Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-08-27
net officer that the President may live until
morning. His pulse rose to 1873 and fell back
To 100
The Early Morning Report.

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The Early Morning Report.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, Aug
26, 10 a. m.-But very little information Wa
obtained directly from the physicians concern
ing the condition of the President this morr
ing prior to the morning bulletin. The at
sence of all reference In the bulletin to the gen
eral condition of the President and to tn
parotid swelling was at once noticed and com
mented upon by those waiting for it. Th
: situation is considered by many as less hope
full than it was last night at midnight, and b.
j Others as more so. Attorney General Mac
Veagh pronounces 1t
| EXTREMELY CRITICAL,
and when asked this morning how long III
thought this suspense would last' fepned
ssGok only knows" postmaster zen
eral James and Secretary Hunt teie
graphed to Thurlow Weed that
hope at 10 a. IN. comes from tne surgeons
His symptoms are no worse anu linproVoneu 81
is not impossible. DIR. Bliss came ouC VI III!
surgeons room at $50 a. m, ana telepnonee
his wife that the President was little pettel
than last night. In reply to an lnterogatory
he said: "The Presidents pulse THIS morning
is less frequent aid the parotid swelling mas
| broken
INTO THE RIGHT EAR
and is discharging through that orihce. Inc
nstient,s mind is clearer and he conversed
with the surgeons about the condition oil lhe
GLAND. He partoek of food, which teemed to
be grateful to him, and his general Gonui'lon
onneared q little improved. DR.. Bliss ex-
pressed himself as hopeful that the glanu
would be relieved by discharge through the
| ear. and that he would pull through the day
without much change.
Secretary K,rk,rood illustrates the s'f""-
EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, Aug
| o6. 1910 a. m.-Secretary Kirkwood came out
Of the cabinet room few moments since, and
| ir reply to question gave the following u
I've never thought" he said, "until last
night that the President would die, but lnfor-
nation which we received late in the evening
was of such character as to leave very little
room for hope The danger which then
seemed most imminent was that OF Inc aD-
sorptlon of unhealthy pus from the swollen
GLAND The mental disturbance and increased
pulse seemed to indicate that the process OF
absorption had already begun, and was pols-
oning the blood and thus acting upon the
brain and heart.
THE CASE ILLUSTRATED.
Taking up small egg-shaped sponge which
Law on the table, the secretary continued, las
I understand the ease from what The surgeons
told me, the Presidents right parotid gland
is in some respects like this sponge Every
where through it there are little cells or DOCK
els, in each of which there IS an accuuula-
tion of Dus. The encsion made day before
Yesterday pierced one of those pockets and re-
leased the pus which that particular one con-
tanned, but it did not drain the Others and IN
fact the Others could not be drained by SIM
ole incision anywhere. The fear last night
was that the pus retained in those small cavl-
ties would become unhealthy, and as before
said, result in
ACUTE BLOOD POISONING.
DIR. Bliss told me, however, last night, just
before we went home, that he had not given
I'D hope of favorable change during the
night, and the surgeons think this morning
that there has been such change for the pet-
Ter as DR.. Bliss hoped for The breaking OF
the suppurating gland into the ear Will, 1t Is
thought, afford more relief than could be CIV
en- in any other way, and IL Is regarded as q
favorable symptom. The discharge through
that channel seems to be free. The pus so far
is of a healthy character and the PATIENTS
mind this morning is clearer than last night.
Taking everything into consideration thlnR
there is reason this morning for a little hope"
SECRETARY LINCOLN HOPEFUL.
Secretary Lincoln, upon coming ont of the
cabinet room this morning, was asked what
he thought of the Presidents condition.
s.Wel," he said, ''there is Just enough en-
couragement this morning to revive the hope
which l had up to last night, that the Presi-
dent will pull through. From what the sur
geons told us Yesterday evening, received
the impression that the swollen parotid gland
had very much the character OF severe and
dangerous carbuncle, which was enough OF it.
self TO bring well man very low, even if it
did not cause his death. With this impression
hone pretty well left me. Now, this morning,
however, l feel again a little encour-
agement. The infamed gland, am told, looks
better than last night, and is discharging free
ly through the ear. This the surgeons regard
as favorable, and it seems so to me. | think,
too, that the general condition of the patient
is little improved to-day. His mind acts
better, and he grasps ideas more readily than
last night. Then. there has been none OF the
incoherency of speech which was then noticed.
If he were getting worse do not think this
would be the case. Upon the whole, there
fore, think we are justified in feeling more
encouraged. The case is not entirely hopeless.
VIEWS OF DR.. WOODWARD.
|. DIR. Woodward being asked at II O'Clock
whether there is any reason to-day for in
creased hope, replied:
There is certainly no reason for less hope.
The pus is being drained quite freely from the
infamed gland through the ear.
Is there any danger that the pus will find its
way down the throat?
i think not Nothing but mucous has been
found in the throat as yet.
What do you hope most for to-day?
I hope that the incision made in the face
and the drain through the ear will take the
pus from the gland.
SECRETARY BLAINE,
who has just left the Executive mansion, says
the surgeons are still feeling little more
hopeful with regard to the Presidents. case
than they did last night, on account of the
continued outflow of pus from the inflamed
gland through the ear. The general condition
of the patient, however, has not changed ma
terially during the forenoon. The pulse has
been fairly steady, but was a little higher than
at $50.
Bad Omens.
NEW YORK, Aug 26.-The POSTS Wash
ington special says: Private Secretary Brown,
in his private note to the cabinet officers, had
stated that the swelling in the neck had
broken inwardly and was discharging through