Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-08-27
KNOXVILLE TENN: sATuRDAr MoRNING AUGUST q, 1881

saying the Presidents case is hopeless. 1
do not think it is. He has a chance. al
though perhaps q slim chance of recovery.
and for recovery still hope"
"a UNOFFICIAL BULLETIN.
ExEcurryE MkNezoN, $50 p. m.-Dr.
Reyburn reports at this hour that the con-
dition of the President has not perceptibly
changed, either for the better or worse
since the middle of the afternoon v " "a
Secretary Blaine, who has Just left the
Executive Mansion, says that the surgeons
are still feeling a little more hopeful with Sra
gard to the Presidents case than they did
. last night, on account of the continued out
flow of pus from the inhamed gland through
the ear. The general condition of the pa
t1ellt has not, he says, materially changed
, during the morning. The pus has cen
| fairly steady, but is nova little less. 8
EXECUTIVE MANSION, T30 p. M No ma
terial change has taksas place in@ the eonit
!; ton of the President sa-ee the last official
bulletin. Dr.. Hamilton thinks the patient
, tonight is shade better.
EXECUTIVE MANsIoN.-Dr. Reyburn, in
conversation with reporter of the Associa-
/ ted Press, just before the appearance of the
! evening bulletin, said that in his judgment
the patient had not lost any ground since
the middle of the afternoon. It was feared,
he said, at one time to-day that the whole
parotid gland would slough off in a sup
purating mass, and if this should occur
i the shock to the patients system
would almost certainly, prove fatal
Later in the afternoon, however, the ap
pearance of the gland was more reassuring,
and gave ground for hope and that the sup
! puration would be confined within the limits
of simple although bad abscess. The doc
, tor said he could not yet bring himself to
| believe that the President would die, al
/ though he appreciated fully the
| gravity of the situation. The
/ vitality of the patient was very low,
and it was questionable whether he could
hold out much longer against the depressing
influence of the suppurating gland. Never
i theless he felt that if they could tide him
over two or three days and get the glandu-
tar complication under control, he would
still stand fair chance of recovery.
| While DR.. Reyburn was talking with re
/ porter he received, from gentleman in the
j city, communication addressed to the sur
geons, recommending that an effort be made
to increase the Presidents vitality by re-
sorting to all operation known rs the trans
! fusion of blood and offering to
supply from his (the writer's) own
| feIHe tue ucCeSStfS quantity OI Nltal HULL
! Upon being asked whether the suggestion
| had any value, DR.. Reyburn said that
results of the TRANSMISSION of blood in cases
of exhaustion had not as rule been en-
| tirely satisfactory. The operation had occa-
! slonaily succeeded, but it was attended with
a great deal of danger, and was apt to cause
profound disturbance of the circulation.
| He doubted whether it would be of any use
! IN the Presidents case, even as q last re-
| sort.
| Speaking of the Presidents general
/ symptoms DR.. Reyburn said that he had
! been little duieter this afternoon, and had
| shown no further signs of mental distur-
! bance. He had continued to take food sat
| isfactorily, and had slept a good deal in
| short maps. In other respects his general
condition seemed to be unchanged. In re-
! gard to his condition since the evening bull
letin one of the surgeons who has Just come
! from his room expresses the opinion that
he is trihe better
| EXECUTIVE MANSION, $50 D. m-Dr
| Boynton said this evening, in reply to ques-
| tions asked him by reporter of the Asso-
| ciated Press, that he thought there had been
slight improvement in the Presidents gen
| eral condition since four O'clock up to that
hour. He said: 81 think he had gradually
failed. His pulse ran up early in the after
noon as high as 135, and remained at 136
for considerable time. / thought once
that he could hardly live through the night
About four o'clock, however, he rallied
slightly, and sine that time he has fully held
! his own. In fact, think his general con-
, dition now is trihe better.''
"Have indications of swelling or suppu-
ration appeared anywhere except in the
wound or parotid gland?"
"No."
"What was the character of pus dis
charged to-day by the wound?"
at looked about as it did last night"
Was it as good last night as before that
time?
No, not qnite; it was less in quantity
and it had a slightly watery appearance"
"To what was that attributed?"
Probably to the impoverished condition
of the patients blood. "
'Do you think there is anything in this
changed character of the pus discharged by
the wound to cause additional alarm"
mo; it only shows the weak and de-
pleted condition of the patients body; it is
an evidence of inanition."
"What are the symptoms taught which
you regard as more favorable?"
'Well, the character of his pulse is little
for one thing, and there seems also to be
the same improvement In his mental con-
dition. He has been brighter since
o'clock than he was before that time, but of
course this change for the better, if it can
be SO called, is very slight"
EXECUTIVE MANSION 10 D. m.-The sur
geons report that very slight improvement
was noticed in the Presidents condition late
this afternoon is still maintained, it does
not however, as yet afford any solid ground
for encouragement. The President has
slept some during the evening, and his pulse
when last taken was Ill, there has been no
noticeable changes in appearance of the
swollen parotid gland.
EXECUTIVE MANsIoN.-The following was
sent at 10 o'clock tonight:
Lowell, minister, London:
While the President has made no gain to-
day his loss of ground has been less in the
Judgment of his physicians than was found
last night. In this respect there is a slight
feeling of encouragement, or at least ray
of hope. Adverse symptoms are
still manifest, and one favorable |
indication of swallowing and digesting |
liquid food continues. Two or three times |
during the day he has asked for nourish- |
ment. He has spoken intelligently and |
voluntarily and throughout the day his mind |
has been less affected than yesterday. The |
expected relief to the parotid swelling from |
the discharge through the ear has not been |
realized The situation is one of great
gravity and danger.
TSignedl BLAINE,
Secretary.
MINOR nTSPATCHES