Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-09-17
According to Outside Reports and
Sensational Writers,
The Official Bulletins Does Not
Fully Sustain This.
But Are Not Of An Assuring
Character,
And the Deepest Anxiety Will
be Felt for "a Hours.
OFFICIAL BULLETIN.

! 3 q. m.-At the examination of the
President at $50 this morning his
temperature was sc, pulse 1O4,
res piration q. The febrile rise
during the night was not as pro
nounced as it usually has been.
There was at times considerable ac-
celeration of the pulse, he having
slept comparatively we'll and took
stimulants and nourishment as di-
rected. The cough was somewhat
more troublesome during the first
part of the night, and expectoration
rather more purulent. The discharg e
from the wound is less abundant and
not quite as healthy in appearance.
The pulse, however, has more vol
ume, and his general condition does
not seem to have materially changed
in any respect.
[Signed D. W. Bliss, Frank H.
Hamilton.
ELBERoN, September 16-10 q. N.
Tho situation this morning is less
favorable and grave anxiety exists as
to whether the President will be able
to overcome the result of his ex-
treme debility. Bed sores have
again made Their appearance and the
discharge from the wound is very
unsatisfactory.
LONG BRANCH, Sept. 16-10.30 a. m.
The President passed a fairly good
uight. During the early part of the
night he was troubled with cough
ing, more SO than on any previous
night. His general condition is not
SO favorable to day. There are no
new complications and no indications
OF any, but the patients condition
shows that he has not improved in
the last 46 hours. The wound has as
sumed more unhealthy appearance,
and the discharge from it has been
growing more unsatisfactory since
yesterday, and the pus discharged
this morning is of no better char
acter than that discharged last night
Small bed sores have again appeared
! DR.. Boy says they are caused
from constantly lying in bed and are
attributed to the extreme debility Of
the patient. DR.. Boynton also says
that the circulation of the patient is
/ good and bis pulse is not of a more
depressed or unfavorable than here
tofore. The anxiety which now pres
walls is whether or not the President
IS able to stand the burden which
he is now carrying. Dr.. Boynton
says he still has hope that he will
recover, but it is question which
can only be determined by the future.
The patients mind is also very weak
and shows evidences of disturbance
by continued hallucination. There
is still a continuance of suppuration
OF the parotid gland. On the whole
the case may be summed up with the
assertion that the present is mo-
ment Of extreme anxiety and devoid
of sufficient gain for assuming that
the patieAt will overcome the exces-
sive debility which has established
itself. All are hopeful, however,
! especially DR.. Boyrton, who asserts,
without hesitation, that the proba-
bihties are that there is sufficient vi
taity left to override the present un-
favorable symptoms, but on the other
hand he is unwilling to grant that
there is anything to warrant san
guine opinion to that effect.
New York, Septembr 16.-Spe-
cials from Elberon are of the most
gloomy character. The Post says
the President is nearing another
crisis. The septic condition of his
system is manifesting itself in vari-
Gus threatening symptoms; bed
sores, for instance, which were pres
ent in Washington and which healed
apparently after his removal here,
have again made their appearance.
This morning his pulse huctuates
wildly and his mind is less clear
Upon the whole the outlook is not
encouraging, and the next forty
eight hours may bring very sad
news
Df. DOyntOn SAID THIS morning
that he now feared the President
bad not sufficient vitality left to sur
mount the present difficulties, even
II no other complications made their
appearance.
The Commercial says this has
been one of the gloomiest days since
the Presidents arrival, and, although
the morning bulletin did not create
panic, it came near doing so, and
greatly depressed the spirits of
everybody, including Attorney-Gen-
eral MacVeagh, who made his ap-
pearance about the time the bulletin
appeared.
The doctors We're not inclined to
talk much, sure sign that the Pres
ident is worse or not doing well.