Daily Republican., 1881-08-01
EVENING REPORT.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, I p. M.-The
President has passed an excellent day.
From inst after the morning dressing
till about & p. NJ. he has had his head
and shoulders elevated by frame be.
meath the mattress; he has taken and
relished in ample supply Of nourish-
ment and continues to improve in gem
oral condition. The appearance of the
wound at the evening dressing was IN
every way satisfactory. Tho afternoon
rise of temperature has been quite in
significant. At present hispulse is lO4;
temperature, SO; respiration, ~.
ID. w. BLISS.
j. X. BARNES,
j. j. WOODWARD,
ROBERT REYBURN,
ID. HAYES AGNEw.
TO MINISTER LOWELL.
WAsHINGroN, ID. G. July 3l.-Sec-
retarv Blaine sent the following tele-
rram to Minister Lowell tonight:
Washington, II p. NJ. TO Lowell,
Minister, London.-The President is
steadily improving, and | shall omit
nv daily telegram. Not hearing from
me YOU may infer that all goes well.
| tSlpHclJ bLNlNTj o'eiSotiJ'
EXECUTIVE MANSION, Ills p. NJ
The day at the White House has passed
very quietly, the reports from the SICK
room being without exception OF very
favorable character. DIR. Bliss, IN con
versation tonight on the Presidents 3
condition. when asked how he account
ed for the regularity of the pulse every
evening, said that was simply the result
of ,he surgical fever. 'lt is u mistaken
ideo." he added 'to suppose that all
surgical fevers are continuous, instanc-
ing Immediately thereafter number OF
cases that have been in his charge Tor
the assertion.
Since the issuance of the Z O'Clock
bulletin, the Presidents pulse, the doc.
ror said had fallen about ten beats, and
lis. at this hour, about "a, with ii temper
ia,ure about normal The normal pulse
of President Garfield was a subject of
discussion by the surgeons to day, and
it was concluded that 1t was about
eighty beats.
DR.. Bliss said that if the President
continues to improve for the next two
weeks proportionately with his improve
|
reason why he will not he able to SIT up
during the third week or probably SOON
er.
During the course of further conver-
sation, the Doctors explained at length
the manner in which the dressings OF
the wound are made and the part taken
therein by each of the attending 'ur-
peons. lie said one surgeon (Dr. Rey-
burn) always takes the Temperatures
|auother (Dr. Woodward) prepares the
liquids for cleaning the wound, keeping
them at blood heat, and tie other two
(Drs. Bliss and Barnes) dress tn
wound" "Everything has been done
conscientiously," said the Doctor, "tc
rive the exact condition of the patient
at the time of the examination whether
it be favor .ble or untavorable.' AS ar
, instance Of this, he referred to the fact
that oftentimes when the evening ex-
animation is made the fever will bt
found at its height, aud perhaps ilnme'
diately afterwards it will have almost
, entirely disappeared, but the condition
at the moment of examination he said
is invariably taken for the bulletins
} The fever, although it may be variable
the doctor said, always makes its ap
pearance sooner or later.
In referring to the probable location
of the bullet, DR.. Bliss explained in de-
: tail the experiment by means OF the ln-
: duction balance which occurred at the
dressing of the wound yesterday. lie
: said, although the apparatus was after
/ wards discovered to be out of adjust
ment, it indicated at one time that the
, ball lies in the from, wall OF the abdo'
, men. about five inches below, and t. the
right of the navel, and lust over the
/, Groin, precisely where the attending
surgeons have always maintained that
: it had lodged.
Another experiment will be made by
Prof. Bell, tomorrow morning with an
improved apparatus, which 1t ls claimec
j will detect a bullet at depth OF five in.
ches from the surface of the body. Dr.
3 Bliss is of the opinion that this expert
5 ment will result in fixing definitely the
+ exact location of the ball.
: In response to an inquiry asto wheth'
/; er the BALL if it should be found 10 Dt
in the front wall of the abdomen, woult
he likely to cause the President any serl
ous ANNOYANCE, the doctor said that un'
less it had carried some bone with 1t
. in which event an abscess might torn
y there was no reason to fear any trou-
| blesome complica ION from it..
The President during the DAY
has taken about % ounces OF hqulc
| nourishment and about four ounces o
solid food, including mutton chops ant
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