The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-08-18
A Mere Cheerful Outlook.
The Quarrel of the Doctors
All the News,
ARTHUR.

ARTHUR.
New York, 16.-Vice-P
Arthur was at his home tonight
surrounded by General Grant, ex.
Senator Conkling and other friends
During the evening the Vice-Presi
dent received some dispatches from
Washington, the nature Of which be
would not diYulge. He had not re.
ceiVed any summons to go to the
capital, and would not go until re-
dueSted.
DIR. HAMILTON.
DR.. Hamilton, consulting physi.
clan, said, to a Times reporter, he
regards the symptoms not as indi-
eating the supervention of unex-
pected symptoms, but as the direct
consequence of severe exhaustion.
under which the President is suffer
Ing, and the question is whether the
sufferers strength, already depleted,
will hold out against continued feb
rile parOXySms.
Vice-President Arthur said to a
Tribune reporter that he was pre-
pared TO go to Washington when
ever q summons reached him, al
though he had not given up hopes
Of the Presidents recovery.
Among those who called upon the
Vice-President in the course of the
day were Grant, COnkling, Logan
and many others, his room being
almost full of visitors at one time.
COnkling remained at the Fifth
Avenue Hotel. His private secre-
tary carried some messages to and
from the Vice-PreSident.
MRS. GARFIELD.
Worlds Washington: Mrs. Gar
field has sustained herself wonder
fully well. The confidence that the
President would get well which she
has had from the start is still main
tanned by her, and her attendance on
the sick Is as constant as ever. She
does not show any signs of fatigue,
and sees the wives Of cabinet mem
bers when they call, and endeavors
to fill them with the same hope that
she possesses.
Mrs. Garfield, this evening, re-
manned with the President until he
fell asleep. On the way to her own
room, meeting several ladies in the
corridor, she said she felt sure the
crisis had passed.
THE MRS. CAMP.
HerGldS Washington: Mrs. DR..
Edison. the Presidents nurse. does
not seem to share the gloom that
prevails with some persons at the
White house. On the contrary she
is actually hopeful. The President
was a trifle bilious, and this is what
started the revolt against nourish-
ment. That bile has now been
thrown off, and the stomach is
getting to be itself again.
New York, 16.-Dr. Bliss saws at
every dressing Of the wound. was
found an area Of granulation, that
IN view Of the weak condition of
the patient was astonishing. The
President rests comfortably and is
being given broken ice at intervals
of sleep, which his stomach receives
kindly and retains. There has been
no vomiting since the afternoon.
and DR.. Bliss expects the stomach
will be in condition to receive food
in the morning, and expresses con-
tidence that the morning bulletins
Will be Of such nature as to revive
the hope of the community. He
says the crisis has been bridged over,
and the case is much more hopeful.
THE NIGHT. ~
Times Washington special. mid
night: Since Z o'clock the President
hass steadily improved. There has
been no recurrence of nausea, and
the pulse at 10 o'clock had gone
down to ia. The temperature and
respiration were about normal, and
so continued to n ar midnight, when
he was arranged for the night by
the surgeon in charge. He rests
well, his frequent sleeps being tran
quill and natural and refreshing.
Good effects are visible from the
enemata, the subsistence Of the pulse
being regarded as evidence that the
system is absorbing the nouriShment
thus administered. Before retiring
for the night, DR.. Bliss said there
was no trouble except what came
from the arrangement of the Stom-
ach, and he is now confident this
will be controlled. This feel
ing on his part is based
on very careful examination
of all the causes and symptoms, and
he said DR.. Agnew fully concurred
in the belief that the improvement
made by the President to-day re-
moves the cause for alarm felt yes
terday. Whether the stomach has
to be repaired so that it Will enable
the President to take nOuriShment
in the natural way can only be as
certained by actual experiment, and
a test will likely be made tomorrow
with beef pepsin. Should it remain
TebelliOuS the enemata will be con-
tinued until the stomach is restored
to its normal condition. Of the
ability of the surgeons TO hold up
the President until the stomach