The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1881-07-14

ica Of the chances OF life and DEATH I1doo4 k6nov
that can convey my meaning BY describing it, but
hare noticed that when the face wears . certain
M tnc ds. a. people generally phrase
'''Then. to your mind the facs Of tho president
,hs wen you s.w him after the shooting didn't vess
No. sir: it did rot The word die wasn't in his
" a man Of remarkably hne physique exceptioa-
sly robust and possessed OF . large. well-kuit
lrame naturally healthy. and strong and muscularly
powerful. Besides, his habits through life have
been most correct. and he has therefore avoided
anything that would impair his health" 8 3 ".
Then . n: vieor increases Soar belief In The
Certainly it does Had he been Iess muscular
OF less healthy man. With nervous sysseD some
what weakened. Why then directly after tie shoot-
SPOKE WIN, or the exercise Of 1t. has great deaf
to do with these matterA II man has pluck and
plenty 70 live for. and the president has bo:h in an
tho first shock Of the wound which may be ever 20
serious a9d yet not vel painful. he makes up his
m;na .a to i've: and halt the battle y won"
physicians strengthened your own"
No: c.pt say they have exactly: that Is not
positively; bu! you should bear in mind that they
giving any positive oppression opinion Quite
naturally they are tsnderfooted in giving their
yiewAy Their regulations are At stake, and mono
better appreciate it than they do"
Have you hexrd anything encouraging from any
OF them that has not found its way into print"
:! was about to repeat what Gen. Barnes told mo
vomted in the sense of retching. that H. what little
vomiting he has done has caused him no more pain
than it would you or to spit ont some mucus
which We had easily raised by slight cough. Do
you catch my meaning? No pain accompanied the
vomiting, and according to Gen. Barnes it should
hardly DO regarded ~ vomiting. as the discharge.
were slight and very easily made. That Of itsclf
seems to be good sign"
Vomiting, and excessive discharges At that, arc
always incident to fatal wounds. have seen men
who had sustained Runshot wounds in tho abdomen
and intestinal regions-and. indeed, in other por-
heart--lying prone on tho field, and have OBJ
served that in such cases where tho wound proved
fatal, suddenly eventually, the vomited very
often and very much, rolling in it for that matter,
and seeming to suffer great agony because Of some
thing on his stomach which it wanted to be rid Of"
PERHAPS you have seen An extract reproduced in
this evenings papers from talk With Gen. Grant.
lieutenant because his superior died from Runsho4
wound similar to the sustained by the president
There seems to be few instances uf recovery from
such wounds?"
II am aware that the surgical statistics Of the late
war show such to be the fact. but little reflection
Will show yon that q gunshOt wound. except in tho
rares cases. can scarcely he called similar to another
however much it may resemble it in calibre and
shape of the ball. strength of discharge and location
OF shot. may be wrong, but mems bodies are
in every conceivable position when they arc
days what is and what is not fatal wound And ~
to similarity of the wound, why . great many
things must be considered before veaturing an
exact opinion. Men differ in build, in hardness of
Thu c. that muscle. in sOftness of this that pOr
tion OF the body. because OF occupation, mode Of
living. excess or Temperance. Besides, tho exact
position of the lower muscles. aud forth, OF tho
body 1t the time the ball strikes differs vastly it
seems to me, because Of the attitude pose Of the
person, and this in its turn produces difference in
the danger of the wound"