Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-08-19

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Nourishment-Latcst Oficial In
formation Today.
WASHINGTON. August 10. At II
o'clock last night the Press Agent had
talk with Dr.. Bliss, who Is 20 s%ntirel,
confident Of the Presidents recover,
that be speaks Of Il Is . coming fact
Hs said Of the parotid Inflammation
"Thsrs IL no ssouse for alarm about Il
It IL . phase Of the case. or rather II
incident that was not entirely unsxpsot
Cd. Always In cases like this there ar
several conditions and this very slsut
frequently inAames after ~suppuratis
and exhausted disease. such y typhoid
fever, gunshot wounds, eto. It SCENT
10 be about all over now. Nothing wal
said about II in last nights bulletin, BE-
cause Il no longer cuts any figure IN thu
CASE"
General Swain says. inssmuoh a. Ii.
President retained the koumiss he had
taken, his stomach 10 proven to DO grad
uslly strengthening. aud this being ths
case. in his opinion the crisis had passed
and the patient will continue to improve,
Early In the evening DR.. Reyburr
was asked his opinion Of the Prssident'a
condition. and he answered
"Ths President 10 doing very well.'
docs be experience much inoonven'
isncs from the Inflammation referred "a
In the noon bulletin 2"
HE has considerable pain In biz
neck. which is the rssul. OF the infiamsd
gland"
"what is the cause Of the iuiamma'
ton 2" .
at s the result Of extreme debility
"Do not similar symptoms manifest
themselves In typhoid fsvsrf"
"Thsy do. but inflammation OF the
parotid gland also frequently occurs In
cases where tho patient is in . state oil
excessive debility from other causes,
He took koumiss In small quantities oil
day and experisnoed no troubls In 70.
tanning II all. He is IS we'll as We could
reasonably expect, and I think getting
along nicely"
At the time OF this interview. and pre-.
vious TO the issuance OF the evening bull
letin, the patients pulse, although mol
taken accurately. wal not thought to b
any higher than when the noon bulletin
was issued. namely. 10s. After the
evening bulletin came out. there was Q
perceptibls feeling Of qualification among
those who came to the Executive Man.
sion To await II.
DR.. Rsyburn, when asked what he
thought Of the increased temperature,
said: at cannot be considered an un.
favorable indication. inasmuch as II
shows that the patient has considerable
vitality left"
ION the whole. doctor. do you ION.
slider the President better today than
yssterdsyi"
..Yes, be Is better today. We will not
discontinue the enemata yet awhile.
He swallowed two ts~blespooniuls OF
Cruel, which was prepared BY Mrs. Gar.
field. retaining every bit Of IT,"
Dr.. Boynton. who remained In seors-
tary Browns room . short time 10 the
evening, was asked how he accounted
for the Inflammation Of the parotid
gland and said: 81 think II 10 sep.
ticaemis, II certainly IL not pysemia.
S~eptioaemia was caused In this case by
the condition Of the patients blood.
According to this theory the same 10
liable TO occur In case OF diphtheris,
typhoid or scarlet fsvsrs; in fact, In any
disease which renders the blood un.
healthy. It has spent its fury and /
think will psss now"
The doctor did not attribute the in.
fsmmation to the condition Of the
wound, insomuch as the psrotid gland
IL not an absorbing but . secrstipg
gland. II 10 true, however. that the
discharge from the wound might infiu-
encs irritation to Q certain extent.
According to the theories advanced BY
attending surgeons and other prominent
medical professionals. however. the case
may DO summed up With the statement
that the psrotid gland secrstss the saliva.
and when no nourishment 10 taken In =
natural way for . time. there is Q de-
mand made upon the saliva. 1t there.
fore naturally seoretes itself In the pa
rotid gland, and after remaining too
long, causes Inflammation. According
to this theory, It 10 fair to assume that
the seeds OF complication were sown du-
ring the time the patient was unable to
take nourishmsnt In the natural way.
and now. he being able to retain what
be swallows, the saliva 10 drawn upon
again, and the irritation will probably
gradually decrease. OF course there
are different views on the subject, but
this theory Ia the most generally accept.
cd by those who have watched the case
closely.
The latest information received from
Q private party at the Executive Man
sion indicated that the surgeons were
hopeful. The President wal resting
quietly Of II P. n. and though he had
taken considerable nourishmsnt there
was no return OF nausea.
The studies OF James and Harry Gar.
field have not been interrupted since the
frst week OF the Presidents illness.
Their tutor expects to graduate both
and Don Rockwell On Saturday next.
and they arc oil to enter Williams Col.
lsss In September.
II MATTER WITH HAMMOND.
Dr.. Agnsw says be knew Of the swell.
ing Of the gland before he left. but did
not consider II Of sufficient Importance
to dstain him here. The swelling still
manifested itself last night and AgneV
examined Il. Speaking OF the criticism