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

DelnS seriously CONSIDERED. we de-
sire your immediate presence. An
SWer.
(Signed D. W. BLISS.
DR.. Agnew will be here at 1890
tonight.
The President passed a better and
more refreshing night last night
than he had before in nearly week.
The intervals of wakefulness were
shorter and less frequent than usual,
and for several hours at a time he
needed no attention whatever from
attendants. During this morning
he expressed a wish for food and
took with apparent relish about four
ounces of beef extract. The condi
ton of the stomach, so far as ability
to asSimilate and dispose of the food
were concerned, seems even better
than yesterday, and as soon as the
surgeons became assured of this
fact, they decided to discontinue, at
least.for the present, food injections,
and begin with feeling of greater
confidence to give larger quantities
of beef juice, pepticized milk and
milk Cruel in the natural way. Up
to mon the patient had swallowed
between thirteen and fourteen
ounces Of this kind Of food, and the
effects of the increased amount of
nOurishment taken yesterday and
to-day begin to be apparent in the
steadier and stronger pulse rate,
which was only four beats higher
than early IL the morning. The
wound at the morning dressing pre-
Sented healthy appearance, and its
condition was in every respect sat
isfactory. The glandular inflama-
ton, however, seemed to have under
gone slight change since yester-
day. Its appearance was about the
same, but it was a little softer to the
touch, and there were indications
that the process of suppuration had
begun. Later i'll the forenoon amOre
careful and thorough examination
was made and unmistakable evil
dence obtained Of the presence of
pus. Although the amount secreted
up to that time seemed small in view
of the low and impoverished condi-
tiOn of the patients blood, it was
thought unsafe for all this pus TO re-
main in the gland, and since, If not
liberated promptly, its character
might change and complications
become more serious, at The noon
consultation it was decided to make
an inciSion, and soon after the
1870 bulletin, DR.. Hamilton cut
into the swelling on the right side
of the face, below and in front of the
ear, and set free a small quantity Of
healthy puss. The operation was q
comparatively trlfing one, as the III
cisiOn was not deep, and it was
therefore thought unnecessary to
use anesthetic, either local or gen.
eral. a spray of carbOlized water
was, however, thrown upon the cut
as an antiSeptic precautiOn. The pa
TENTS pulse became more frequent
Immediately after the incision was
made, and reached the maximum of
lis beats, but soon subsidized. In con-
this afternoon, DR.. Bliss
said the results Of the operation
were in every way satisfactory. 1t
was not expected, he said, that the
inc;SiOn would at once give perman-
ent relief, or that the Inflammation
would Immediately subside. There
would probably be a temporary ag-
gravatiOn of febrile symptoms as a
of the operation, and
more pus might form in the swell
ing. He did not, however, anticipate
any further trouble. The incisiOn
would be kept open, and if, as
seemed probable, more pus should |
form, it could readily escape. There |
would, he thought, be no necessity |
for any more cutting. After that the |
patient swallowed food as before, !
without nausea or discomfort, and |
up to 40 had taken in all about |
ounces. The evening |
examination showed a slightly |
higher pulse and temperature than |
at the corresponding hour last night,
but in other respects the condition |
Of the patient was unchanged.
At o'clock Gen. Swain said he |
felt more encouraged than at any |
time before since Saturday. Colonel |
Rockwell expressed the same feel
ing. Upon being asked with regard |
to the reported delirium of the Pres
ident. Col. Rockwell said: "The talk |
about dilirium is all nonsense. The |
President is not delirius and has not |
been. He is sometimes a little in
coherent for moment after he |
wakes, and before he fully gets |
control of his senses, just as |
anybody would be in his weak |
and debilited condition, and after
seven weeks Of fever; but at all |
1ther times his mind is as clear as
yours or mine" "DoeS he always
recognize you when you go into the
room ?" "Why, of course he does"
And call you by name?" Ger
5ainly." "Does he take any interest
in outside things?" Eyes, to a GER
tain extent; not so much, perhaps, !
as earlier IN his illness; but yester-
day morning he saw me looking
over the morning papers, which the
has Just brought in, and
asked me to read some Of the head
ings. told him there did not seem
to be anything worth reading TO
him, and he SAID nothing more.
Dr.. Hamilton, upon being ASKED.
this evening, whether the results OF
Al of+Qf~nO0D