New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-07-25
THE PRESIDENT BETTER.

CHARGE FROM THE "orND RENEWED fltfIA-
TIE PATIENT RELIEVED At oNCt-orlNloNs OF
THE PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS.
II was decided yesterday morning that the
condition of the Presidents wound to
which the recent disqdietiug symptoms IN his
case were due, made a surgical operation
necessary. The operation was therefore
performed, and its beneficial effects upon
the President who bore it without !llnchlng,
were quickly observed The fever suhs!ded
and the temperature was decreased. coward
evening the feeling Of relief grew very s'roA&,
and the physicians and surgeons expressed
themselves rs greatly encouraged. Dr. liam
ilton and Agnew assured Mrs. Garfield that
blood-poisoning need not be feared.
RELIEF FROM A SURGICAL OPERATION.
PUBLIC ANXIETY THOROUGHLY AROUSED FOR TIE
Observation-Disclosures FELT THE WHITE
HOUSE IN TIE MOENING-THE PRESIDENT SUR
MIrs To Tur SURGEONS KNIFE WITH TIE BEST
RESUITs-riIE PHYSICIANS AGAIN HOPEFUL
lBv TELEGRAPH To TIE TRIRUNE.l
WASHINGTON, July 2f.-This has heen an anxious
day in Washington. People retired last night feel
ing greatly depressed account of the unfavoTabe
change in the Presidents condtion-a change the
gravity Of which had been unlulv magnjted hy
absurd and sensational runors set aA0at and cir
cGiateG by thoughtleSS designing persons. In the
early hours of this morning eager inquiries were
made all sides respecting the Presidents cCDdi-
ton, and when L fodud that 10 bulletin would
be issued until nearly midday the pessiuIists had
matters their own way
II became known that midnight the President
had suffered from another chill, and this cir
cuuisance. grave enough il: itself, promptly
seized upon and greatly exaggerated. When the
official bulletin issued it did little toward
aaying the general alarm and anxiety, and yet the
fact that the surgeons had found il advisable to per
form surgical operation however slight was by
many persons regarded evidence that the
crisis even more grave than The physicians were
willing to admit.
At 10 a. IN. the Presidents pulse stood at 9s, his
temperature 9S.4 his aspiration Is. After
the operation his pulse stood Vt 12 aud at il
was Is with ter. perature of @9.S and respiration
-, showing considerable iucrc2 sc of fever.
\ TRIBUNE correspondent WHO visited the White
House at noon found signs of panic
there, although il plain that the critical stua-
ton of the President was fully recognized
SURGICAL OPERATION FOUND NECESSARY.
One of the physicians assistants, who was present
when the operation was performed. said: "Dr
Bliss discovered yesterday afternoon that pus
cavity had formed two or three inches below the
point where the bullet entered the President, body
When the wound dressed last night Dr. Bliss
by careful manipulation and pressure succeeded in
forcing free discharge of pus from this cavity into
the track Of the wound and thus ont Of the bodv
The discovery of this cavity at once made plain the
cauSe OF the rigOrs which the President had cx-
periencod and made it equally plain that surgical
operation would be necessary in order to assure
free and thorough cleansing of the wound'
"Was the result of the operation rs satisfactory rs
the surgeons hoped ?? asked the correspondent
YES. Dr. Agne" found the right place nmedi-
ately, and soon after the ncision made the pa
tiets symptoms became more favorable"
Was tn" President placed under the influence Of
an anesthetc during the operation ~
"No. There need Of IT, He did not move
muscle or sInch at all under the operation Ether
was us~! locally III the form of spray ia dull the
sensitlvcEess of The flesh where The iucsion was to
be made. The cut about an inch in depth and
perhaps half rs long
Has any morphia been administered to-dayw
NO. There has been no need of IT,. The Presi-
dent Is now asleep"
This was about o'clock p m Al fire sam,
hour Colonel Cortin emerged from the sick room
with coW'tenancc of mingled anxiety and hope
How is ii now, Colonel ~ asked TIE corre.uoud-
ent.
Better than Yesterday" was the reply. I'VE
feel mere hopeful. The Presidents fever is sulsid-
ing and he is resting quietly. The doctors appear
much less auxioIsn
This evident, for all except one of them lcf,
The White House and did not return for scv-
eral hours and DR.. Agnew, who had in
tended to wait until 10 o'clock toni sht
before starting for Philadelphia changed
ms plans and concluded to 90 at $40 before the
evening examination and consultation As he en-
tered carriage to be driven to the rail
road station, after . o'clock This afternoon Dr
Agnew III response to an inquiry Gf Private Sccrc-
tary Brown respecting the Presidents condition
sad that the patient doing we'll, and LIE con-
veyed the impression that he regarded the case as q
hopeful one. After the operation this morning n
drainage tube inserted in the incsi"n and when
'ne wound was dressed this evening il was found
that pus was freely discharged through the new
opening.
AT Z O'clock the Presidents pulse was 1ol an
abatement OF IL since noon tho temperature had
fallen from 99.s to 80 %, and the respiration
frcm "a to %.
THE EVENING EXAMINATTON.
The result Of the examination this evening wos
regarded as exceedingly satisfactory bv the snr-
gcons ard their cheerfuiness ard hopefuiness made
an Immediate and marked impression upon every
body at the " hite House.
One OF the Presidents attendants in conversation
with a TRIBUNE correspondent this evening soid
THE doctors are immensely relieved The result
oi the operation has been all that tliey could have
hoped or desired. The President has experienced
no rig0rs to-day; he las rot suffered from hansen .
h. has slept good dodl he has taken a proper
amount of nourshnent. and his fever is abatiny
The wound Is discharg ng freely aud the discharge
Is healthy. There is no symptom whatever of
ryeInia, and the surgeons do appear to antici-
pate danger from that cause Altogether the doc-
tors feel greatly encouraged. and believe they feel
although they would probably not be willing To saw
so, that thus new crisis has been passed
NO SIGNS OF BLOoD- POISONING
Dr' heyourn declares that there symptoms