Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-07-12

connected with the attempted assassina-
ton OF President Garfield IL his gradual
recovery in the face Of the small army
Of doctors employed in his case. There
we're fifteen or twenty OF them. including
volunteers, 70, the first day or two. but
these were finally. under the direction
Of the President. Mrs. Garfield and DR..
Bliss THE preferred physieian). reduced
to four regulars. and two or three CON-
sulins physicisns on the outside. with
DR.. Bliss a. chief Of the medical brig
ads. This Of course created professional
jealousy. and no professional men are
svsr 70 v%iciously jealous Of each other
q 0 doctors. The discarded medico al.
ways secretly hopes the patient will die.
Just to spite his professional rival.
Even among the best Of physicians no
two practice exactly alike. Two good
physicians may practice in connection
with each other Tor mutual assistance
and advantage. but II Is only by mutual
concession. one to the other; ons case.
or phase Of q case. being treated accord
ing to one doctors ideas. and another
in accordance with the associate physi.
clans mode Of practice. and 30 on. A
third doctor may be admissible by way
Of consultation in some extraordinary
oass where the two are in doubt, but
beyond the three. there can DO only pro-
fsssional anarchy and detrimental con-
fusion. unless one is absolute master Of
the situation and able to sit down on all
the rest.
"whsn doctors disagree. who shall
decide 2" In the P~rssident's case. Gar
Geld was fortunately able to decide. 10
gave DR.. Bliss full and complete CON-
command OF his case. which settled
the matter very effsotually. Bliss felt
that he knew all that was necessary. but
Q . q matter Of courtesy to the rest OF the
profession he selected three others to
constitute . sort OF medical stat. And
these are the four physicians whose
nance are 20 SYSTEMATICALLY parsded and
advertised throughout the country at.
tsehsd to telegraph bullstins announcing
the Prssident's condition every hour or
two. after the following style:
"Ths Prssidsnt's symptoms continue
favorable. Sleeps we'll ; appetite raven
Gus. Pulse. 1887 temperature. ss.2 ;
respiration. 22.7. Bowels normal; head
level" etc.. and then follows the names
Of the physicians in regular platoon a.
usual. They will work tsis case for al
II 10 worth and then put in . bill for ct
least $40. 900 apiece. which the grateful
country will pay with pleasure and think
10 ohesp.
Day before yesterday. according to
the telegraph. the President ssksd to see
one Of the bulletins which he had heard
some one speak Of - having been issued
BY the physicians. The latest bulletin
was brought from the ssorstsry's once
and handed him. After psrusins 1t he
remarked smilinsly that he did not
think II necessary to post his name be-
fore the country every few hours"
Now this vas . sly sarcastic joke on the
part Of Garfield. for he did not see his
own proper name mentioned at all. (only
''ths Prssidsnt''). but It Was their manner
he was driving at.
DR.. Bliss was very judieious 10 the
selection Of his three assistants: Hs
selected DR.. Rsyburn. not only because
Of his established trustworthiusss a. Q
physician, but he 10 spsrsonal aequaint.
sncs OF the President. and DR.. Wood.
wards assistance was valuable by rsa-
son Of his acknowledged sminsnes In
pathology. Surgeon General Barnes he
doubtless selected in order to keep his
tongue still. for Barnes was creating
quite . sensation by his officially and
Geographically announced predictions
that the President was in . dying condi.
ton, or hs would not live till midnight,
or that he could not live twelve hours.
We do not hear or see anything Of
Barnes now. except - attached to the
bulletins. His private opinion il pro-
fsssionslly squslchsd.
But DR.. Baxter. an old friend Of the
Garfield family. did not like being left
out In the cold. Hs got mad over H..
and called upon Bliss and his colleagues
In the consulting at the White
House to see about IL. BaIter's pro-
fsssional back was up like unto that OF .
b~slligsrsnt tom.cat. and be demanded TO
know Why he was thus rccklsssly ig-
norsd. Hard words and recriminativs
remarks were freely exchanged. and
Baxter. with his eyes flaming green with
jealousy. boldly called Bliss . liar !
Bliss has q big son who IL an athlete.
and he was there. Young Bliss imms-
dis,sly stepped forward. c0llsrsd Baxter
and fred him out. Now. IL the Presi-
dent should die. Baxter will rejoieinely
say. 81 knew those quscks would kill
him. Ioould have brought him out al
right. without half trying"
Bot ''sll's we'll that ends we'll" Al
last accounts the President was getting
along finely. They were feeding him .
little rom In his milk. and he was rscu.
psraiins wonderfully. A we'll known
and suecsssful physioian said yesterday
10 the writer Of this. that II he could
have had aarhsld out on one Of our
ssssbrush hillsidss, In . little tent. with
.bnskst Of vatsr and q bag OF beans,