Morning journal and courier., 1881-09-17

the blood poison. The process of repair has
 been arrested and for the present is stopped" :"
 f'Now then any aggravation of the present
 symptoms would indicate that blood poison
 ing is being increased. Is any such increase
 going on now?" "Yes, think there is and it must be attributed to one of those vacilla- tions which are incident to the present septic condition of the Presidents blood"
 THE PRESENCE OF PYEAuA STILL DENIED.
 ssIs it then pysemia ?" seNo, it is not py
 aemia. It is septic poison. This septic con-
 dition occurred early in the Presidents case.
 It was then septic@mia.s Now. on the ques
 ton of pyemia the doctors differ. All the i cases of py@mia have ever seen during the
 war and since have been very different from
 this case. The indications have all been
 different. The blood poison has increased
 think now during the last three days and its 1 increase within the last twenty-four hours
 has been very noticeable over the period before that" Has the in- crease been alarming?' ''The increase in man in the Presidents condition I would not say was exactly alarming, but it is sufficient to cause very grave apprehensions." "Please describe | the exact nature of the increase" 'sWell all the wounds up to three days ago had been healing rapidly and kindly. The febrile rises had become slight and regular. Now the healing has stopped and the febrile disturb ances have become irregular and somewhat violent If these symptoms should increase ln gravity the critical nature of the Presi- dents condition would of course be height ened." "Are there any indications that new abscesses are forming ?'' ''There is not a single indication or symptom exhibited that new abscesses are probable ?" t'There is such an utter ab- sence of the indications that would precede the formation of new abscesses that the sur geons lately have had no cause to make even reference to their probability. We have not talked about such things at all lately. Of course the possibility of new abscesses is greater now than three days ago." t'Is the Presidents mind fighty? ?'' sNo, it is not and has not been with the exception of the two instances I have given.' ''Is it true that he has been out of his mind for period od+ of three tree hours W;.h at .s a time P It i: the time was awsy during my absence in New York yesterday, I have been in the Presidents room at least once in every thirty minutes since he has been here, and I know he has given no other evidences of fightiness than those mentioned "Has there been any renewal of the weariness that was for merly so noticeable?' 'sYes, there has been During the day the President has more than once said, Doctor, I am SO tired, am so tired.' today has been the first time in l long while that he has complained of weari- | ness or even mentioned it. s'What are the 1 y. ment which had been going on up to within | three days had continued, it was so rapid and | healthy it would have placed the President | on very high plane"
 THE PRESENCE OF BED soREs
 There are bed sores now, though they are | slight. There are two of them. They have | been in existence about two weeks. These l are not deep and do not involve anything | more than the skin. One of these is about | the size of three pence, the other about | the size of penny. They are not consid- 1 cred important and have not increased be- yond repair. Three days ago they were | healing and were not troublesome They are | not healing now. These sores come from | pressure. Their present lack of healing is not indicative of symptoms of danger. They have been kept down by rings of oak um we have made as needed, he being placed under them. They have been in existence since before we left Washington, but the healing process in them has now been ar rested. They have not been annoying to the President, but would be if they should in- crease. I do not suppose they will increase, for we have for long time kept plaster on the Presidents back to prevent the forma- tion of sores.
 BETTER NEWS FROM THE SICK ROOM.
 Midnight.-The great excitement produced l by the formal declarations of Dr. Bliss has somewhat subsided because of the recent and ! more favorable news from the Presidents bedside. Dr. Bliss came over to the Elberon | and said to the agent of the National Asso- ciated Press, ''I come over to give you the latest news because it is more reassuring. l The Presidents fever has been subsiding. l He slept some and walked up at about ten o'clock. At that time his pulse had fallen 8 1 good deal and stood at 116. His tempera- ture was not much above normal and his respiration was not much above normal either. It now looks as if the President would O ah1 niu fhon po1 ! possible short time ago, and we have some reason to hope to be able to give 8 more fa- vorable bulletin in the morning than ex- pected."
 AN UNUSUAL RISE OF PULSE.
 Doctor, what figure did the pulse reach during this evenings fever? ?" q can't say." Ct was ascertained by the reporter from another authority that at one time during the evenings febrile rise the pulse reached 1855. ) 'tIs there any probability that any crisis will occur during the night? ?'' ''No, nothing of that kind will occur during the night. The l President in all probability will pass com paratively quiet and uneventful night" "Are there any reasons to suppose the present depression will not go on?" ''There is reason just now to fear that it will go on." ''Is the Presidents con dition more dangerous than at any other time since he has been here?" T think his condition at present more hazardous" ''Is l it more hazardous than just before he was from Washington p Probably not. It was then considered dangerous" What do the indications now point to ?" ''To an increase of pulse, temperature, res- piration and fever. How long this will con- tinue and the height 1t will go l cannot say. The fever is increasing now and presenting formidable symptoms. believe there is no reason to fear any additional abscesses."
 THE OUTLOOK NOT MEASURING.
 ''Upon the whole how would you describe the changes for the night ?" 'sThe President is little worse than in the morning. The change for the worse over yesterday is not great and so far not serious. The entire out look is not as reassuring as we would wish. We still hope for a change for the better, but the present indications do not point to a fa- vorable change and at present we cannot pre- dict what may come out"
 STATEMENT FROM DIR. HAMILTON
 Dr. Hamilton was seen by the agent of the National Associated Press. He dictated the | following statement and authorized the re- porter to publish it as coming from him 1T refer you to the morning bulletin for a full and complete exposition of the Presi- 1 dents condition at that time. I would not | expect that the public would interpret | it as a favorable bulletin or as an indication | of favorable progress We have said in the | bulletin everything that we deemed necessary to enable an intelligent person to form a cor rect Op1n1Ou. we udV0 COnc0a16Q nOCQ1nR that we deemed unfavorable. and it is there fore certain that some of the public rumors are wholly incorrect Dr. Boynton has some what changed the tone of his expressions since morning. He said, ''I think the Presi- dent is better than he was this morning I think he has made some improvement during the day. His pulse is better, and think his [ stomach is better. On the whole I think his | condition is somewhat improved"
 THE COTTAGE CLOSED FOE THE NIGHT
 The President at 1O:3O sent for General | Swain who at once repaired to the Franck- lyn cottage. Soon after he entered 1t the | lights were all turned down in the house, in- cluding those in the Presidents room. At | this hour t11:4O p. m.) the cottage is closed | for the night and all the doctors except Dr. l Bliss have retired for the night.