The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-08-25
THE PRESIDENT.

T. this they are not departing from
the course they have pursued with
Underwriting regularity for nearly
eight weeks. Almost daily nave they
issued ulletins stating that the Pres
ident wss "betteS' than the day be-
fore, and that all symptoms were
favorable or satisfactory. NotWith
standing these reports, It is now
known that the patient has steadily
failed, his life gradually going out
since that terrible Saturday morning.
While he has been gaining according
to the doctors, he has actually
lost nearly one-halt his original
weight; while bis mind has been con.
stantly reported to have been Clea-
and unaffected, il is now known that
be has been for some days practically
imbeciie, unable to converse Co
herently or TO even recognize
those at his bedside; when
be Vas progressing satisfactorily,
his wound doing better than could
reasonably have been expected. it,
vas twice found necessary to perform
surgical operations to drain the
wound; while healthy or lauda5le
pus only was flowing, the pbysicisn
in charge was poisoned in one OF his
fingers by that same lAodable pus,
whereas there is no more danger
from poison by healthy matter thsn
from soap suds, nor indeed as muod.
The fact is, the doctors have persis-
tently deceived the puolic in misrep.
resenting or not fully stating tbs con-
dition OF the patient. They may have
thought that course was the wiser
poe, but the people will not agree
With them in this. Those who are
charitable will attribute it to the doc
tors ignorance; others will be lees
enient, and will blame the
surgeons for not letting the world
know the true situation, and for moi
oeediDg the advice OF really talented
physicians. DR.. Bliss neeo not fear
banging, should the President die, as
/ correspondent suggests. bu, be cap
'etire from the practice of bis pro-
essiou, and cease this dress-parsde
tYle OF doctoring in which be bias
been engaged. DR.. Reynolds. ex
army surgeon, probably tells the
ruth in the interview which Is pub
ished elsewhere in this Issue. He
ays the Presidents life has oeen
,bbing away from the first, and that
low there is no hope OF restoring it.
The patient may live for week,
" ne may die to-day, bu,
lie ne must. is the opinion
If DR.. Reynolds. The doctor aiso
Jays the cause of death will be the ;
bullet and not the disordered stomach
o which Bliss attributes all the
blame. II the stomach were ali the
rcuble, it seems strange that vhile
his organ was working faithfully for
Xix weeks, the patient should be con-
SANITY failing, and that when the
stomach was worn out it should be
found that the President was sud.
1enly reduced to a skeleton. his
mind gone, and be at deaths door.
It may be that the wound wss mortal
from the start, and that medical skill
could have done nothing more than
has been done; but there is firm con-
Viction in the minds of the people that
the case has been grossly mis-
managed, and it will be impossible
for DR.. Bliss to dispel that i'm preston.
One thing ia certsin-the public mas
from the beginning been deceived by
the doctors, aud led to believe that
the President was getting well, !
whereas be was actually dying.
It is difficult to discover wherein
the improvement OF Wednesday con-
sists. The President was free from
nausea. and 30 he was On Monday
snd Tuesday. He swallowed larger
quantity OF liquid nourishment than
Cd the previous day, but that was be-
cause more was given him. On Mon.
day and Tuesday Re called for more
than was allowed, and his stomach
showed no disposition to revolt on
either of those days If there was
Improvement on Wednesday it must
hsYe consisted in an increase oil
pnisations to the dangerous number
of LOS beats per minute, ss
at $50 o'clock last evening, or in q
heightened to 1907 de-