The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-07-11
rae PREsIDENIY REAL CONDITION,


An InteryieW with the Family Physi.
clan Points the Public do nOI Know.
WARRINGTON, ,Julyl0,-To.day when the
writer entered the White House, on q
sofa 10 Mr., Bfown's room sat two gentle.
men In earnest consultation. One was
DR.. Hawkes., who Is preparing james and
Harry Garfield for college, and the other
WAS Dr.. Boyntop, OF Cleveland. They
were discussing the Presidents condition,
and beCkoned the correspondent to seat.
After some little time elapsed reference
was made to the fact that outside oil the
scauty bulletins issued by the physicians
the public know nothing OF the condition
oil the President, nor had the means OF
knowing,
"You see the patient every day, Doctor,
tell me how he appears to your" EAid the
reporter
+" What you say concerning the scanty
means o obtaining news Ia correct" said
the physician, 'aId many erroneous re.
ports have gone forth concerning the
Presidents condition. He Is very much
wcsker, much siCker man, than the
public hiss auy idea. Reports have gone
forth about the President greeting bis
friends with hearty grasp Of the hand
and speaking In q natural tone OF voice,
II Is not true, and It Is calculated to de.
Ceive the public. You take hold OF Gen.
eral Garield's hand, and he manages to
prtss yours, and that is ALL"
Does hA raise his head at alp"
+ "Not o bit He lies prone on his back,
and 1t 10 all be can do TO turn his head
from side 10 side. His voice is low and
feeble. When | went iDtO the room to
day | took hold Of the Prssldent's hand,
and he tqueeSed II gently, and said:
BoYnton, | am glad you are here vet
What do you think OF my chances to day,
Boyntonp'
40, think you are getting along very
nicely indeed, Mr.. Presidentj everything
seems favorable for your tecovery.'
I" Il will recover, Bpyntou, but | have
had terrible struggle with prostration
for several days.
I" But you seem 10 have conquered
"'Do you think 30? and then glancipg
up at the clock, whose hand pointed to 8
o'clock, he said feebly:
"'tn fifteen minutes II will be a week
long week. BOynton.' His eyes closed
for few moments and then he said,
,BoyntS,n, have you any idea. where ths!
~ told him thought 1t was lodged In
the interior wall Of the abdomen, and he
said be thought so to, and added It was
lucky that Il struck the ribs. II this
wound can be kept open will get well,
but they must keep II open.'"
saw that he was talking too much,
and rose 10 60, lie held my hand and said
DO not leave me.
~ told him would not II he did not
talk any more, aud he promised nat to-"
doctor what means are they taking to
keep the wound open2"
Nothing at present. II Is diEChargirg
itself now"
"What are the great dangers now in the
Presidents PATH" ..
"Ths Arst Is blood poisoning, and the
second pfOstra'ion. II the pns, Id lie dis.
charge, should open any arteries, the dan.
ger would be very great. believe the
President will recover, but that he is
very siCk man no one can doubt. The
suppuration now going on, Of C1urse,
keeps up the fever, and the President Is
very weak, indeed.
DR.. Hamilton and other physicians have
suggested that possibly some slight por
ton Of President GafGelds coat, perhaps
only o Abre or two, had been carried by
the bullet into hia body. They have
added truly enough, that II that was the
case the danger Of Inflammation during
the process Of ofsupparation would be great
ly increased. One prominent physician
here has said that single Hbre ot WOODEN
stuf might have been 80 lodged In the
wound blythe bullet a. to be m0fe trouble.
some than the bullet itself. They have
affirmed that an investigation ought 10
have been made with regard TO this mat.
ter % soon as the patient was on his bed.
That investigation has been made. As o
result II is believed thatno potion Of ihe
clothing Of the President was catfisd Into
the wound Said your CORES ondsht To
DR.. Reybufn, sleepy, but patient and
courteous "a ever, as he emerged from the
pEesidenvs sick room tonight!
"What is there TO be said about this
statement Of Hamil,od that the wound
and the clothing Of the Pfelident ought to
be examined with microscopes II pOs.
sible, ih order 10 atcsftAin whether any
Rbtes Of tie latter were C.rtisd by the bull
lot into the iu'met7
"0oly ,his-thst The examination has
been made, not with o microscope, 10 be
sHte, nor with probe, but az careiully a.
could be without that. We had reason to
bellsvs from II that no portion oI The
ololhlhg had been carried Into the wound"
Chlsass'A sympathy tor ,be President,
CHICAGO, July lO.-About Sl2 900 has