The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-09-03
DIR. B%orNroN's VIEWS OF the CASE.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, s Z. Mn eonver.
sation win n Representative OF the Asso-
ciaied Press this evening DR.. Boynton said
that the President bad been better to-day
than at any time since his relapse; but
while he was doing quite well there could
not be said to be any marked gain.
ain short" continued the Doctor, be
is holding his own. The %glaudular swell.
ing is disappearing and the wound remaios
about the same"
.'How is the discharge from the woundi"
was then asked.
"The discharge" replied the Doctor,
els not very free. In fact, there Is but
little pus coming from the wound now"
"That is not a very good indication, is
it,"
mo; It i. not"
"Ii the ball l. not encysting, Doctor, as
would appear from the bulletins, won't
there be danger Of grsnulation commencing
along the track Of the wound IN such 3
manner as TO leave a space between the
graduation and the ball?"
"Yes; the g%ranulation might set in at
shy point"
Should the wound healing
in the centre, for instance, would there, in
your opinion, be any danger OF tde foTma-
ton OF another pus cavity :"
DR.. BOyntoD, 10 response to TINS inquiry,
said that he did not think that the move
ment Of the bali, as 1t Is moving, necessarily
created the formation Of pus. and that 1t
appeared to be the general opinion OF the
attending surgeons that healing bad com
mcnced from the bail, and that owing
thereto the cleansing catheter DID not enter
TO so great a depth now as heretofore. he
knew Of instances where balls bad moved
without causing Inflammation. The Doc
tor was then asked what be thought about
the removal OF the President from the White
House.
II think" said be, "tbat the President
has received all The benefit be will receive
from this climate, aud his removal is GER
.tsinly very desirable"
"Has anything been said 10 bin recently
about the contemplated remoYal!"
"sYes; | spoke to bin about il today,
and asked him il be thought that the rum
bic Of a passing train OF cars would affect
him, and he replied that he was sure it
would not, as be had been used 10 travelling
all bis life."
(Which do you think thc most desirable
manner Of removal, Doctor, by rail or by
water ="
mBy rail. Then If It should be desired
the patients ear might lie lard over at any
point along the route. II would be in the
country and the air would be pure."
The Doctor, during further conversation,
admitted that be did not think It would not
be wise 10 take the patient on the water,
inasmuch as the risk Of encOuntering storms
or hard blows would have 10 be run, which
would be avoided by rail.
The Days Review.
ALI THs PRESIDENTS ATTENDANTS BELIEVE
He Is DOING VERY WELL.
WASHINGTON, September 2.-Tbe most
" hich can fairly be said With regard TO the
Presidents ease to-day is that the patient
still holds all The ground which he gained
earlier IN The week, and that the symptoms
to. night are favorable. His pulse has been
lower and Steadier to-day than yesterday,
and 10 the opinion Of his attendants he has
felished his food better than at any time
heretofore ; but as far as The main lea
lures Of The case are concerned there
has been little il any change. lie
is still very weak, and IN the opln-
ion OF a msiOrlty OF the surgeons Is not
gaining much strength. The parolld
swelling continues TO suppurAte and as
charge freely, bat has not begun to heal,
and the wound remains practically III tue
same condition in which II was three or
four DAYS ago. OF course the fact that a
glsndniar complication has nearly disap-
peared, while the PATIENTS general condi-
ton has been fully maintained, may be said,
10 a certain seuse, 10 be a positive gain since
one of the obstacles in the way OF conva-
l~escenee has thus been removed; but this
Is not equivalent 10 saying that GONZALES
cence has actually begun.
Colonel Rock we'll, who has been with the
President for several weeks almost con-
SANITY, said this afternoon that While the
Improvement in the latler's condition from
day to day Is so slight as 10 be hardly ap-
preciable, it becomes very apparent II com
parsons be made at longer Intervals OF time.
asThe patient" he continued, "is not mo-
ticeably stronger, for example, to-day than
he was Yesterday; but when l remember
how be appeared last Monday or Tuesday
and compare his condition then with hi'
condition now, | see that he has really gam
ed a good deal"
DIR. Reyburn said to q representative oil
.he Associated Press tonight: "Tht
/, President RECEIVERS strength very slowly
although his symptoms generally show ii
proyeMenL The swollen glanG u ~