New-York tribune., 1881-09-14
REGENERATION AGAIN FAIRLY BEGUN

UNDER FAVoRABLE CIRCUMSTANCES on THE ROAD
10 RECovERY-DR. BLISS SPEAKS FREELY AND
GIVES ENCOURAGING ACCOUNTS OF THE PA
TENTS CONDITIONAL CRISIS REACHED on sun
DAY.
Long BRANCH, n j., Sept 13.-Whether or not
the patients progress to-day can be prooerv atrib
uted to the fine weather, 1t be said with GER
tainty that he has made good progress and started
again under favorable circumstances on the road to
recovery. The reports from tn sick-room through
out the entire day have been the most rcassurng
character and the fact that the surgeons and attend
ants are all III the best of spirits tends to confirm the
idea that recuperation has agan fairly begun; and
with the present to Judge FROM there can be abso-
lutely nothing unfavorable said. In fact the official
bulletins issued to-day tell the whole story
Dr. Bliss tonight gave detailed description Of
the Presidents present condition. He answered all
interrogatories and in a perfectly calm and
peaceful frame of mind which, of itself, is sufficient
proof that the patient is doing well.
1he doctor began with the statement that good
progress had been made to-day, and spoke substan-
tally as follows:
The glandular affection is practically well and no
further trouble Will arise from it.. The wound is in
splendid condition, the locality where the ball
entered the body down to the point where the in
cision was made being nicely healed. Granulston
along the track of the wound is going on fndlv.
The cleansing cathetcr entered to-day about the
same depth as it did yester!ay-about nine inches
and it was plainly felt TO strike against solid sub
stance at the end of that distance. The bali ia no
doubt thoroughly encysted and no apprehension
Whatever IS felt about il.
The doctor addei "Were it definitely known cx
actly where the ball les and if it was not half
inch from the surface and could be readily removed
We should think of cutting for it at this time The
lung affection is the only prominent and in fact
the only uniavorable, symptom in the Presidents
case to-day and that has passed the crisis and is now
mending slowly, hutapparenty surely" The doctor
detailed the circumstances surrounding this compli-
cation and referred to the knowledge of the attend
nlg surgeons that 1t had been gradually developing
for from two TO three weeks. He said: we Knew
that it would reach crisis, and that crlss came on
Sunday last On that day there is doubt the
symptoms oelng 50 pronounced that the fears enter
tanned that they would result in pulmonary alb
sccss were warranted bat fortunately the trouble
passed over satisfactorily and the complication has
oern r getting better, though slowly, ever since"
Ihe depression caused by the crisis of SUNDAY pre-
vented any gain by the patient on that day but
80 heretofore maintained the President lost no
ground. The febrile rise came on quite late last
NOT entirely worn Off until after the morning dress
ing occurred; consequently it was the cause of the
the morning bulletin. The temperature has
been been gradually decreasing during the
only about twO-tenths Of a degree above normal
with the exception of the first forty hours after his
fuSivc To those constantly with the patient that
ne has made a daily gain ever since he reached
ilallitOn SAID upon seeing HIM
he hrst time after his return, that he noticed some
Improvement, ana this was after the patient had
experienced The disturbances caused by the lnng
trouble Sunday. e
=, ne doctor gave an explanation of the position
M fIAen 3y him. that the President is convalescent
ne sle sahn that some persons may draw the line at "a
pe1hI dlierent from that drawn by him. but his idea
- eonyalescenceis in substance that when patient
5as passed successfully through such dangerous con-
ulu0ns as President Garfield has, without serious
en rs and aiterward repaired With every indica-
fon hat the repair would be continued, he called it
oonraiescence. Some people, said he, "mlCht
prefer 70 wait until the President is walking arotnd
peioIe they admit that he is convalescing but do
cent" ~ ~ " "" 0oiiF"i
he doctor emphatically asserted that there ore
~ present NO evidences Of blood-posoning, " III he