The daily gazette., 1881-07-11
SECOND EDITION
HOPE UNDIMMED,
PRESIDENT GARFIELE's CONDI.
TION HOURLY IMPROVING.

No HoraIlOn can De more welcome
to the American people than that Of
the continuous improvement In the
President bodily state. However
the doctors differ as to the course OF
the ball, the favorable prognosis OF
the case finds no dissentient. Let the
wretch's missile be where 1t may, the
fact that the patient seems destined to
survive the effects of its passage
through his tissues is the one fact OF
paramount interest to the public.
Yesterday was passed without mate
terial change. At seven last evening
the Presidents pulse was 10s, his tenn
perature 1919 and respiration "a,
which was exactly the record of the
evening before at the same hour. The
wound was discharging rather less
than the day before. He was cheerful
and took his food with relish. At
midnight he was resting.
WAsHIN0TON, July 11.-At $50
this morning the President was Sleep
ing. All his symptoms are still favor
able and the doctors are testing. DR..
Bliss said before retiring that he was
entirely satisfied with the manner In
which matters are going.
The official bulletins issued yester.
day were as follows:
ga. M.-The President has passed
the most comfortable night be has
experienced since he was wounded.
sleeping TRANQUILITY and with but few
breaks. The general progress of his
symptoms continues to be favorable.
Pulse, 106 ; tempe ature, 100 respi-
ration 49,
If. M.-The President symptoms
continue to be favorable. Pulse, 10S;
temperature, 1C0.5 respiration %.
7P. M.-The PRESIDE 1t s symptoms
continue to make fave able progress.
Pulse, 1Q8 temperature, 101.9 !; res~
piratiOn, "a. No further bulletins
will be issued until tomorrow morn
ing.
DIR. aARNETT pIscussEs THE WOUND.
DR.. A. Y. P. Garnett was the surge on
on General Lees staff during the rebell-
ion and stands we'll at the head of the
medical profession in the District Of
Columbia. He takes the side OF the
Herald in the controversy about the ma
ture OF the wound, and says:-"I have
not been able to discover any satisfactory
evidence that the ball Ut the assassin
penetrated the liver or the abdominal
cavity of his victim. The relative rosi-
tion Of the parties when the shot was
fired would contradict such conclusion.
FHhai limo nj ,nI n.
ball TO the point of impact against
fractured rib forms, with q line drawn
from that point to the spine, an obtuse
angle, while from the same point of i'm
pact on line drawn along the rib to-
ward the front of the body would form.
with the same line of Incidence, AN acute
angle. Hence 1t Is fair to infer, ceterss
parfbas, that the missil would be deflec-
ted In tbe direction Of the spine, and not
toward the abdomen, a circumstance, by
the way, DR.. Bliss opinion to the cor
trary notwithstanding, to which the
President probably owes his life. This
fact, together with the consecutive coz
ditions, both positive and negative, con-
firms me IN the opinion expressed on
Wednesday last that no important or
gan had been wounded, and that the
wound would in all probability prove to
be one of comparative insign;ficance.n -
Continuing, the Doctor remarked
"The consulting surgeons have, IN
my opinion, manifested too hasty if
not unwise acquiescence in the first i'm
pressions of Or. Bliss, who failed to
avail himself of the opportunity Afford
ed BY his early presence upon the spot
to make sufficiently Intelligent expior-
ation to determine, 90 far as was then
practiable to do, the direction which the
ball had taken. The clinical history of
the case SO far" observed the Doctor,
Is before the coantry. Let medical men
judge for themselves accoi ding to their
experience and knowledge. Nothing is
more uncertain than the consequences,
immediate or remote, of gunshot
wound Of this class, and few things con-
trolled by physical laws are more &C.
centric than tile direction OF q ball after
IL penetrates the human body. It is
impossible, In the light of my experience
and Knowledge Of pathology, for me to
concur IN the opinion OF Dir. Bliss that
/ 1t was q fortunate circumstances that the
ball was deyectsd In forward dIrec-
ton and that it had pene ated the alb.
dominal cavity and was lodged against
the interior wall of the stomach. There
is no. q single circumstance In the clin-
ical history, of the case to warrant such
an opinion. The fact that the patient
Is alive aud doing we'll furp ishes the
best evidence Of its fallacy. Without
going into any discussion Of the inter-
esting subject, which would occupy too
much time,l will simply add that ! have
| never believed that the liver or any 9TH
er of the abdominal v:scera were wound
ed, but that the ball took q backward
course aud lies imbedded in the muscles
Of ihe posterior part Of the trunk"
aWhat are the chances Of any early
recovery, Doctor Z"
sBasing a prediction upon this view
OF the case, and my experience In sim.
liar ones, l shall expect To hear that
the President is able 70 ride out in less
than three weeks. The treatment, oh
served she doctor, $50 far as have
been able to learn, in my judgment has
been very judicious.'
| A special Cow for the President.
On Friday the AlderEey COW that a
wealthy BaltimorIan sent to the White
House arrived aud YVES tethered in q
| stable below the State Department
building. The doctors had found some
difficulty In procuring the very best milk
| and n ,aa thair wish that The milk given