| suppose, but I do not like it..
LOCKJAW.
Among other things that might
cause the Presidents death some
papers have made mention Of te-
Janus or lOckjaw. A physician was
asked to-day what he thought OF It.
and he said the President would live
throughout eternity if never died
until lockjaw killed him. He did
not think it a possible element of
the ease.
The surgeons now put opium ON
the enema and to this they attrib-
ute the wandering of the Presidents
mind visible yesterday and to-day.
The Presidents doctors seem to feel
somewhat encouraged to-day but he
is still in very critical condition,
and this fact is not concealed.
Executive Mansion, 2.10 p.m.-The
President is passing a quiet day and
sleeps a good deal. Up to the pres
ent hour he has swallowed and re-
tanned to-day twenty-five ounces of
liquid nOurishment, consisting of
milk porridge and koumiss. He has
also had two enemaS, one at 7 am.
and one after noon. No new unfa-
VOrable symptoms have appeared
and his general condition is about
the same as at 1913
BLAINE TO LOWELL
The Presidents condition is some
what improved since the last report.
He has not YOmited for twenty-One
hours. During tie forenoon he
swallowed liquid food several times,
in all about ten ounces. The weather
is very warm, but it does not affect
him.
Executive Mansion, 4.10pm.-Dr.
Bliss. at t pm, said to a representa-
tive Of the associated press, that the
President had had a much more fay
Orable afternoon than yesterday, and
was doing fairly well. He continues
to swallow nOurishment in the shape
Of milk pOrridge and kOumiss with
out difficulty, and has, in the opinion
of the surgeons, had food enough
to-day TO sustain bis strength. He
suffers no further annoyance from
the secretion of mucous in his
throat and is entirely free from pain.
He asked Dr.. Bliss this afternoon
what he thought of his condition,
and the DR.. replied that if he could
keep down nouris hment enough he
would get through ali right The
President then inquired how
long it would be if he should make
make favorable progress before he
could take a trip on the
steamer or go to Mentor. The
doctor could not, however, give
him q definite reply. None OF the
Presidents symptoms are worse
this afternoon. and some OF them
are better. Ills condition continues
critical, but his attendants think
there is little more reason for en-
encouragement.
New York, 22.-TeleGTGD2'S Wash
ingtOn special: As soon as the Presi-
dent aw0ke this morning d hot pOul-
tice of fax seed was applied 10 his
neck. There is no great desi~e No.
20 prevent suppeFatiOn Of d.x g.rIS,E
gland. The effect Of an dbsceSs
upon the brain is much dreaded,
although during the night there was
a slight alteration of the mind APP
parent in muttering while awake.
The pulse, when last taken (abOut 2
AIM had fallen to 1872. Prepared
beef, in very small quantities, was
adminiSted through the m0Hth at )
and was retained. tbs Presidents
mind, when he awOke at that hour,
was clear, but his mental and ply
steal lasSitude was greater than at
any time in his long struggle for
life.
a SIMILAR CASE.
TeIegram's Washington special:
SurgeOn-General Wales, OF the navy,
has now a case under his charge in
which the blood has been Vitiated
from a wound received weeks before
the President was shot. There is
the same parotid glandular swell
ing, succeeded later on by an alb
scess. This again was followed by
other assesses to the number of
twenty. The pulse has varied for
two months between 100 and 120.
This patient has been nourished for
six weeks solely upon beef extract
and brandy taken in minute does at
frequent intervals, sometimes by
enema. SurgeOn-General Wales has
little if any hope of final recovery in
the case referred to, bnt thinks his
patient may linger for another