Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-08-17

in the case because the quinia did not nut an
end to the fever thus periodically recurring, and
1t would have been natural enough that this
conclusion should obtain but for one or two
things which seem to have been overlooked
First, as far as we can learn from printed re-
ports, whether official or otherwise the doses of
Qu1nia have been altogether too small to Justify
the belief that IT'S use has proved that there is
no malariai poisoning. Second, admitting that
the quinia was administered for some other pur-
pose than to break the periodcity of the fever
and that for weeks the suppurating process was
sufficient to account for the afternoon access of
fever and exacerbation Of all the symptoms. has
1t not been evident for several DAYS that the
regular march of the fever has been interrupted.
and that the President. instead of being better
every morning. his fever having passed off dur
ing the night, has really been having two parox-
ystns OF fever every twenty-four hours?
III the Ofi1cial bulletins may be relied upon
(and we do implicely rely upon their truthful
ness, 1t is plain that the Presidents case has
been complicated with intermittent fever lat
terly If not from the beginning and that now
the maiarlal poisoning is manifesting itself in
the form of double Quotidian. with gastric
congestion. II in any one day of the past two
or three weeks forty or fifty grains of auinia
have been administered to the President with
out having produced decidedly beneficial i'm
preston we may safely admit that there have
Deen no malaral complications. But with
three grains three times day the experiment
tOr it was an experiment. has been marriage
between homeopathy and allopathy without
issue.
DIR. HAMMOND AGAIN.
The New York Evening Express contains
lengthy Interview had with eX-Surgeon General
VIM. A. Hammond yesterday morning. DR.. Ham,
mond said he had anticipated the last relapse of
President Garfield as natural consequence of
his debilitated condition, and that it would lead
almost directly to his decease Continuing.
Dr. Hammond is quoted as saying:
1.-THE case does and has throughout its various
developments, point to all the symptoms of
pyamia. The low respiration, the increased but
1utterng pulse, the growing temperature, the
inability Of the patients stomach to sustain
1000, the gradual wasting away Of the body. the
pinched appearance of the features and espe-
cially of the nose, the cOmatose state in which
Ills waxing hours are passed, and the general
incarceration Of the system, are conclusive in
dlcatlons that the patient is fatally poisoned
and cannot live. The attending physicians have
neglected this view of the case entirely They
have been treating him in the anticipation of
the development of peritonitis. and have ac-
cording to this hypothesis, been reducing him
in flesh by most ascetic diet where they should
have given him nutritious food to build his sys-
tenn up to the highest standard. This dieting
business has induced this collapse, for it APP
proaches that more than relapse. | think that
this relapse is the final one, although hope
am mistaken. and that, instead of recuperating.
his condition will continue to be grieyous
unto death. The longest time recorded for
patient to live when suffering from pyemia
is three months, and because of the
Presidents weakened condition he will not last
even that long. l think that the conclusion of
the attending physicians that the President is
suffering from dyspepture is the most ridiculous
one they could arrive at. lie is suffering from
dyspepture no more than annie is dying from
pyalna. and nothing under heaven can save
him. The fact that the surgeons did not imme-
diately ascertain the Presidents exact condition
has done more than anything to kill him. 1t is
neglect, inhuman neglect, that will kill Presi-
dent Garfield"