Daily Republican., 1881-08-19
MORE GOOD SIGNS
-s,oEST's CONDITION
fh' ..ror IMPROVEMENT

"' ..r or IMPROVEMENT
, Nourtshment WIN
's,,dest Souri.s"s", as.", "nI ~
"w.usea, and the 6eHeral
system Better.
,n,.,o,cb to the RErUBLIcAN.
spS'' sp,,ScroN, D. G, Aug '9-'' 80
" The President slept much OF lhe
ah w., There is no increase in the
~sI IY,c of the glands this morning
s'a,"o ',n MORE comfortable than yesterday
Palse-lOo'
r,mperature-9S'
rsspiratiOn-i7'
' SLOWLY IMPROVING.
,,su,scroN, August ls--The Pres
A" y" slowly improving. The bullet
,te. .;r. ,rcm the Executive M"nslrh $50 are are
uns conservative in tone, ana the
very c,n, avoid any expressions calcu'
Pa.i P..i W induce the belief that the pa
lN~a w !. in better form than the state OF
tIehs ~, 10 ~ uarrauts. The work of recov-
DIS ."nV '''s :. be necessarily gradual. The
cry ..atiou of the Presidents life de.
pas'Il p1pI. almost solely upon the ability OF
Pen"s nl,o'narh to absorb the nuttiment
'Ae oirL TO restore the wasted and
relune", sv,,am. The physicians say
s,',I .n', tb,y have no farther apprehension
.fM tM,"rsr ",, from the wound. 1t is heal
Es iss sT rapidly and in perfectly satlsfac.
,n,v ,n manner. Dr. Agnew LETT the city
WI; WI. m"rniug Before his departure he
..s,rsd .as, Mrs. Garfield that he regarded
as Io' Presidents condition as decidedly
;moroyed. ;u He expects to be absent
three Or four days
BLOOD POISONING.
WASHINGTON, August lS.-There
,sat been some evidence given to day
af E tne stomach improvement. Thenou-
': v.Sment administered through the
mnn,b ,', has been retained, and the ply.
sic;,us have the right to hope and per-
han, pyoact that tJ.morrow, or 5 tur-
J,r A, the latest, will demonstrate
tbl restored power of the stomach
With the p0wer % retain nourlsliment
ha, e uue aIso au Improvement III the
e.,.raI zone ot the system The PreSi'
d4pt was stronger to-day than he has
hepn for some d ys. This is shown III
his voice, his eyes. and his general
manner There would be improvement
everywhere but tor the inflammation of
tbe paro,ld gland, which was noticed
in tho l93O bulletin. This is the sail.
,ary grand directly in front OF the ear.
Whit should have swollen is uncer-
tain. 1t may be that the inflammation
is caused By CO. d. or it may be tha; 1t
is caused by the general impoverlsh-
men, of the blood resulting, hom the
physical debility of the President.
Its also true that 1T may be the re-
suit of septsemia, which depraved
condition Of the blood, resulting from
ayariety of causes, one of which may
be pus poisoning. 1t will be seen there
fore, tina. the conditions remain such as
may be caused by blood-pOisoning, not
necessarily, however, amounting to py-
amya. Thus, we have still all that
might happpLed from the poisoning
Of the blood the chills or rigors, the sub
SqueHt prOiase sweatening, the great
debility of the stomach, and now the
Inflammation ofthe parotid gland. All
these would be results Of the absorp-
tlOn of.pus by the sponge vessels and It's
distribution through the blood.
Dr. Bliss says boldly that any such
assumption is untrue-that there is no
evidence Of blood poisoning. But then
Dr. Bliss always proceeds on the theo-
~ that the public does not want To
know the precise acts in the case, put
only what is most hopeful. he may
state the truth in this matter. l am
certainly not disputing him, but he
does not offer anything beyond his as
sr.on, and merely state that all the
symptoms of the President for the past
TWO weeks have been consonant with
The theory that his blood is slightly
Pvlsoned by the pus from the wound.
ASKING FOR NoUEIsH MENT.
Onourishment besides the nutritve
snensa had been administered since
Yesterday AFTERNOON, and this forenoon
,lt President showed symptoms OF a
desire fer food. He asked to be given
some kOumiss, and a small quantity
was administered. He retained it ON
his stomach, and after the lapse of a
short time another modiCun of the
koumiss was given him. -Four times
during the day, at different intervals,
we preparation was given him. and
u, mere were no indications Of nausea.
Inc physicians naturally regard thisas
svsey sy hopeful sign, bat they wisely
SUSTAINED from weakening the stomach
=! oVtrloading it. The midday bulle-
~, Th created considerable uneasiness
rhl .Se,e are very few people who know
ma. nna' Tue parotid gland is, and still
;ns' s,e could not tell what caused the
naItnlianon oa~I OF this gland. The parOtid
Sauu raa Is invariably affected by mumps.
.lu ,ne gauSe OF the Inflammation of tais
f''ud T. u cannot be absolutely determined.
ess.s @ sae majority OF gunShot. wound
acoo,, ooS 'ne flhal healing of the wound is
hI.U1'l%hled hIooa by disturbance of the
otbo. u "a IN some cases boils appear, in
tha ~, a., Aernels,' as hard spots under
I s4Ira SKIN are termed, manifest them
s.0 aI.'ea The disturbance Of the blood
ea,.. s. causes inflammation, in some
Nann,o W various glands in the body.
III. hl. " physicians, when informed OF
td,n d,,u.''lnlna,ion of the parolid gland
r,m'' r' ahcrihod it to the effects of
tie "la "a, or bIood-poisoning; but, on
phvsicGis.ner G.ner hand, the attendant
ev"" a.Clans denied that the patient
said tI,aS any symptoms Of pyHmla, but
ranssa %e , Inflammation might have been
mr,au.y u cy q variety OF canses, unim.
enissh,.l,n b. IN themselves, acting upon the
,he ,h''Dle.i na, and debilitated CONDITION of
,va,,;rF ;ra'lent. DR.. Bliss said: "The
illness ! a. the g. land is caused by long
,uftss;. S AMI enfe ,bled blood, / am
mysas Z from the same complaint
Presden.,C has no bearing on the
iscomm"o"s case: Such inflammation
follow On after long illness and may
,o.dav' 'ne President taken nourishment
rsporto, WIN good relish?" asked a
fuls" "vnaye ~ aM given him several teaspoon
ass ,n;i,,aho khoumiss," which have been