New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-08-27
ONLY A RAY OF HOPE LETT.


DrscuARGING THROUGH THE EAR-EN E"i i
npprNn1Ni UPON THE QUESTION WHETHER THE |
p,,,rNrcAN RE SUSTAINED UNTIL THE INF F'~A"ED
GLAND Is NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF 1hG fhi'A |
CLANS. . ..Lo |
Tho condition of the President throughout the
forenoon of Yesterday was such as 10 excice
the most serious apprehension, and 10 give
occasion for the fear that he had not long 10
live; at one time his pulse beat 1885, ana
il remained at 1856 for whho
Some relief was afforded by discharge
of pus from the inflamed gland through .ho
RIGHT ear, and a slight change for the better
Us noticed in the afternoon The Presidents
mind was less disturbed and clOuded than on
the preyious evening. He received liquid nour-
isbment in the natural way and by enemata'
ondeven called forfood. The physicians were un-
willing TO pronounce the case a hopeless one. Ihey
so;d that everything depended upon whether
the natient could be kept alive until the III
famed gland is relieved of pus Secretary
Blaine last night telegraphed to Minister
Lowell that the President had not lost ground
in the course of the day, although the un-
favorable symptoms still remained, and the siC-
uation was one of great gravity ana danger'
prCOvEpy NOT CONSIDERED PROBABLE.
PUBLIC APPREHENSION KEENLY sENsIrIVE-rRoE
AND FALSE REPoRTs-,TRUGGLING AGAINST AD-
VERSE neutrality-suspicious. OF
THE GLAND-CoNvERsATIoNs WITH DR. BofN-
TON AND DIR. EDsON-THE FORMER SAYS THE
TROUBLE is STILL FROM THE woUND-MRs.
GARFEID's COURAGE.
IBY TELEGRAPH THE TRIBUNE.i
WASHINGTON. AUG 26.-The President lives. but
his recovery is not probable. The day has been
most wearying and anxious one. Never peiore
have the hopes and fears alternated with
such rapidity, and never before has
the public apprehension of the true
condition of affairs been remarkably sensitive
The slight changes which have occurred appear to
have been fully understood IN all parts OF the city
iutheir delicate bearings almost soon as they were
known outside the sicl-rOom of the PRESIDENT Inc
grief which was universally expressed iast
night had not abated this morning. IL was
everywhere known that the President had reached
point where any change i'll the slightest 1or the
worst must prove fatal; than that, 1t was
known that there must be an immediate change Tor
the better or hope would expire.
The morning bulletin offered no encouragement,
and early inquirers at the White House for ln1or-
nation turned wearily away, shaking their heads
and expressing the opinion in hushei voices, that
ali would soon be over About nine o'clock 1t was
reported that the secretions in the gland had
changed their character, and had eaten their
way into the throat. This announcement
was ACCOMPANIED by statement from some source
that it was the beginning of the end. very soon
however it was learned that the doctors themselves
were mistaken for moment. and that which they
thought was matter from the intiamed gland was
harmless mucuS
half-hour later development was re
ported. and this time correctly-the glan'
had begun to suppurate. This change II
the condition of affairs was desirable
in itself but in its relations to the general feature
of the Presidents illness 1t was feared that tn
danger had only changed It's character and had no
been materially lessened. To understand fully tn
conditions il is necessary to refer briefly to the hi
tory OF the inflammation of the parotid glan'
When this was first developed the doctors did III
entertain serious apprehensons in regard to IT
nevertheless they took extraordinary precautions
once to dissipate the of the inflammation
that the swelling should not suppurate. As this affe
tion proyed more obstinate than was anticipate
they reversed their treatment and sought to bring
to an issue The reason Of this change OF treamentw
the fear that the pus would be corrupt and poisonou
and thus possibly bring about one of the mo
dangerous forms of bood-poisoning To this trea
ment also the glanduar swelling refused to ylei
and an incisiOn became necessary, as the doctors b
lieved The incison afforded only partial and tel
porary relief. In the meantime, although t
stomach had resumed its functions in feeble wa
the amount of nourishnent was not equal to t
draft ON the system, by reason of the secretions
the wound and the fever arising from the glandul
inflammation 1t this fearful combination OF a
verse circumstances which gave rise TO the alarm
last night.
The gland has now suppurated and its conter
have found an exit through the thrC
into one of the cavities of the e.
AS the other report had caused alarm, Il
created hope, not however, unmiXed with m
apprehensions. The snppuraton of the gland a
consequent discharge through any organ viii
would not be vitally affected thereby "
q thing to be desired. VIII the Presider
condition now bear the double strain VI
it caused by the discharge of pus healthy though
be in character both from the wound and fir
the gland through the two outletsf g
is now merely question Of sustenanc
was the reply made by those who ca
from the White House " the cask has hole
the bottom, and the doctors do not yet kn
whether they pour through the top more IL
can he leaked out"
The noon bulletin served effectively TO CHI
all rising hope. "Nevertheless We bell
the situation to be very critical" said the doct
1t was at once remarked by the hundreds who W
awaiting the issuance of the bulletin that this
the first formal announcement by the doctor:
tleir fears.
The fever symptoms continued to grow Ii
alarming after the noon bulletin came ou', and
half-past the pulse had up to
beats in the minute. This was the turn
point Nourshment had been adminst'
during the day with great care.
by enemata and by the mouth. the former met
having been resumed as an auxiliary. On
terday afternoon stimulants were also 81
IN considerable quantities by
methods. About o'clock the p
and temperature began to fall-a change which
believed to indicate that the nourishn
and stmulants supplying the dema