The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-08-09
PRESIDENT GARFIELD
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LeA<O1 1I4t i NhlbI lllID
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Unofficial bulletin, Executive Mansion,
lO:45 Q. m.--An operation, the exact nature
OF which cannot ct present be ascer.sined,
was performed upon the president this fore
noon. The results were entirely satisfactory,
and the official bulletin with details is now
10 course OF preparation, aud will be ready
within half hour.
Official bulletin, Executive Mansion, 1l:3O
a. nit having become necessary TO make
q further opening to facilitate the escape of
pus, We took advantage of the improved
condition of the president this morning
Shortly after the morning bulletin was is
sued no was etherized, al incision extended
downward and forward, and counter open
ing made in the track of the ball below the
margin Of the twelfth rib, which it is be-
lieved will effect the desired object. He bore
the operation well and has now recovered
from the effect of the etherization, and ia in
excellent condition.
d. W. Bliss.
j. K. BARNES
J.J. WOODWARD.
ROBERT REYBURN.
ID. HAYES AGNEw.
FRANK III. HAMILTON.
Tho following has been sent to Mr.. Lowell,
minister at London; During the last three
days the president has periodically expert
enced q rise of temperature, indicating
another obstruction 10 tho flow of pus. A
surgical operation was performed at nins
O'Clock this morning by DIR. Agnew, assisted
by oil the surgeons in attendance, by which
free communication between the pus cayl-
ties and the surface of body has been
etiectuslly established. The operation was
performed under tho influence of ether.
The president endured it we'll, and at this
hour, 1890 o. M, is doing as well MS could be-
hoped. BLAINE. Seo'y.
Unofficial bulletin, Executive Mansion. l
p; m.-The necessity for the operation
which was performed this morning became
apparent to the surgeons yesterday morning,
when they found the drainage tube of the
size biLherto used could not longer be passed
along the track of the ball between the ribs.
The process ofgrsnulation at that point had
gone SO far as to partially close the orihce
and the ribs prevented the pushing aside of
the flesh, which was healing between them,
enough so that tube could not be intro.
duced. The result of this state Of things
was that pus formed in the deeper parts of
tho wound faster than il could escape
through the half obslructod opening between
the ribs and its gradual accumulation began
to. cause disturbance. 1t WAS therefore deci.
deo TO make new opening into the track Of
the ball below tho last rib, 50 thst tho ribs
should no longer prevent the keeping open
OF Tho wound, by the solid bedding which
they afforded to the granulating flesh
between Their, The operation WAS perform
OF at the request of the other surgeons by
Dr Agnew As soon as the patient had
been put uLdeg tho influence OF ether, q long
and slightly Curved instrument was introduce
cd into the wound, pushed between the ribs
and carried downward h.oDg tho track of
the bullet until its end could be felt below
the last rib from the outside. Heading this
instrument in the wound rs guide DR..
Agnew then made counter incsion below
the twelfth rib, cutting directly through
the iutegunent until his knife had met the
end of the. first mentioned instrument. at the
point, where he wished to interseci The track
OF the ball. The operation was moi diff
ticut or dangerous one and the patient bore
both it and the 'etherization extremely we'll.
There is now an opening to the deeper parts
OF the wound which does not pass between
the ribs, and which can always DO kept free
and unobstructed, and no further trouble
from the accumulation of pus is anticipated.
since the operation the president has rested
quietly and is now asleep. His pulse at this |
hour IS 100 and he. has neither
Iever nor any other unfavorable symptoms. |
Official bulletin. p. m.-After the last
bulletin was Issued the president suffered
for time from nausea, due to |
ether. This has now subsidized. He has had |
several refreshing maps and his general con- |
iition is even better than might have been |
expected after the GENERALIZATION and opera |
ion. At noon his pulse was l04; tempers-
ure 102; respiration 90 AT present his
,nlse is l0S; temperature ll0.9 respiration
8. Under the circumstances the fever must
70 regarded as moderate.
Unofficial, T. p. m.-Thc president did not
llly recover from the effects of this morn-
lg'S surgical operation until after the even
x examination. He suffered more or
'ss Throughout! the afternoon fever,
ausea caused by ether.
He was rather weaker than on the previ.
us day and was not able to take the usual
usntity Of nourishment. Milk with lime
alter was given him as soon as HE stomach
ould bear ii after the effects Of the ether had
assed away, and later In the day he
I'D meat juice and beef extract, but he used
0 solid food His high pulse was probably
Re result of gastric disturbance. 1t was
'ther high during tho afternoon. AT 4:30
won't to ITO, but his temperature rose
,rre pondingly, and continued until about
he lime for tho evening examination,
hon it reached 100. The feb
10 rise shown by his temperature
as more pronounced than usual, but it
ms fully accounted for in the judgment of
10 surgeons, il being consequent upon
crvous excitement aud by nausea and
thor effects Of ether. 1t therefore caused
o anxiety. Early in the evening the fever
cyan to subsde, and the president went to
eep quietly without an anodyne.
A Mob Thwarted.
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