The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-08-04
The Presidential Patient.
WASHINGTON.

The recent unfavorable symptoms in
the presidents case, caused nearly as
much excitement and anxiety as when
the news first came of the shooting.
Although not sinking as low, nor being
given up by the physicians, as was the
case at first, yet the condition of the
patient was such rs to cause attending
physicians great alarm, so much so IS
to telegraph for the immediate coming
of the consulting surgeons, DR.. Hamil-
ton of New York, and DR.. Agnew Of
Philadelphia. Special trains were fur
nished these men, who fastened to the
white house with all possible speed.
The cause of alarm was the sudden ap.
pearance in the patient of what the
doctors term rigor, attended with chills,
and the almost complete stoppage of
flow from the wound. 1t was decided
that an abscess which had formed be-
low the opening of the wound and
about two inches from the surface of
the skin, must be opened, and the
trained hand of DR.. Agnew guided the
lance to the proper place. The president
experienced immediate relief, and since
that time has continued to improve, as
the following bulletins will show.
BULLETIN.
[Oficial]
EXECUTIVE MANSION, July 26-7 p.
m.-The president has done we'll dur
ing the day. At the dressing of the
wound, after the morning bulletin was
issued, displaced speculum Of the
broken rib about half an inch long
was removed. The track of the wound
at this point was dilated, and large
drainage tube was inserted for the
purpose of facilitating the discharge
of pus. Since that time he has
had several quiet maps, and
has taken more nourishment than ON
some of the last few days with gas
trio irritation. and when the wound
was dressed this evening, the discharge
of healthy pus was satisfactorily
abundant. At noon his pulse was 106,
temperature, 96.4; respiration, 19. At
7 D. m. his pulse was 104; temperature,
1907: respiration, 81.
Signed, D. H. AGNEw
-. ". BLISS,
J. K. BARNES,
j. j. WOODWARD,
RoBr. REYBURN
WASHINGTON, July 27.-The follow
ing was sent tonight, by the secretary
of state:
To Minister Lowell, at Lo,,don
At II p. ln., the presidents doctors,
gave most encouraging reports of his
condition. There is conspicuous i'm
provement in his digestion and restful-
ness fhis sleep. We are by no means
relieved from anxiety, but are growing
more hopeful.
Signed, JAMES G. BLAINE, Sec.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, July PA
marked improvement in the presi-
dents condition, which began to be ap-
parent yesterday, has continued stead.
ily throughout the day, and in the
judgment of the attending surgeons, he
has fully recovered the ground lost by
the recent relapse. He has taken more
nourishment to-day, than in any
equivalent time since Friday last, and
has several times expressed himself, as
feeling much better.
The entire absence of the usual febrile
rise this afternoon, is regarded as very
encouraging feature of the case. For
the first time in more than three weeks
the patients temperature at the even
ing examination was today normal.
There has been no further exploration
Of the wound in search of fragments of
bone, and no indication of the exist
ence of such fragments or of obstruc-
ton.
EXECUTIVE MANSION
WAsHlNaToN, July 2S-l:3O a. IN.
A slight febrlle rise which first be.
came noticeable about 5 o'clock this
afternoon reached maximum. At
the evening examination when the
presidents pulse stood at 1O4; tempera-
ture 1865; and soon after that time
both pulse and temperature be-
gan to fall, and at the present hour his
fever has nearly disappeared, and
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