New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-08-16

THE PRESIDENTS STOMACH UNABLE TO RETAIN
FoOD-ms PULSE RISES VERY HIGH-THE STU
ALTON ONE OF GREAT ANXIETY-DR. BLISS SAYS
THE CHANCES ARE IN THE PATIENTS FAVOR.
IBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.i
WASHINGTON, Aug. ia cool judicial opinion of
the situation, based upon attanable facts, would
give the President two chances for recovery against
one for % fatal termination If his illness. When this
has been said, however it is most unfortunately
necessary to add that at time since the formation
of the pus cavity and the first surgical operation
have the causes for alarm been well founded as
they tonight.
One of the dreaded complications which the ply
sicans even in their most hopeful moments, have
mentioned among the possibilities more or less
remote has become a fact. The dyspepsia which
made its appearance yesterday bat which, there
was reason to hope. had been sUbdued last night.
proves to have had more tenacious hold upon the
Presidents weakened stomach than was expected,
and the bulletins of to-day have pointed steadily
to Crisis of character which, until yesterday had
not been anticpated-at least not by the pnblic.
The important question to be determined now is
whether the attack of dyspepsia is merely acci-
dental manifestation of the old chronic enemy of
the President, due to some indiscretion In eating
OF a Sympathetic manifestation from the wound and
its resulting weaknesses. There is reason, to be
found chiefly in the low temperature. to hope thai
it is the former and, if So that it will pass away
troll without much delay manifestations
must be looked for because at the present stage of
the Presidents disability the building-up process
by of nourishInent taken into and assimilat.
by the stomach is the one thing which is depended
upon to enable him to sustain the strain which is
put upon him by the discharge of matter in the
healing operations of the wound. He has no margin
TO draw upon sufficient to sustain him more than a
few days if the gastric machinery proves to be
seriously impaired.
DIR. Bliss found at his office at s o'clock this
evening by a correspondent Of The TRIBUNE. He
said that he had not long left the White House. and
had only moment to spare as he must get buck
there again Immediately"
II will say this to you, however" said he, that
the Presidents digestive orgaus, tho stomach have
failed hlrn very much, and failed to improve this
morning, and this afternoons pulse went down to
112, but is now up again. He had three attacks of
retching. We giving him his food by enema.
and he has been benefited by il somewhat tonight.
The wound does not look we'll il did this morn
mg 1t is dryer. The digestive organs have been
bad for lOng time. They were very bad immedi-
ately after the shooting, but they got
hfterward in excellent condition, and
we had the best reason to hope that
they would give us no trouble. But this attack.
which last night, has a great tendency TO
njnre him, and we look with very great anxiety for
this night-very great anxiety, indeed While the
temperature came down. the pulse did not The
pulse came down this morning TO III. but it has
cone up again tonight, and there is not that char
acter of pulse that insGres repair although it is not
by any means hopeless"
Doctor, L have ventured to say that the chances
were just about two to one tor recovery. Do you
advise Inc TO change that statements"
No; think you arc about right in that; would
let that remain"
AT tins point the doctor rang his bell called for
his hat, and prepared to leave the office 81 have
been away an hour, and you can understand that an
absence OF an hour is liable to make considerable
difference for better or worse, of course. hope it
may be better"