The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-08-26

sufficient supply of liquid food. \
present his pulse is 112, temperatur
99.S, respiration 10.
(Signed) d. W. BLISS.
j. K. BARNES,
]. j. WOODWARD,
ROBT. REYBURN.
F. II. HAMILTON.
Although no information can We
be obtained directly from the at
tending surgeons, it is understood
that the Presidents case has taker
an unfavorable turn this evening
and that the swollen parotid gland
throughout which pus is now form
ing in small cells or poke. S
threatens Immediately dangerous
consequences. Unless a favorable
change takes place within the next
twenty-four hours, the worst is ap-
pretended.
New York, 1915 p.m.-A private
dispatch from the White House
says: The appearance at the Presi-
dents chamber indicates that the
case has taken a serious turn.
BLAINE TO LOWELL.
The President has lost ground to-
day. Some of his symptoms this
afternoon and evening are of the
gravest character. The condition
of the swollen gland and of the
pulse and temperature suggest Sc
rlous and alarming complications.
His mind at intervals has been
somewhat clouded and wandering.
His strength fails, but he still swal-
lows liquid food Of a nourishing
character, and apparently digests it.
On this one fact rests the hope that
there is still left chance of a reac-
ton.
Ills p.m.-The prevalent feeling
at the Executive Mansion, to-day,
was one of increased anxiety. The
symptoms Of the President up to 6
o'clock were not decidedly worse,
nor had any marked unfavorable
change taken place in the general
condition; bnt the failure to gain
strength from the constantly in
creasing quantities Of nourishment
taken, has disappointed expectation,
and the threatening aspect Of the
glandular swelling was taken as
another reason for Encouragement.
1t seemed to be the general feeling
by the friends of the President, who
come here every day for informal
ton, but whose views of the case
represent the outside current of
thought, that the patient had not
gained as much as he ought to have
done since Monday, and that this
is due to the imperfect assimilation
and nutrition. Enough food has
been taken daily, they say, to more
than sustain the patients strength
if it were all turned into blood and
vital force, but it is evident that it
is not, since there has been no per-
ceptible gain in strength during the
past three days. This they argue,
indicates septicaemia, or some other
unfavorable influences at work, in
terfering with the process of nutri-
ton, and neutraliZing to a great eX-
tent the efforts of the stomach to
supply the system with food. The
President, they say, should be gain
ing strength now to get through
another bad Sunday, or meet an
other reverse in the shape of a new
complication, but instead of that, he
is hardly holding his own, and has
no reserve strength to draw upon in
case Of necessity. They find, ais g,
another reason for Encouragement
in the behavior of the parotid swell
ing, when the incisiOn was made
yesterday afternoon. 1t was gen
orally supposed, although perhaps
without sufficient warrant, that it
would afford speedy If not imme-
diate relief, and from that source no
further danger was to be appre-
hended; there was consequently a
feeling of disappointment, to-day,
when it was found that not only the
swelling had not decreased in size,
but that puS was forming in num-
Der of places here and there. i'll the
gland, and that the complication
seems to be even more serious than
before the operation. These and
other like considerations, together
with the absence Of any positively
encouraging assurance from the
surgeons room, have checked,
to-day, the hopeful anticipa-
lions which were expressed yes
terday afternoon. The surgeons !
however, while conceding the |
gravity if the situation, continued |
to maintain throughout the after
noon that the outlook was no worse |
titan yesterday. The form of blood |
poisoning, which is in the system,
may be eliminated and thrown off. |
The doctors admit that the patient |
was weaker than yesterday, though |
they think there is no cause for any |
alarm. The history of the day and |
of tonight shows that the Presi |
dent is losing instead of gaining
The loss is very slight, |
but the fact that it is loss is not an
encouraging sign.
Dr.. Boynton, this evening, told
Mrs. Garfield that the President
was, in his opinion, a lite worse
than yesterday, and hope was not as
bright. Mrs. Garfield said she ex-
pected such information, and added
That she was yet hopeful. The de
cision of the physicians not to
remove him was not communicated
to the President until this evening.
The President has, in the past few
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