The Evening critic., 1881-08-19

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when he was fin, shot was satisfied that
Il Wa a fatal wound. There were 80 many
thinFs be had 90 contend against-the
shock. secondary hemorrhage, pcritonitisand
pymmia-that thought " would he won
drrful thing VI he was cured. aud | said
then n the President could 1.-Two for sixty
day. he would recover hut he Is now 20
einaciatcd and feeble that u seems barely
possible for him 10 weather the sixticth day.
should he succeed IN doing this, he will, In
my opinion. get well hut, In order 10 &C.
compiish this. hc must have alrcady passed
the lowest point In his condition, In other
words, be nj present ON tho road TO re-
covcry'"
Inauiripg Into the Sanitary Condi-
tieu OF the white House.
Col George y. Warning. the eminent sani.
tartan and engineer, has Just arrived In the
city from New York. lie came upon the
invitation Of Col y. A. Rockwell. IN charge
ofpubllc buildings aud grounds, to make a
more careful inquiry than has yet been
made intothc sanitary conditions OF the
Executive Mansion and the grounds ad.
iacent 10 H.
There Is great diversity Of opinion in re.
gard 70 the condition Of the White House
itself In President Lincoln's time all the
inmates suffered more OF less with fever and
aguc while during the term Of President
Hayes the entire household enjoyed perfect
health. The illness Of many OF the house,
hold this year has again aroused some
a ,h M ~ ros nnd , W. .,reIes ~ ,Sc
puphc n,.nu 70 Inv ~ ansno'.sn ,..,,'.
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anu u , W .". pun. n's ~. .on.
grcss nus Iss's, s nef'eo.ou "s NV W.
,cs"tu W 'ner. ~. seNvt", soi.; az" ~ - ~
1c nopou .na .no.sn a ...',, VIZ ~
urawh W .hc 'h".,cr tu's su'''',.s !, csi.iSl
ACTION us 500" " '"o iio"S's ''"'' ''S''"er
i" Dece" rs s..,,.so vo,,.
NJ T. Sm.,isv ,c,a.,anhnJ q. h,,o,,s
90 tho Now yorL J,;b,ne last ni.ht.
.W.n,. ~ tbo prosidant's o,dcst aud c,os-
no. fr;ar5s a. not tL;nL ,i. ,nIic,, az sac,n-
s;or that hos hcen r;gid,v foiIowcd IN tLo
nonagememt of Ills case has hccn n wise one
iThn,, ,vn,,Id ,a, ni,anno II now, In 10 a,,'
faabiod cnnd;t;on h"t thev he,;ova th.t 70
IL, H. H., &c., ~ ,;s ;,lnoss ho lad h,a,,
aI,o,vod 70 600 t5c fnm;iiar faces If n fc,y
"i1 =" ,,,,"r 'h"r - roa,Iar ~,
tandamts h;s mind would have bocn J;.
,,nrtod a,,d loss controd nm himsolf and
would have a;x'.n a hcoithicr tonc ~ h;s
NOD Tho 1nhI;c NAV not ruilv undcr.
stond how aisojnto IL tbo rnIo which Lccns
os.ar,hod,. .,,.,o, sron, hin, sayo tho docto,S
a. 800 Ia L;s ,v;ra
o
Tbose who ob;ect IN tho n,an of strictly
;soiat;na thc nct;cnt and alio,y;nc hin, n
500 seo '.n ero oxcent tho s;x doctors Who fool
1';s ,,,so .nd Ga,,ao h;s te,nnoratnro ana
t,,o ,,,,,sos Vic toLo caro IF him nronc that
mnt,,;"n nscd ~ do en- much GOOD ~ womb
aJ man in th,, hosn;tals durino thc late war
az visits fran their friends. Whose CHEEKY
to,t o,,o,t home mattc,s acted as n tonic
and fool their minds away from n contcm-
nlot;on of their hurts and n morbid study
RI chana;na s,,mntoms porhans th;s
criticism il y;gbt in theory Int
In tho Presidents case II would
have heen very d;fficult IN have nursued n
d;tierent conrse from the ono adontcd with.
ont great danger If one Cabinet member
had Neon admitted 70 the sick room all
ono oId friend had heon allowed to s;t nv
the Presidents bedside and cheer him with
rom;n;scenccs and chat about home SCENES
n hundred would have insisted on secing
him. In the honest belief that they too
could do him good No one could have
wisely drawn the line unless IL was Mrs.
carfe,a and IL yopld have been nutt;po n
heavy burden of responsibility and added
caro- mon her to rcoi,irc her To decide who
sbouid he admitted and who shonld NOT
PERHAPS I am wholly wrong. Inf believe
that II General Garfield had received the
severe wound when only n member of Con.
gress mon Ills Mentor farm. and had re.
ceived only the medical attention and nur,.
inc there 70 he had. he would he GONZALES.
cent TODAY instead of living close TO deaths
door In saving this attribute no mis-.
takes to the doctors. The elements
in Che problem of recovery which
have worked against him are those
insenarbIe from fine situation of n Presi.
| dent whose life hangs in even balance. The
risk of n g little wholesome neglect. which
DR. Abernethv urcscribed TO n mother
anxious for tho health of her child cannot
he taken where life as valuable as that Of
President Garfield NAV be lost for the want
of the best scientific skill. applied at the
| exact moment needed. Yet who can saw
that less doctoring. less anxiety and more
cheerful SURROUNDINGS might not have beer
better for himp And who can saw. foo. thai
his longing for his Mentor home Is not an
intuitive feeling that IL he had been there
he would be safe to-day? 1t is said that he
frequently expresses wish to be back OIL
his farm, and seems to have homesick