The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-07-19
FEVERISH,
BUT NOT ENOUGH TO EXCITE ALARH'
Tho PFssIdenTs PaISe Rises, and Hi'
Temperature IneFeAsea-The Change
PrOnouneed EnIIFsIy Natural
and InBIgnineAnt.

EIEcuTIVR MASsIoN, WAsHISaToN, July
ls.-The Prssldents afternoon fever was I
little more strongly marked tonight thar
last night, the pulse showing an increase
Of four beats, the temperature rise Of 6'l(
and the respiration slight, Q correspond
ing accslsration % compared with the
maximum yesterday. In any other pa
tient this triaing increase in the intensity
OF the fever would be regarded as q natu
raj fuctuAtion and would not excite es
peCiAl remark. but the Presldent'l
symptoms are go closely watched
from day to day and almost
from hour to hour by the whole country
that an uniavorAbls change, however
slight, seems to have greater Significance
than really attaches to II, and 10 liable In
the absence ol an explanation, to cause
apprehension, II Is proper, therefore, to
say by way OF comment upon lo.nighta
official bulletin, that the facts therein
stated give NO uneasiness TO the attending
surgeons. There 10 q slight increase in
the lever, but 1t arises from known causes,
and 10 entirely transient 10 iIs character.
The reasons assigned for II are 90 follows:
The President, during tho past three
days, and more especially to-day, has
taken largely increased quantity Of solid
food. His stomach ia-senBihve, and man.
ifesN It's sensitiveness when In any way
overtaxed BY symptoms Of disturbance.
Such was the case to-day, and this gastric
trouble, II 10 thought, has been largely In.
strumental In aggravaliug the isbrile
symptoms. The President this after.
noon became overweahed 10 the
hands Of the barber. He ex.
pressed the desire to have his beard
and hair trimmed and bis head rubbed,
and at his request the barber was sum.
moned. The latter spent some time In
rubbing him, and although the immediate
effects were pleasant the reaults were
over fatigue aud increased ieverishness.
Aside, however, from the transient ri.e In
pulse and temperature the Presidents
symptoms continue favorable.
DR.. Bliss on being asked at 1880 to-
night whether there was anything iu the
patlents condition to justify uneSginesg,
said: Nothing whatever. He ia doing
very well. The fever is subSiding. His
pulse is below 100 again and he Is sleep
log quietly. He became little over.
wesried this afternoon, but he will prob.
ably be as we'll again to'mor.
row morning as he was this.
In reply TO 0 queation with regard 10 the
wound, DR.. Bliss said: 1.-THE process Of
suppyration is going on satisfactorily, and
the track Of the ball 10 slowly being cleared
by the discharge. In dressing tho wound
tonight flexible drainsRe tube, with.
out the exertion OF the least force,
dropped In to the depth OF 81 inches,
showing that the wound is clean and
open to that distance. II has been said
by peraonS who have not seen the Presi.
dent since his injury that the ball prob.
ably did not enter the great cavity oil the
body. Our experience with drGinBge
from tho tube tonight confirms our pre-.
viously expressed judgment, that the ball
did enter the abdominal cavity and
pierced the liver. l believe IL passed
through that organ and 10 lodged In the
anterior wall Of the abdomen" In con.
Clusion, he said that there was nothing In
the President's symptoms 10 cause anxiety
or to indicate that he 10 not progressing IA
vorably as could be expected. At 1880 P.
N. the Presidents pulse 10 90, and he Is
aleeplng quietly.