The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-08-21
LATEST TELEHRAMS.
SLOW PROGRESS.
But iG rs PrOgregs-A Better
Pulse and aG Improved
Stomach.
The Meek swelling is NOT
Liked.

The Neck swelling is no
Liked.
QUIET.
Washington, 20.-ExecutiVe Man
sion, las a.m.-Nothing has oc
Cured in the Presidents chamber
since night to indicate any material
change in his condition. At this
hour all is quiet in the vicinity OF
the sick room, and the patient is
resting quietly.
ENCOURAGED.
Executive Mansion, 7.45 am
Dr.. Bliss feels much encouraged al
the condition he finds his patient in
this morning. He reports him as
having passed a comfortable night,
sleeping considerably at intervals
About Z this morning his pulse
ranged at 96 and the temperature
was apparently about normal.
Executive Mansion, $50 a.m.-The
President has passed a quiet night,
and this morning his condition does
not differ materially from what it
was yesterday at the same hour.
The swelling of the parotid gland is
unchanged and is free from pain.
This morning his pulse is 9S, tenn
perature 9S.4, respiration Is.
(Signed) ID. W. BLISS,
J. X. BARNES,
j. j. WOODWARD,
ROBT. REYBURN,
d. H. AGNEW.
The President continues to i'm
prove slowly, and everything is
Favorable. 1t is worthy of notice
that the condition Of the patient this
morning, as shown by the $50
bulletin, was better, so far as the
pulse, temperature and respiration
are concerned, than at any CORES
ponding hour during the past eleven
days. On the 9th Of August the
patients pulse at the morning
examination was eS, temperature
99-S, respiration 10. Since that time
his pulse has never been below 100,
morning or evening, until to-day.
when it was again 9S, with tempe
nature and respiration correspond
ingly improved. 1t is hoped that
this fall Of pulse below 100, indi-
Gates a gradual return to the favor
able conditions which existed about
a week before the last operation.
Just before the morning dressing,
Bliss came into Private Secretary
Browns room. He said, in reply to
an inquiry regarding the President,
that he had passed very comfort
able night. He slept from half an
hour to an hour at time, and the
last twelve hours had shown con-
siderable improvement. During the
awakening hour, about l o'clock, an
enemata was administered, and
about 2 o'clock the patient took two
ounces of milk cruel. After that
he rested quietly until the doctors
arose. DR.. Bliss saw the President
for the first time during the night
after daylight. The conversation
with the surgeon was as follows:
Q.-How is the patient, doctor?
Ale has had good night.
Often / suppose he is better?
A.-Oh, yes. He shows improve
ment since yesterday. 1 saw him
only a few moments ago. He was
lying there as quietly as could be.
| took his pulse. 1t was about 90.
Q.-How was his respiration, doc
tor? At could not have been
more than 16, he was breathing so
easily and his skin was cool and
moist. His pulse was soft and
clear.
Q.-The pulse will become more
frequent after the morning dressing,
[ suppose? Ayes; possibly
three or four beats.
@. How is the parotid gland; does
it bother him much?
DIR. Bliss-Did you ever have the
mumps? RepOrter-Yes, sir.
Doctor-Then you know some
thing about how it troubles him.
He cannot open his mouth wide at
all times. He told me this morning
his mouth would not open but half
an inch.
els it still swollen? A.-The
swelling is not so much now, but
the soreness affects the muscles of
the jaw.
Q.-Does it not cause collection
of phlegm in the throat then? A
Oh, yes, but he clears his thrort so
loudly that he can be heard in the
next room. He told me just now
that he thought if he could vomit it
would clear the phlegm away. 1
told him it was not necessary. On
one occasion during the early morn
ing, one who happened to be in the
hall, way outside the door, near the
Presidents bed, distinctly heard the
President ask Col. Swain for his
handkerchief. When it was given
him he cleared his throat and wiped
his lips, and repeated the operation
several times.
CORRECTION.
During further conversation with
DR.. Bliss, he talked in regard to a
mistake which occurred in tele-
phone interview with him late last
night. Remarking about the use
Of q nourishment in connection
with the wound he said he
appears to have been understood
- CIV that tho dav-ii,Ia r,,ho.r