The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-07-20
AhOuf the President.

sDOCTOR, SCRATCH MY BACK "a DlsCOY'
cry, ETC.
The Washington correspondent oil tDe
Baltimore american says:
DIR. Bliss told the following yesterday
90 We were dressing the Presidents wound
with the aniiseptic dressing, which IS done
twice q day, and bad him turned over on
hrs side. | was bathing him with alcohol,
and pretty soon the President said, Doc
tor. scratch my back ! began rubbing
him I'D aud down along the backbone, ana
said, Now, when you feel | have rubbed
YOU enough lust say sO.' / continued for
some time, but the President said nothing.
Pretty soon called for q hair-bruSh, ana
used that instead OF my hands. i then
rubbed for long time, and his back was
getting rather red. then said in laugh
ing way, Now, don't hesitate to speak out
il YOU want me to stop He didn't make
any reply, but otter awhile be said, with a
SOFT Of sigh, 'WeIl, Doctor, there IS an
end 10 all things. You can stop We all
burst out laughing at this. He liked it so
much that he hated to have me stop. lie
gains every day. To-day he rolled himself
over in bed and crossed his legs. lie be-
Gins TO talk about sitting up and going out
ADIsCOyERY.
In dressing the wOuHd Sunday night the
doctors discovered that when the drainage
tube was removed pressure upon the abdO-
men over the spot where the ball Is sup
posed to lie caused a further considerable
discharge Of pus. In quantity, the discharge
was about enough 10 ill a sherry glass, aud
IN character was healthy. This gives graft
fying evidence that the entire course OF the
wound is patent. II also tends to confirm
The opinion Of the doctors that the bullet
nassed through the liver, and is now lodged
near the anterior wall Of the abdomen. The
know ledge of this fact also removes the APP
prehensiOus OF premature closing OF The
wound midway, aud the formation OF an
abScess from the internal gathering OF pus
ARREST OF "DOCTOR."
The Washington correspondent OF the
Baltimore Sun says: DR.. Tdchyminltls
who has figured rather prominently In tn(
| 4" crank" articles which were sent from thu
city several days after the shooting Il The
President, was arrested to-day on charge
Of vagrancy. He has previously spent {
short term in the wOrkhOuSe. When
searched at the Fifth Precinct police sta
ton a letter was found on him addressed tC
Mrs. Garfield, rendering his services As ply
stefan and surgeon 10 the President, anC
stating that under bis professional care th'
President could be relied upon to recover
more rapidly than he has. Other letters o
similar purport addressed to Others wer'
found on him. Though written severa
days since, he bad moi sent them to those Il
whom they were addressed.
THE PRESIDENT TO GO TO OLD POINT.
DR.. Bliss says that the motion OF rail
way train might be hurtiul even in mont
from now, while the dangers Of the track
the noise, crowds, etc, render that mode o
travel out of the question for many weeks
Colonel Rockwell proposes first to take tn
President to Old Point Comfort on th
United States steamer Dispatch; then
should this prove 4 benefit, after few day
to take advantage Of calm weather and ru
around 10 Long Branch. The President
strongly in favor OF seaside resort, an
longs for the sea voyage. Mrs Garfield ha
taken a strong dislike TO the White House
She says every hour in it has been replet
With care, illness, and danger. She believe
the President would recover quickly II one
out Of its influences.