Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1881-08-15
THE PRESIDENT.
He has a Restless Night and
his Pulse and Temperature
Greatly Increased.
Yet the Doctors Continue to Assure
the Public that there is no
Cause for Alarm.
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Washington. August 15-The midday
bulletin was not issued until nearly !
o'clock. The pulse was then 1l8; tenn
pcrature. 80; respiration, 10, The tenn
perature has fallen since morning and
tho midday bulletin appear alarming,
but the surgeons say it is not 80. They
attribute the higher pulse to the ex-
haustion caused by vomiting, and look
upon the reduction in temperature us n
favorable symptom. There is uneasi-
ness outside of the white house, and the
surgeons do not say much. 1t is evident
that they do not feel as confident as for
merly. but feel more hopeful than last
night or this morning. Morphine was
ugain administered to to the president
last night before he could sleep, and
while lie has not yet recovered from the
last operation as the surgeons hoped,
they still insist that he will rally and
believe he will get we'll.
PRIVATE SECRETARY browns REPORT.
Executive Mansion, Washington, Aug.
15-The president is said to be consider
ably better at this hour than when the
morning bulletin was issued. He has
taken some milk and small quantity of
beef extract. He has also partakea of
some whisky with egg, all of which he
has retained. In response to an inquiry
as to the cause ef tho presidents vom-
iting Private Secretary Brown said it
was due entirely to weak stomach, and
while it was more or less aggravated by
the wound that it could be attributed
solely to its effect. He added that the
president had contracted dyspepsia
while in the army and had at no time
since been entirely free from it, and that
when he was i'll apparent good health he
was often times troubled with nausea.
Brown says the surgeons are not at all
alarmed at the presidents present con-
dition. During the past hour he slept
some and appears to be stronger. It
having been intimated that the opera
tion performed Monday last was in fact
an attempt to remove the ball, Mr..
Brown was asked if the story had any
foundation. He replied that II was er-
roneous and said that there was no i'm.
mediate intention of disturbing the
ball.
UNEASY FEELING.
Washington, Executive Mansion, Gals
p. m.-Much anxiety is exhibited
throughout the city regarding the presi-
dents condition, and numbers of inqur-
les have been made at the executive man
sion to-day. Tho feeling in the country
was similarly manifested by the large
number of press correspondents who
called at the white house to receive the
1890 bulletin for the papers they repre-.
sent. Aside from this many requests for
the latest news have been received from
the several executi departments. The
temperature and respiration, US stated in
the last bulletin are generally conceded
rs favorable Indications, but the pulse,
which is given at llS, causes considera.
BILE uneasiness in the public mind. Since
the issuance of the bulletin it has been
impossible to confer directly with any OF
the attending surgeons. Attorney Gen.
eral MacVeagh called short time ago
and as he was leaving the white house
said, i'll reply to interrogations, that
DIR. Agnew attributed the unusually
high pulse to the weak condition of the
patient caused by nausea, with which he
had been troubled. The attorney gene.
raj said the surgeons informed him that
there were no indications of pus fever
and they hoped they had overcame the
trouble caused by the nausea. If nc
further trouble from nausea is expert.
enced they thought the patient would
soon rally from the bad effects of the at.
tack already had. The surgeons took
tho patients pulse at AS p. m.. when il
was 1l2, a decrease of 6beats in less than
two hours. At this hour Private Secre.
tary Brown. who just left the surgeons
says the pulse is still decreasing.
TUE BULLETINS.
MORNING BULLETIN,
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