Daily Republican., 1881-08-11
THE P.Es1DENTs CONDITION,


10 FlastuatinE Hopes and ApprehsI
u slsns bat . Steady lmprOveAez
Settling II. The President Sign
% AN Oncial Document.
r The Presidents pulse continued higl
r to-day, but the temperature is less
q the close of the day than during the prt
;, ceding twenty-four hours, and his ger
q eral condition is much better than a
@ seven o'clock last night. There is no
i, the slightest cause for apprehension or
account of the high pulse, which il
mainly attributable to the surgical oper
: atiou of Monday, and as incidental t,
: it, as has previously explained in these
dispatches. Since seven seven O'Clock
tonight, when the last bulletin was is
sued, there has been decline in pulse
and temperature and the surgeons look
Tor q decided abatement in bot to-mor.
row. Until the time when the traumatiC
fever has been regularly appearing in
the afternoon, the temperature was
about normal, and even at noon, when
the pulse was about 1l8, the tempera-
tnre remained at the normal state the
: fever not having appeared at that hour.
This is regarded as an important
point in the case, as it indicates that
: the high fever Is broken. Heretofore
the high pulse has been attended with
corresponding fever and temperature.
No bad effects follow the high pulse,
and, as the cause of it is known to be
local and temporary, no special import
ance is attached to it. 1t is high tenn
perature that produces exhaustion.
Another important point in connection
with the high pulse to-day, is the fact
that about II o'clock, when the pulse
was at its highest point during the day,
the President appended his signature
to paper relating to an extradition
case OF a forger, pending between this
country and the Dominion of Canada.
The President signed his name without
any special effort, and the signature
shows very little evidence of nervous
ness. This Is positive proof that the
President is not seriously incOnvinced
by the high pulse.
DIR. Bliss said that he expects de-
cline in pulse tomorrow, and thereafter
the pulse will steadily run down. The
Presidents appetite to-day was better
|
He not only took nourishlIent when it
was offered by his attendant, but two
or three times aSked for it, and at his
own request he was givena small yuan
tity of solid food. The wound continues
to discharge freely without artificial
aid, and the pulse is healthy There
is Il large decrease in the quantity of
pus discharged, compared with . week
Or ton days ago. This decrease is attri-
buted to the fact that granulation in the
track of the bullet has materially re,lnc-
| cd the pus surface.
The following are the latest bulletins:
EXECUTIVE MANSION, II 80 p. NJ
fhe President is getting through the
| day in very satisfactory manner. He
| has asked for and taken aSnall quanti-
| ty OF solid food in addition to the liquid
nourishment allowed. AT the morning
dressing the discharge of pas through
the new opening was more free than at
any previous time; its character was
good and the wound looks well. His
temperature aud GcSpiratian continue
| within the normal range, though the
debility following the operation is still
shown by frequency ofpulse. At pres
ent his pulse is no; temperature, 9S $;
| respiration, 10.
BLISS,
BARNES,
KEYBUkN,
| WOODWARD,
| SECRETARY BLAINE TO MINISTER Low
ELL.-'rhe following was sent this after.
noon
10 Lowell. Minister, London AT
one o'clock p. M. the Presidents s cond-
| ton has not essentially changed since
| IL @ morning report At twelve at noon,
he signed an important public docu-
lnent, to which his signature was indis-
pensable, with firm, clear hand.
"(Signed) BLAINE, Secretary"
EXECUTIVE MANSION, 4 p. M.-Dr
Bliss reports, at 4.3O p. NJ, that, not
withstanding the high pulse shown by
The noon bulletin the President has
had very favorable day. The rapi-
dty of the pulse was an indication of
the weakness resulting from the opera.
ton and from the diminished quantity
or TODD given him yesterday and Mon
day, but this is u transient condition,
and will not, it is thought, last longel
than tomorrow. Already the pulse
has fallen six heats since he noon bull |
letn, and the TEN peraturc is only a lit
tle above normal. The patient has
take.. more nOurlShmcnt to-day than at !
any time heretofore since Sunday, and |
his condition is, iG th4 opinion Of all
the surgeons, much better tnan it was
"a hours ago.
The President performed this afler-
noon, his first official act since the I'd of
July by signinga formal requisition for
the extraultiOn of u criminal who, some
time since, took r, fuge in Canada, and
is now in the custody Of .he Canadian
authorities pending the action of this
Government.
EXECUTIVE MENSIoN, p. m.-The
President has passed an excellent day.
The drainage of the wonnd is now etti
cisn,, and the pus secreted by IL, deep
or portions has Deen coming away spon-
taueOusly. The afternoon rise OF tenn
perature is almost a degree less than
Yesterday aud the day before. Pllse,at
present, 1863; temperature, lOl; respira-
tion, 10.
d. w. BLISS,
j. X. BARNES,
j. j. WOODWARD,
ROBERT REYBUEN.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, 1l,l5 p m.-
Signs OF improvement in the Presi-
dents condition began to be apparent
to day soon after noon His pulse,
which had been high during the early
part of the day, and which Indicated
more than ordinary weakness, foil from
no to lO4 in the course Of the afternoon
and his Temperature at the evening ex.
animation was lower than it had been
Il the hour on any day since the fifth. ,
These facts were taken as evidence,