The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-07-13
CRITICAL DAYS.
Statement of Medical Men Regarding
tie p. esd .nt's Case.
The Indications Still Favorable For
His Recovery,
Although the Physicians Say He Is
Not Out of Danger.
Gaiteau's Career in the Plymouth
Church Bible Class.
statements or Physicians.

statements OF fb3sietans.
New York, July 1l.-Dr. Frank III.
Hamilton said this morning that the
symptoms in the presidents case indi-
cate nothing but gradual improvement.
Referring to the Washington dispatch
printed in the Erening Post on Satur-
day, in which the presidents symptoms
were spoken of as more serious than
the public supposed, DIR. Hamilton
said the account was exaggerated.
Garfield was not well man by any
means, but the present symptoms were
not alarming to the surgeons.
There were more precautions taken
to prevent exciteme mt in the case of the
president than in an ordinary case, and
these precautions are what may alarm
laymen, but the president is getting
along well, and nature may be expected
TO do almost all that remains to be
done.
There will be no necessity for prob
ing unless the healing of the wound is
not healthful and indicates internal
abcess or concealed suppuration. If
the healing of the wound seems to be
natural and healful nothing need be
done.
DIR. Fanuel d. Weiss said this morn
ing that good deal of Misrepresentation
existed concerning the objects of his
experiments upon dead bodies in the
dissecting room Of the university Of the
medical college. He did not fire balls
into bodies in order to see if such balls
would make mortal wound. All that
he desired was some notion of the PEN
etrating power of such balls when de-
fiected by bone. OF course it is i'm
possible to know what kind Of defiec-
tion the ball was given by its contact
with Garfield's tenth rib. The chief
object of his experiment was to find out
whether ball of that size could enter
the body at the spot where Garfield
was wounded and be detected in such
a way as not to injure the peritoneum
and liver. The conclusions reached
were that such a thing was perfectly
plausible. l have done with such ex-
periments, having accomplished all
that set out to do.
1t was shown to the satisfaction Of
DR.. Hamilton and other surgeons that
1t was possible for a ball to enter the
body between the tenth and eleventh
ribs, four inches from the spinal col
nmn and yet produce no fatal injury.
DIR. Carnahan said to-day that no.
thing could be more satisfactory than
the way in which the president is get
ting along. The fact that his pulse
and temperature sometimes run up de-
note nothing unusual. So long as the
pulse does not rise higher than 10
there is no reason for anxiety. He has
passed the critical periods, and is now
on highway to recovery.
A Washington special has the fol-
lowing:
DIR. Reyburn, upon being shown the
statement of DR.. Bliss, published this
morning, to the effect that strong indi-
cations existed by which the location
of the ball will be exactly determined
very soon il they continue, said that
such was fact, or at least that the
snspicions heretofore entertained of its
course were greatly strengthened. He
declined, for professional reasons, to
enter at length into description Of
these indications. 1t was thought best
to await further developments Of them.
They enforce the theory upon which
the case has been conducted from the
beginning,
"Will you make an effort to extract
the ball soon?''
"Not until it becomes necessary, or
until the patient is so far recovered as
to be able to sustain an operation with
out danger. If iJ is in the interior wall
of the abdomen it is not likely to give
us any trouble"
"Does it give the president pain
where it isp''
''The presidents body just now is
pretty sore from head to toes, and his
feet and legs pain him, and his back
feels as if 1t was broken in two, while
the abdomen is. of course, tender. He
would probably fail to detect just now
the exact spot of the soreness due to
the bullet. At least it would not do to
depend upon such a feeling"
"Do you expect very speedy recov.
ery?"
II am encouraged by every days re,
port, and expect to be able to say,
when the week is gone, that our pa.
tient is absolutely out Of danger
New York, July 12.-Dr. Hamilton
said this morning: 1.-THE pulse and
temperature Of all healthy persons Il
higher in the afternoon than in the
morning. 1t does not matter whether
the body is in repose or active. The
increase Of both pulse and temperature
regularly takes place in the afternoon.
1t has been customary for the presi-
dent to be active during the day time.
When in an entirely2healthy condition
his pulse would increase, therefore the
Increase reported in the bulletins daily
need not be regarded as indicating any
very unfavorable symptoms, unles.
both should be very excessive.
regard his condition .penerallv YER,