Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-08-17
Sd Extra.
3:45 O'CLOCK P. M.
LATER WHITE HOUSE NEWS.
THE PRESIDENT TAKES NOURISHMENF.
DIR. BLISS THINKS HI WILL RALLY

| The noon bulletin was somewhat comfort
ing. The pulse was more npid by two beats
than in the morning, but the increase Of four
tenths in the temperature INDICATED that the
enemata which are being administered the Presi-
dent are sufficient to keep lis temperature up
for the present The physci,ns to-day act as if
they were good dealmorehopeful. Therumor is
that this afternoon food will b. given the patient
and if it is retained mu0 of the gravity
which now surrounds the case will be dissipated
Should it not be- however, the Presidents con-
dition will continue critical. The doctors feel
satisfied that the wound is doing well, and that
what they now have to do to restore the
stomach. The experiment uyon the stomach
will be made with what is called pepto-
nized beef. It is said that during the
| presidential campaign, und.r the cares and
anxleties of the canvass his stomach gave out
and that for weeks he ate bu; little. After the
noon bulletin was issued the usual crowd of
newspaper men and officials, who gather in the
private secretarys room to hear it read, dis
persed, and quiet was again Rsumed.
Dr. Agnew Says the President is Better To-day.
| Previous to the midday dessing, DR.. Agnew
was asked the condition O, the President to
which he responded 'He IL better to-day
When questioned further, The doctor said
There is nothing further 70 say than is con-
tanned in the bulletin which is stated over my
own together with the signatures of the other
surgeons" The doctor was pressed for a reply
| TO question as to whether he considered that
the patient had an equal chance for recovery
he said, ''1tis a bad plan to speculate on chances
the bulletin tells the story that the President is
better to-day. Good morning."
z p.m.-The President Takes Nourishment, and
DR.. Bliss Says He Will Now Rally.
Dr. Bliss just came from the patients ROOM
ana before leaving the MANSION said that the
PRESIDENT had taken nourihment twice since
the midday dressing occurred at 12:45 and las
Ii consisted of cooled infusion of beef. mixed
with few drops of muriatic acid THE state
ment heretofore made that muriatic acid was
! one of the component parts of the enema was
erroneous.1
The patient is given but about teaspoonful
at time. What has been administered thus
Tar has been retained, and the Improvement an
tlclpated by it has been realized. The Presi-
dent. shortly after the first lose was taken, ex-
pressed himself as feeling bitter, and his pulse
indicated great improvement, having become
stronger and the number of beats mate
be administered again alDut o'clock pm.
The doctor is in excellent spirits and feels con-
fdent that the patient viii now rally rapidly.
The enemata are being continued as usual in
addition to the other nourislment. and will not
be dispensed with for the present.
DIR. BLISS ON DR. HAMMOND.
In conversation this afternoon regarding the
statements made by DR.. Hammond relative to
the treatment of President Garfield i'm
which he severely crittises the ability
OF the attending surgeons Dr. Bliss
said it was too bad that DR.. Hammond
should say such things, and referred to the in
convenience he had gone to when the doctor was
in trouble to assist him. The longer the speaker
dwelt upon the subject the warmer he grew. and
in conclusion he said that the statements credited
by the press to DR.. Hammond were simply in
famous and untrue.
SECRETARY HAINE
is expected to arrive on tits afternoons limited
express from New York
BOTH OF THE CONSULTING PHYSICIANS
Will remain until the case looks more hopeful
Both Doctors Agnew and Hamilton to-day offer
hope, while Doctor Bliss is somewhat more
enthusiastic.
AS TO THE SPIRITS OFsTIE PRESIDENT,
they are represented ito be depressed. He
sleeps good deal of the time, and when awake
Is not allowed to have much conversation with
anybody.
MEDICAL ADVICE FROH OUTSIDE.
The Presidents mail has increased very ma
terlally since the relapse, and the number of
suggestions as to how the mfavorable turn in
the case should be met are mnumerable. One
correspondent says that If TRANSMISSION of the
blood should be determined upon, he is ready to
give half or all Of his blood i necessary to sus-
tain and build up the President.
VICE PRESIDENT ARTHUR
was found at his house in New York last night
surrounded by General Grant. ex-senator
Conkilng and others. During the evening the
vice PRESIDENT received some private dispatches
rom !" ashlngtOn, the nature Of which he would
any summons to go to the capital, and that he
"ouio hot go until he was requested.
DR.. BRoApus SAYS MALARIA
Inc N. 7. Herald to-day hasthe following: DR..
broadus, OF Louisiana, who is visiting in this
CITY, whose practice as leading physician in his
sectlon covers period Of tlIity years and who
mas Deen long and prominently identified with
inc management of the Howard Association.
was asked Today, in view-0f what information
case, to what he would aser4se the present I'M
favorable condition of the President. In reply
the doctor said: p-'
u nave carefully examined everything bear
ing on the Presidents case that has been given
70 the public Much of my experience as phy-
slclan mas been gained in the malarious dis
tricts OF the south, and it has been line of INV
practce to which have necessarily been com,
peiied TO devote much thought. More than once
1t nSs efen suggested that fnalarial poisoning
has been prominent factor IN the causes which
have reduced the President to his present con- con-
dition. Case after case Of fntermittent fever
mas occurred at the Wine House while he has
been lying wounded within itts walls, and the
cases nave been attributed to fatigns and pros
tratlon with nervous excitement VINO can
nave Deen as much fatigued and Frustrated, and !
who can have had as much nervous excitement
as the President hinseif7 . 49,
why, then, must We entertain the idea that |
he mas been proof against this insidious morbiic
inhuence9 we have been informed by the at |
tending physicians that suppuration is always
accompanied by fever, and that this fever always
comes on in the afternoon. This information is
sufficient and well tuned for the masses, but It
is not sufficient for the medical men OF the coun-
try. Evidently such knowledge did not satisfy |
the physicians in attendance, Tor at different |
times they have administered qulnia, thus man