Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-08-26
The WOundd President.

| IullaU6lDHid OIL EXPRESS.
5 He will probably rturn tomorrow in
order that DR.. Hamilton may go to New
York Saturday. Private Secretary
Brown accompanie the Doctor to the
train and says he alked very encour-
agingly of the pesident's chances.
Previous to leaving the Mansion. DIR.
Agnew had talk With Mrs. Garfield
i and informed her tht he felt perfectly
secure in being temporarily absent.
> and that if an emergency should occur
he could easily be summoned, etc.
| At this hour the pnsident is resting
quietly. About thre-quarters of an
: hour ago, he took a mall quantity OF
koumiss which was gwen him by his
wife. Up to this tim, no bad effects
have been experieneedfrom it and the
patient is now sleeping.
, BLAINE'S DISPEcH.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1S-The follow
ing was sent this afternoon:
To LOweA, London:
At 2 o'clock this Afternoon the presi-
dent shows slight improvement in
his power to retain am digest food,
but his general condition is not reas-
suring. BLAINE.
THE DAY REVIEWED.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1S,-This morn
ins's bulletin showed tha the president
was better, and it wasreceived with
great satisfaction. The hlletin figures
were back to where thepresident was
before the last operation, when he was
regarded as convalescily. The i'm
proved condition seemet to keep up
after the morning dressing. After 10
O'Clock, Col. Rockwell sal the presi-
dent was better in every rspect. About
IL o'clock, DIR. Bliss said there was a
visible improvem thatthe stomach
was stronger and better uL TO that
hour liquid nourishmen had been
given several times and twas retained
without producing any musea. The
fact that the president enjyed pretty
good nights rest was cnsidered as
a favorable symptom. There was
great anxiety to see the midday bull
letln which was issued nearly an hour
later than usual This dlay in issu-
ing the bulletin caused a feeling of
alarm, as heretofore whnever there
has been delay, it was because some
thing had been wrong The bulletin
when issued was as foll,ws, and its
guarded language added tc the general
uneasiness:
The president is suffering some dis
comfort from commencing infiamma-
ton in the right parotid gland; in
other respects his condition is some
what improved, and especially his
stomach is becoming less irtolerant.
THAT INFLAMED GLAND.
The surgeons saying in the bulletin
that Inflammation is commencing, is
construed by many to mean that they
expect further Inflammation. This
new complication of the caa has arisen
this morning since DIR. Agnew left,
and it annoys the surgeons. The
gland intlamed is the large conglomer-
ated salivary gland under the ear.
UNEAsINEss.
Considerable anxiety was exhibited
about 1880 on account CT the slight de-
lay in the noon bulletin. The contents
of the bulletin, when it was read in
Private Secretary Browns room, at
l:l5, did not allay the anxiety,
because of the announcement it con
tanned In reference to the Inflammation
OF the parotid glands, and until assur-
ances of the consulting and attending
surgeons were obtained to he contrary,
great apprehension was feI that serious
| complications have been encountered.
DIR. Hamilton was the first of the sur
geonsapplied to regarding the in1amed
glands, but beyond the statement that
1t was nothing of serious character
the doctor was disinclined to talk. He
lnfI afnI hn anIII1
fiction to n-professionals in the brief
time he had at his disposal, ana left with
the remark that it was nothing to cause
alarm. When DIR. Bliss left the mansion
at 2;45 he was met at the from entrance
by severalmembers of the press and his
attention called to the various rumors
which have been circulated since the
midday bulletin was issued, n connec-
ton with the inflammation of the pres
ident's parotid gland. These rumors
were to the effect that it was an indlca-
ton of pyamia, low fever. and other
complications of a more or less serious
nature; also that modification had set
IN. The doctor said it was very curl
Gus to him, that in view of the fact that
py@mia was such a specific disease,
some people will insist that the presi-
dent has it, while the attend
ing surgeons have thus far
been unable III discovering any
indication of it whatever. This inflam-
nation the doctor continued is nothing
unusual in cases where patients have |
become debilitated. | have seen it
many times in cases of gun shot
wound.
Then it is not pysmia ~
ooh, no."
rs it an indication Of fever Typhoid |
or otherwise ?"
Not at all, sir. 1t is an affection
which need not cause the slightest
alarm"
The doctor with this remark got into |
his carriage and drove off. The assur- |
ances of the attending surgeons were !
placed on the newspaper bulletin boards
throughout the city and car
ried by one person to another |
to such an extent during the |
early afternoon that the extreme |
anxiety occasioned by the announce
ment of the fact diminished very con-
siderably before night Gen. Swain
says inasmuch as the president has re-
tanned the koumiss he has taken to-
day, his stomach is proven to be gradu- /,
ally strengthening This being the case
in his opinion the crisis has been !
passed, and he will continue to improve.
Early this evening DIR. Reyburn was
asked his opinion of the presidents
condition. He answered fHe is do
ing very we'll"
docs he experience much incon-
venience from the inflammation re-
ferred to IN the noon bulletin"
HE has considerable pain in his
neck which is the result of the infamed
gland"
'Well, doctor, what is the cause of
this inflammation. How do you ex-
plain it ?"
at is the result of extreme debility"
'Do not similar symptoms manifest
themselves in typhoid fevers"
Inflammation of the parotid gland
also frequently occur in cases where
the patients are in state of excessive |
debility, or from other causes" ="
Has the president taken nourish-
ment at all during the day.
"Yes; he has been taking koumiss in
small quantities all day."
Has he experienced any trouble in
retaining it,p
None whatever"
At the time of this interview, previous