Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-08-26
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10 or ~ minutes az a time because MS throat
filed with phlegm from the swollen gland.
The pressure about the throat and mouth and
head was uncomfortable, and the phlegm
came so frequently that he was not allowed
peace for longer period than 20 minutes,
but was siezed with that terrible tickling in
the throat that causes nausea and forces
retching. 1t was reported on good authority
that he was delrious on Saturday night.
On Saturday the wound was probed to the
depth Of twelve.and- a-half inches, without
reaching the ball. DIR. Boynton says Of this
operation -
"While washing out the wound, the sur
geons found that there was no longer any re-
sistance to the passage Of the tube at the point
where it hitherto stopped, three-and-a-half OF
four inches from the surface, and they there
fore let it go in as far as it would. No force
was used. 1t went in about IL inches, the
first time in q direction downward and for
ward from the mouth of the wound. Since
then it has been passed in to depth of 12k
inches. The tube was afeXible rubber catheter
used in washing out the wound, and we could
tell only in general way the direction which
it took through the body. That direction was
forward and downward toward the point in
the anterior wall of the abdomen where the
ball has always been supposed to lie. Moth
ing new was ascertained. The surgeons
downward little since it first lodged in the
abdominal wall, but this is not certain. This
opening of the wound is regarded as favora-
BILE. 1t is better to have the wound open
throughout than closed or obstructed in the
middle. 1t can now be gotten at and cleansed
thoroughly"
The Presidents condition on Sunday up
pears in the following despatch from Secre-
tary Blaine to Minister Lowell;
n i l. a
en- and restless. His symptoms throughout
the day have been less favorable, and his
general condition is not encouraging. He is
unable to retain food on his stomach, having
vomited twice during the afternoon, the last
time at 3 o'clock This evening he has been
able to drink water and retain it. The swell
ing of the parotd gland has not increased.
Pulse and temperature about the same as
yesterday. His sleep up to this hour (11 P.
NJ has been somewhat disturbed. We are
all deeply anxious"
The public mind was wrought to high
pitch of anxiety by Sundays news that the
Presidents stomach was again causing trouble
in rejecting the food administered. The doc
tors appear to have been too sanguine and TO
have over-taxed the strength of the stomach
by the large quantities of liquid nourishment
administered ON Saturday and Sunday morn
ing and the result was the vomiting and q re-
turn of bad symptoms. There was great de-
preston at the White House Sunday night,
everybody looked blue, and the hopes of the
physicians did not serve to restore confidence
as to the future.
Monday morning there was slight change
for the better About G:3O he asked for some
koumiss, and drank it. The pulse and tenn
perature were lower, and the slightest varia-
ton gave new ground for hope.
The hopes encouraged by Mondays re-
ports of the Presidents case were fortified on
Tuesday by the morning bulletin which stat
ed that the President took during the night O
larger amount of liquid food by the mouth
than in the corresponding hours Of any day
during the previous week, and that the enc
msta had been administered at longer inter
walls. The parotid yelling was unchanged
and gave no serious trouble. The pulse
fell to 1902. The interest of the physicians
was conferred upon the action of the stomach
and the conclusion was that if enough food
can be taken and assimilated to meet the drain
upon the system caused by the fever and the
constant secretion of pus, and enable nature
TO carry on the work Of repair, that there was
some probability of recovery.
Mrs. Garfield said of the President Tues
day HE is very, very tired tired of con-
finement, tired of the room in which he is,
| and simply worn out with one grand effort to
q
who can wonder 2" The President, when
given some cruel Tuesday, said; II have no
longer any sense of taste; it is very insipid,
| but I'll take some more" He swallowed sew
eral spoonfuls with apparently a painful ef-
| fort. When he had eaten four ounces he
said That's enough it's quite break
fast and am very tired" Soon afterward
he fell asleep. On another occasion the
President didn't want to take food, and DIR.
| -. Il.
at all you ought to-" at isn't my stomach, I"
responded the sufferer, ''ifs my mouth. 1
can't get it into my stomach. 1 guess my
stomach will do its duty it feels all right (;
| I'll try, :" and he took the food.
On Wednesday the President partook of
more food than on Tuesday, and his stomach
showed no signs of again weakening The
| praoticability of removing the patient to the
seashore was discussed by the surgeons. In
the afternoon an incision was made into the
swelling ON the right side of the Presidents
face for the purpose Of relieving the tension
of the swollen parotid gland and Of giving
vent to the pus, q small quantity of which
was evacuated. Pulse, 10S; temperature,
| 1907; respiration 10.
Col. Swain emphatically denies that the
! President has been at any time deliriOus.
Swain says at times when waking from nu-
merous sleeps, the President will mutter a
few incoherent words or sentences, as if he
had been dreaming, but this passes away
with thorough wakefulness and he resumes a
natural manner, sometimes remarking, 81
was dreaming" Swain also says; 81 have
not noticed any evidence that would lead me
to suspect the Presidents vigorous mental
faculties are in the slightest degree impaired. y
The President has now been two weeks
without solid food of any kind. During p
hours of this period, ending at 1890 P. NJ,
Wednesday, nothing, not even water, passed
his lips and for almost three days, Monday
Tuesday and Wednesday of last week. little
but water was swallowed. Meanwhile, his
system is suffering from the drain of a wound
a foot long, a very serious Inflammation in
the parotd gland and the prostration of
man weakened by more than seven weeks Of
sickness. On the other hand, the President
has at no time been fed freely. The larges
daily ration of food given him, as recorded il
the bulletins was two pounds of solid ant
liquid food in the week preceding his presen
relapse. For 10 days after the assassination
he received little or no solid food and II
days later, July 20, he was taking no sole
aliment except toast. The nourishment nov
given him, 20 odd ounces Of liquid food anC
Is ounces in the form of enemata, is not il
weight much below the two pounds of soil,
and liquid food furnished him during hi
period of greatest strength. Every hour tina
his stomach assimilates food now aids natur
in its task and adds hope but it gives moth
ing like assurance of recovery.
The Presidents mother was called upon By
a reporter Monday at the residence of he
niece, Mrs. Capp, in Hiram, o. She wa
found in excellent spirits over the encourag
ing news of Friday and Saturday. Her frs
inquiry was in regard to her sons condition
on Sunday, of which she bad learned moth
ing. She was informed that the Presiden
had suffered a slight relapse in the afternoon
but had improved considerably during th
night. The reporter read TO her the inter
views had with Drs. Bliss and Boynton lat
Sunday evening, which seemed to have
cheering effect upon her. II do hope b