The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-08-27

Chicago, Z6.-lnter- Oceans Wash
lngton: The evening bulletin is
very unsatisfactory in that it gives
no information. Drs. Hamilton ana
Bliss. who have just left the White
House, said the patients condition
a d 80 was just a shade better. The
pulse and temperature had both
fallen slightly. No information re-
gardIng the wound or swelling is
now obtainable.
Ne1OS' Washington Notwith-
standing the unfavOrable aspect in
the Presidents case, the city is re-
mArkably quiet. For week there
h IS been settled feeling of despair.
No crowd has gathered about the
White House gates as at the former
crisis. The day bids fair to be one
Of terrible anxiety. The impression
is that there must be a change for
The better to-day, or the worst con-
sequences must ensue. All cOndi-
tiOns now demonstrate the effects
Of blood poison, and decided reac-
LiOn is the only hope. The secretion
of pus always creates severe cOnSti-
tutional disturbances of the brain.
The abrocatiOD Of the President
yesterday and last night shows
the working of the viii
ated blood. The question now
is whether this can be
overcome 1t will be a miracle if it
can, and it is the only hope. The
patient may retain adequate nour-
lshment to sustain him while the
blood poison is being eliminated.
How long that may take no one can
tell. The chances are against this
hope. Physicians, however, say it
is within the possibilities, but the
reaction must come soon. The Pres
i6ent was very restless during the
early part of the uight, and when he
did sleep it was for a few moments
only. He made no effort to
talk. All the members of the fam
| lily kept tn If rooms during
the night except Mrs. Garfield. She
did not undreSS but lay down en- the
outside of the bed. Soon after !
o'clock she heard the doctors NOV
ing about and went into the sick
room with them. They found ii
necessary to administer nOuriSh,
ment and soon retired. Mrs. Gar
field remainfd by the bedside until
The President fell asleep and then
returned t. her rooms. General
Swain relieved Mrs DR.. Edison a 8
o'clock, and daylight found that
Mrs. Garfield shared his vigil. She
looked pale but as resOlute as ever
and remarked to a member Of the
family who asked her how the Pre-
ident was: HE seems no worse.
Official b ,lletin, No. 3.-EXecu
tive Mansion, 1880 p. NAT the
mornings dressing of the President;
wounds it was observed that pus
from the par, It'd swelling had
found its way spontaneously
into his right ear through
which it was d;scharsing
Some pus was also discharging
through the incis on made into the
swelling. His wound looks as well
rs it has done for some time past
His pdlSe and temperature, at pres
ent are higher than at the CORES
pOning hour fOr some days. He
continues to take. by mouth the
liquid food prescribed. Neverthe-
less, we regard his condition as
critical. Pulse lis, temperature ""
respiration IS. Signed by the ply
sicianS.
The noon bulletin rather alarmed
than relieved the intense anxiety
which prevails at the executive
Mansion. The discharge of pus from
the infamed parOtid gland through
the ear, which was regarded this
morning asa favorable charge, and
one likely 10 afford relief, has not
thus far answered expectations.
The symptoms of the patient con-
tinue urgent and alarming, and he
SeeT S to be gradually sinking
Executive MansiOn-Dr. Reyburn,
Just before the appearance Of the
evening bulletin, said,in his opinion.
the patient had not lost any ground
since t middle Of the afte noon.
1t was feared, he said, at one time
to-day, that the whole parOted gland
would slough off in a Suppuratirg
mass, and if this should occur, the
shock TO the patients system would
almost certainly be fatal. Later in
the afternoon, However, the appear
ance of the gland was more reassur-
ing and gave ground for the hope
that suppuration would be con-
fined within the limits of
a simple although bad abscess.
The doctor said he could not yet
bring himself to believe the Presi-
dent would die, although he appre-
ciated fully the gravity of the stu
alton. The vitality of the patient
has been very low and it was ques-
tiOnable whether he could hold out
much longer against the depressing
influence of the supperating gland.
Nevertheless, if they could tide
him over two or three days, and get
the glandular complication under
control, he would still stand fair
chance of recovery. Speaking of
the Presidents general symptoms,
ReybUrH said the President should
he a little Quieter and has shown 10
further signs of fatal disturbance
He has continued to take food salts
factOTily and slept a good deal IL
short maps. In other respects his
General condition seems - re Un-
changed.
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