The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-08-22
SATURDAYS NUuuARY
Or the RFssidsnrs Case-TWO Views oI
1lIA PFORFsAs.


MIH PFORFsSs.
nWASHlNgroN,I August 2Ot-sectstary
Blaine tallIy apma up tho situauon her,
10 day when be says 10 his telegram to
Minister Lowell regarding the President
that "therc 10 certainly no loss, aud ther,
10 no very marked gain"
The day ,hss been An unevent!ul ons a
the White HOnse, DR., Boyn.on says lha
the President contianss to improve slow
ly and that everything iif4yorablo. The
President continued In take his mill
Cruel and koumtps through the mouth
several tiIne', and suffered no III eRtcts
There were but lew callers at the Execu
tive MansipFduTlpg tbs lsy, though The
Cabinet otllUetR dtopped Id 1T \ wliilhithiI
evening, Dr. Bliss took occasion today
to explain hi eVasive answer he gave
your correspondent last night, concern.
ing tli6 pTgblnR otlhs wound, Teohnic.
ally speaking, there had been no probing
for the bul at, but GAthster had bsen In
serted, MS wAH explained iu to.dAJ's buIls
tin. A White Hou'e at,ache, whu
chanCed to bein the hallway outside the
door OF the PIesident'H room, says he
could distinctly hear the President say
"Swsitn, will you hapd me my handkeI'
ChieIp' which rsqupst being compiled
with, The President cleared bis throat aud
wiped his lipA several timss.
There ssems 10 he no doubt, sAid Q
Cabinet. officer 10 night, that The main
trouble WITH Ihe' President now is bill
stomach. His physicians recognize that
IN bis PROSTATE condition any weakness
there must necessarily be dangerous. Al
present 10 giving him no great amount oil
trouble, ant, ,heis assimilating the food given
him. The question is, how long will this
last, aud what shall be d ma to tone Up
thsty cry important organ, sr5T3
At10 OCH ck lhe few members OF The
Cabinet who had assembled at tho White
House, left for home. The President waI
at that hour reported sleeping, though biz
neck was giving him some uneasiness.
IT. does not pain him greatly" said MI
Bro wtl, shut il prevents Him ffom turning
his hesd freely, and annoys him in thai
way. 10 all other respects the patient
seemed 10 be doing as nicely IS possible
under the circumstances" and MIR. Brown
closed the house, hoping for better news
In the morning. il,lp ,il,
'''Another day "a Anished,n he said, ai
he left the building, but there ls always d
to morrow ahead.
The only official bullstin Of importance
was the one issued at 1880 o'clock which
read as follows: The President continues
to do well. lie Il taking liquid lnod by
the mouth 10 increased ouSntity, and with
Feliah. The nuttltiva ehemalA are still
successfully given, but at Iorger intervals
His pulse 10 now l07; temperature, 98. Al
respiration, IS Az the morning dressing
the wound was looking we'll, and the pua
discharged was Of q healthy character
Alter the operation Of August s, the hex.
ible tube used to wash out the wound al
each dressing, readily followed the track
Of the ball to the depth of three and a
half or lour inches. At tht dress
ings. however, small quantity oI
healthy .pus came, as was believed,
from the part Of The track beyond thil
point. either spontaneously or AfterRentle
pressure over tho eutire surface OF ihG
right lilac region, but this deeper part o.
the track was not reached by the tube
until Yesterday morning, when the separa
ton Of q email slough permitted II To past
untesisted downward and forward iors
distance oil twelve aud one half iuCheG
IRON the. e xleinal bufihce Il the last In
cislOn. This facilitated the drainage. ant
Clearsirg Oi tho deeper parta 9th wound
but has not been iollowed by any inCreast
10 the quantity Of pus digchates. YThl
large ppb cavity which had iofmed Ia, ,tht
immediate vicihi y Of the broken rib, Il
hllipg up with healthy grsnulations, ant
the original wound Of entrance Rs far VI
that CAsity has heale1S sistt4ha
Tie Views of outside parties, however
are not quite 30 fose cOInred. Gao die
patch states. that the accidental disOoyer
oi an obstruction Id theittack oi the bAl
30 n ear the mouth OF the wound, Ia re
gartled BY unt tiitial physiUiAhs as owl
denCe u great begleCt. The HCial sur
Reuhel nave 'ifedd6htly tannolli cvd Iha
the wound was Ihellink nicely 10 Wilbit
three Of tour inches Of the mouth Of The
\ wound II nov appears that eight inChet
beyond haa been suppufatinE oil this
time, and the light f6a NJ pds was du(
| 10 the obstruction Just discovsted And ID
The fact that considerable amonnt wal
absorbed. This accounts Iot the ibtlAm
nation on the neck, And satisfies At leas
unofficial experts that the President y
and has been sutfsring from blood poi
6oning. For yeekp that eight inches o
4upputAiins anfisce has not been cleSnqe!
al ali, and the result viii prob ib'y be seti
Qua complications yet 10 aiise The tffi
tlAl surgeons, however, ptnfess 10 thibl
the PRECEDENT ID doing we'll, aud take
more conservative view Of the case thai
many Of their professional b'sthtsn. B.
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