Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-08-30


appearance of the wound has not
perceptibly changed since the
morning dressing. But little rise
in temperature or pulse has taken
place since noon, and the pulse Is
perceptibly stronger than at this
time yesterday. Pulse, ITO; temp
erature, 99.7'; respiration, 20.
d. w. BLISS and others.
A Hopefui Dispesch Orisso,sed.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, Aug. 28-
4:45 P. M.-GeDeral Swain, who
has Just come from the sick room,
telegraphs friend in New York
as follows: 1880 P. M.-The Presi-
dent continues to improve. His
condition is better to-day than it
has been any day for week pnst.
All are hopeful, and some conf
dent"
Swain also telegraphed his wife
in Ohio: "The light of hope has
broken, which by morrow may
burst into sunshine"
The probability is that this buoy.
ant dispatch represents only In
moderate degree the extremely ju-
biIant feeling of himself and Rock
well; but what are the real facts?
None of the surgeons can be made
say that they regard the eating of
q small bit of solid food az any
ground for encouragement. In
deed, good medical men say that in
the enfeebled condition of the
Presidents stomach and his very
critical condition the doctors would
not have dared to make the exper-
iment of introducing solid food
into his stomach, IL they did not
think his case was 80 desperate that
they could afford to take any
chance and crafty any whim of
the dying man. One medical man
said: 81 suppose they would give
him now anything he might ask
for" During the evening there
has been a good many people COM
ing and going. Many have gone
away very hopeful and jubilant at
the change for the better in the
Presidents condition.
Good Report rr"m Dr. BOy0sOo.
CHICAGO, Aug. Goth, The Inter
Oceans Washington special says:
At 11:30 A. NJ. DR.. BoyntOn who
had been relieved at the Presidents
bedside. reports that after mid
night the patient slept more con-
tinuously than on any previous
night. He Is taking more than
sufficient nourisbment to-day to
sustain the body.
Contradiction Of ~ DAd RuibOr.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, Aug. 20,
1876 P. M.-RumOrs we're nf1oat
this morning that an examination
had been made of the Presidents
lungs and unmistakable evidence,
in the shape of pus accumulation,
was discovered, of the secondary
or py@mic stage Of blood poisoning.
At noon DR.. Reyburn said that
since the Presidents condition be-
came go low we have examined
his lungs carefully every day and
always found them healthy. The
report that pus cavities have
formed there IL entirely unfounded. 4.
The Moo. OmcinI Report.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, Aug. 90
1890 P. NAT the morning Dress
ing of the President an additional
point of suppuration was recog-
nized in the swollen gland, which
being ihcised gave exit to some
hea althy looking pus. Other OPEN
ings on the exterior of the swelling
are likewise discharging; but
though less tense the, tumefactiOn
has not materially diminished In
size. Nothing new has been OBJ
served in the condition of the
wound. The usual temperature has
not reoccurred, and generally there
has been no material change since
this morning. Pulse, 106; temper.
atuIe, 9S 60; respiration, 18.
d. w. BLISS and others.
DR.. H.n,i,."" says shs rrssidens
wiz F"ssstvs'y seeov.r.
NEW YORK, August 29.-From
the Graphic: DIR. Hamilton ar
rived this morning. He said 10 q
reporter: II think you will be
satisfied If l tell you the President
is going to get we'll" "There is
no doubt of it in your mind, Doc.
tor?n "Nope whatever now. I
have no time now to dwell at
length on the subject, aud beg you
to excuse me. The worst has
passed away" "Is there any indi-
cation that an abscess has formed
on the Presidents lungs and has
been discovered in one OF the joints
of his limbs, as indicated in the
morning papers?u "Neither re-
port is the truth" replied the Doc
the slightest Indication of either"
B,ss. on 0ssnuuisr swessisgs.
New YORK, Aug. 29.-The
2inaes's Washington special covers
the following important points In
last nights conversation with DIR.
Bliss: The doctor was asked: Is
there any danger of o her glands
being attacked? have, he re-
sponded, gone carefully over all the
surgical records of the war with g
view to that very question; besides
which, my personal experience
with gunshot wounds has beer
very large, and l don't know of ar
instance where the second gland
fever became INVOLVED through
trnumatic parotiss. That never 90
ours except in cases Of distinc
pynmia, which, he said will
marked emphasis, the Presiden
never has had. There has been NJ
other swelling, even of the lynn
phatic gland, so far as have beel
able to discover. There have beeI
q few symptoms on the back, cause.
by blood poisoning, but the.
i. were not glandular and the.
have subsidized. The bullet ha