The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-09-03
Tbere is Anxiety on the Part
of the People.
BIZ. the Doctors seem Happy.
RENEWED APPREHENSION.


night Bliss said the President wa
no worse than last night. The fac
that the President has not gained
any, that the effect Of the stron.
stimulating enemata cannot beaI
aim up much longer unless he doe.
improve, causes a feeling of re
neWed apprehension. It IS feared
the fatelul Saturday will again
bring its crisis. The physicians
statements, somewhat negatively
reassnring, do not serve to dispe
the apprehenSiOns. All is not well
in the White House tonight. The
report of no gain of strength
has continued so long that it tells {
story around which danger hangs
The wound does not improve to any
naticable extent. The President is
not out of danger by any means
The increase Of pulse tonight is not
due to fever, but to weakness. His
present symptoms are not very en-,
couraging. The President again
does not aSsimilate his food.
ANOTHER VERSION.
To-day has not been one of i'm
proVement III the Presidents condi.
ton. He held his own pretty evenly
but on the whole the day is less sat.
isfactory than yesterday, not that
there is any new cause of trouble
beyond the fever, which was higher
than usual, or that there is any
cause or fear of another relapse. Ii
is simply that the one day was a
little less satisfactory than the
other. The afternoon for the Pres
ident was more favorable than the
morning, He was not disturbed in
the least and kept right along hold
ing his own. He has not gained any
strength but is improved in his APP
pearance. He seems better in his
whole system. This condition, which
has been the daily report all this
week, is regarded as the precursor
of regaining strength. Tonight the
President continues to do well. Ne
new assesses have been formed and
the theory which has been pre-
dicted that the fever this morning
was caused by another abscess ap.
pears erroneous. There is one
thing against the physicians,
which is dev eloped to-day. lie
the bulletin last night they, for
the first time, announce that an
opening had been spontaneously
formed through the cheek into the
mouth, and it is said that such out
let was discovered at last evenings
dressing. The fact is it has been
known for several days to have been
present. The doctors also stated last
night that no pus had found its way
into the mouth by that outlet. The
fact was and is that pus has gone
and still goes into the mouth and
thence to the throat. The President
removes it by expectoration. It is
true not much pus takes this course,
but some of it does. 1t is not, how
ever, regarded rs possible that it
will get to or disturb the stomach.
CONFIDENCE SHAKEN.
Public confidence In the permaAency
of the Presidents improvement was
much shaken by the unfortunate
wording of the first official bulletin
of the day in referring to the slight
febrile rise which took place last eV-
ening, a rise which, if it had not
been officially commented upon
would have passed undecided. The
in the morning bulletin,
said: His condition was unaccom-
panied by rigors or sweating. The
use of the much used technical term
rigor, the gicalequivalent fer the
word chill, seemed to cause every
where vague feeling Of apprehen-
sion. The surgeons corrected all
these apprehensionS iii the evening
bulletin. The range Of the pulse
was little higher than yesterday,
but until o'clock this afternoon
there was no appearance Of fever
and the general condition showed
further slight improvement. Dur
ing the day he had beef juice, q lit
tie chicken stewed in milk, and a
plateful of soup, besides the usual
quantities of beef extract and milk
porridge.
.Dr. B isS says the President had a
very excellent day. The range of
pulse had been rather higher than
yesterday, but not high enough to
cause uneasiness. His general con-
dition indicates slight improve
ment. He continues to take his
nourishment well and the whole
and appearance are
better than yesterday. The
swelling decreased very much,
and the gland is fast assuming its
natural appearance. There is hardly
any distortion now Of the face. We
have discontinued pOulticing. OF
course, all dead cellular tissue will
come away, but it is un-
necessary to destroy the life Of that
which may still be living by too
much poulticing. The swelling has
six openings, including those into
the mouth and the ears FSur were
made by ipcision and two were
spontaneous. A single oance of pus
in the gland is sufficient to cause q
good deal OF febrile disturbance.
The Presidents right eyelid has
been slightly affected, owing to the
fact that the fifth pair of nerves run
through the parotid gland.