Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-08-16
THE SURGEONS NOT DISPOSED TO TALK.

AS P. NJ. IUnofficialt Bulletin. The
| Presidents condition remains about the
same as when reported at 2:15 p. M, ex-
cepting, perhaps, a slight rise in tempera-
ture, caused by the usual afternoon fever.
The febrile rise, however, is said to be no
greater than heretofore. The patient has
been nauseated once sinee the last
bulletin was sent. The surgeons
refer to the last official
bulletin as about covering the case up to
this hour, with the exception of the return
of nausea above mentioned, ami show
no disposition to talk further on the sub
ject. The evening bulletin Is anxiously
awaited by the public.s At the Executive
Mansion there is perceptible feeling of
actual alarm exists. On the contrary, the
present unfavorable symptoms are consider
ed but temporary, and 1t is thought they
will soon pass away. 7--s, ls----,- ~
THE SURGEONS ADMIT THE PERIL.
$50 P. M. TOficial Bulletin. THE irrita-
bility of the Presidents stomach returned
during the afternoon, and he has svomited
three times since l O'Clock. Although the
afternoon rise of temperature is less than
1t has been for several days, the pulse and
respiration are more frequent, so that his
condition is, on the whole, less satisfactory.
His pulse is now 13O, temperature 1916, res
piration %.
d. w. BLISS. ]. j. WOODWARD.
j. X. BARNES. ROBERT REYBURN.
D. HAYES AGNEW.
ANXIETY DEEPENING.
S3OP.M. Unofficial Bulletin At this
! hour the information obtained from the at
tending surgeons is to the effect that, while
| the indications are that the Presidents
wound is doing very vell and is apparently
not the cause of the present trouble, the
fact cannot be concealed that the patient Is
extremely weak, and that his disability Is
such as to cause anxiety. 1t has Deen de-
| termiDed not to disturb his stomach by per-
mitting him to eat for the present, and
nourishment is being administered
by means of injection. The surgeons ex-
plain the difficulty by the assertion that the
| Presidents stomach has failed to respond
as it should, hence the determination to
| inject nourishment. There is decided
feeling of anxiety among the members OF
the Cabinet and the attending surgeons,
and at this writing the situation is at least
very grave Nothing has been heard from
the sick room during the last hour, and the
Cabinet officers are now in waiting to hear
the latest news.
Attorney General McVeagh just said, in
response to a question "We have heard
nothing since the bulletin was issued. OF
course we are very anxious. We expect to
hear something very sOOn."
The following cablegram was sent at o:5O
this evening to Minister Lowell by acting
Secretary HIT: "The Presidents condition
is less satisfactory. IrritabilitV OF the stom-
ach has returned. He has vomited three
times since one o'clock. Temperature 80 6,
less than for several days; pulse l3O, and
respiration %"
THE SITUATION GRAVE.
The following was also sent a few min
utes past eight O'Clock p. m. to General r.
B. HAYES, at Fremont, Ohio, by II. @. Corbin:
1--WE have reached another very serious
point in the case. His condition at this
hour, p. M, is OF character that causes
great anxiety We hope for better things
in the morning"
SLEEPING UNDER MoRPHIA.
9PM TUnofficia Bulletin. THE Presi-
dent has experienced no trouble from
nausea since 5 D. m. An hYpodermic injec
tion of morphia was administered short
time ago, and at this hour he is sleeping.
NO ANoDYNEs.
$50 P. M. Unofficial Bulletin Private
Secretary Brown, who just came from the
surgeons room. says that the President is
still sleeping. He also said that his sleep was
natural and that no morphia had been ad-
ministered. The statement heretofore to that
effect is erroneous. The patients pulse has
decreased ten beats, being at the present
time about 120. No further trouble from
nausea has been experienced. The sur
geons estimate the temperature at this hour
to be about normal. The indications are
that the pulse is still subsiding.
THE CONCERN OF THE PUBLIC.
1870 P. NJ. Unofficial Bulletin Al
though there has been a feeling of anxiety
at the Executive Mansion all day, no alarm
was felt regarding the Presidents condition
until late this afternoon. The fact that
none of the attending surgeons have
entered the business apartments OF
the Mansion to-day occasioned an
unfavorable suspicion, which the evening
bulletin proved was warranted. Since the
bulletin was issued therehas been constant
arrival Of anxious inquirers at the White
House. The room of Private Secretary
Brown has been crowded all the evening.
Private Secretary Sweet said to night that
he expected Secretary Lincoln, who is In
New York, to return to Washington to-
morrow.
One of the attendants upon the President
said at half past ten o'clock to night that
he did not consider the Presidents condi-
tion necessarily alarming, although it GER
tainlY warranted anxiety. He had not
vomited during the past six hours, and
his sleep had been perfectly
natural. In the opinion of this gentleman
everything is being done for the patient that
professional skill can suggest, and he feels
quite sure that the morning will show an
improvement. The members Of the Cabi-
net left the Mansion for their respective
homes at IL o'clock, at which hour the pa
tient was still sleeping naturally and quietly.
Drs. Bliss and Reyburn remain at the
Mansion during the night. Assistant Sec
retary Hit deemed it advisable at late
hour tonight to inform Secretary Blaine of
ho pfou oh In fha ont f1c
condition, In order that he might return to
Washington.
The anxiety regarding the condition of
the President, which became apparent
throughout the city soon after the issuance
OF the morning bulletin, grew in intensity
as the unfavorable indices of pulse and
temperature became the subject of
ing number of persons. The Presi-
dents irritsoility of the stomach,
noted in the bulletin, was a new
phase In the condition of the patient, which
perplexed and added to the anxiety of
some and lessened the hope of others of
the most sanguine. The assurances, which
come later direct from the attending physi-
clans to the effect that they did not feel
alarmed at the presence of the nausea and
vomiting, nor, in fact, at the general condi-
tion of the President in the morn
ing, did not suffice to allay
the feeling Of uneasiness which prevailed
throughout the city. This anxiety was les
sened but little. If any, by the noon bulle-
tin, which, although reporting the cessa-
tion of the nausea and decline in tempera- !
ture, still recorded a more frequent pulse.
The decrease of temperature was ex-
pected as the result of the usual
diurnal fever ebb, and the figures |
recorded, 80, were reassuring only to the |
most sanguine. The more rapid pulse, re-
ported in the noon bulletin as lis, caused a |
change IN the feeling of many from |
that of extreme anxiety to posi- |
tive alarm, notwithstanding the assurance |
which came from the Executive Mansion, |
that the unfavorable symptoms were but |
temporary. When the evening bulletin |
made its appearance containing the infor- |
nation that the irritability of the stomach |
had returned, that the President had vomit- /
ed three times since l p. M, together /
with the admission that bis condition, /
on the whole, was less satisfactory, the /
feeling among those who have watched the |
progress of the case closely from the begin. |
ming was apparently that of greater anxiety |
and alarm than they had evinced since the |
Sunday following the day the President re- |
ceived his wound.
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