Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-08-29
LATEST AFTERNOON REPORTS.


e hands OF Secretary Blaine, to be issued
his af ernODn. Reports from the SICK room
Say there has been no hange iH the Presi
dents condition The doctors continue
the administering of stlmulants to prolong
life.
Noon Intercie,c fifth DR.. Bliss.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, Aug.
~, p. MIN an interview at noon, DIR. Bliss
responded to questions as follows:
What view do you take of the Presidents
condition?
think he is no better to-day than yester-
day, and when l say he is no better it is about
equivileHt to saying he is worse, because the
longer he goes IN this way without positive
repair, the less become bis chances of re-
covery,
Has he failed much this forenoon?
Not great deal since o'clock. His time
of greatest depression is early in the morn
ing. 1t was so yesterday morning and was
so again this morning. After that he rallied
a little and his pulse fuctuated during the
forenoon between ITO and lis.
Does he realize his condition?
l think he does, to certain extent. He has
inquired about his pulse and about the con-
ditIon of the infamed gland several times to-
day.
You do not think he has given up hope of
his own recovery?
don't think he has. He seemed more dis
couraged about himself this morning than
usual. think his Encouragement had some
thing to do with his physical depression. His
mind seemed for time to react unfaverably
on his body.
Did he ask you how he was?
Yes, and Mrs. Garfield, and l gave him re-
assuring replies, that seemed to brace him up.
and he soon afterwards rallied.
What is the condition of his mind to-day:
His mind is absolutely clear.
Better than yesterday?
Much better; he understands everything
that is said to him to-day, and is conscious OF
what goes on about him.
What is the appearance of the parotid gland
to-day?
It has not changed much.
Does in continue to discharge?
Yes, 1t discharges quite freely, I think,
through the ear. e..
Are any of the other glands of The body af-
fected?
No, and there is no suppuration except in
the wound and the gland no where else.
How does the wound look?
Not quite so well as heretofore. The gran
ulations were not perfect this morning as
they have hitherto been.
Has the character of the pus from the
wound changed?
Not materially. 1t perhaps indicates a
little more depletion of the system.
Has the slim chance of which you spoke
yesterday grown any narrower since them
Yes; think it has. He has less chance to-
day to recover than he had yesterday.
You still hope for recovery?
Yes; hope for 1t.
TO it?
My belief is that the resident cannot re-
cover. If it were not for the local trouble,
mean the condition of the parotid gland, he
might gain strength and make progress. but
don't see how the progress of repair can
begin or go On in presence of that compli-
cation.
If there should be no improvement, how
long should the patient probably hold out?
think he might live TIVE or three days.
don't think death will occur suddenly.
You say his mind to-day is absolutely clear.
Is it not probable his mental faculties will
fail before the end?
Yes, / presume death will be preceded by a
period of uncOnsciousness.
Have you advised Mrs. Garfield to send for
any other member of the family?
No, don't think that it is our place to
make that suggestion. Mrs. Garfield knows
. rfectiy well how The President is
Has any one been admitted to the room to
zee him yesterday or to-day, except the sur
seons and attendants?
No one, to my knowledge.
Ii death occurs will It's approach be recog-
niZable for any considerable time in advance?
l think that it will 1t is impossible to pre-
dict with certainty what course the case will
take, but l think it likely that if the worst
comes to the worst, the President will sink
gradually and that we shall have some hOnrs
warning of the coming of the end.
Conditions of the CRISIS of the Case.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, Aug.
27.-In the earlier stages of the Presidents
case while his vitality was still strong and
while the changes in his condition from better
to worse and from worse to better, correspond
with the ebb and flow of the surgical fever.
1t was noticeable that the low tide of physical
condition was in the evening and the high tide
of improvement in the early morning. The
febrile rise was then the most prominent fea-
ture of the case, and as this periodical in
crease of fever was largely due and caused by
disturbances, excitement, the heat,
and surgical manipulations of the day, it
reached its elimination in the evening. Dur
ing the night the absence of all exciting and
disturbing influences and the rest and refresh
ment of sleep, caused gradual improvement
in the patients symptoms and his condition
touched the most favorable point in the early
morning. Since, however, the manifestations
of fever have became of secondary importance
to the manifestations of exhaustion, the high
and low tides of condition. if theysbe so called,
have, so far as time is considered,
been exactly reversed. The patient now
has the worst hours IN the early morning and
the best hours in the afternoon and evening.
His system sinks during the night and rallies
in The early part of the day. This tagging
of all the Presidents energies in the morning
was especially noticeable to-day. His pulse
was high and feeble his meant condition
rather respondent and discouraging.
Most of the members of the cabiuet were
at the Executive mansion at an early hour and
the family did not leave after the appearance
of the morning bulletin, one of
many indications that both they and
the surgeons feel the gravest apprehensions.
The bulletin was of meagre and rather I'M
| satisfactory character, but it clearly indicated
a change for the worse, and. all information
obtainable unoficially from the surgeons was
fully in correspondence with it. Soon after
the morning examination, however, the pa
tient rallied slightly, the range of his pulse
became lower, faint improvement was
apparent in ITS tone, and before noon the
urgent alarm of the early morning began to
subside. About noon most of the cabinet
| officers left the Executive mansion, feeling
assured that even at the worst death was not
| imminent.
The Presidents condition at noon, as de.
scribed by several of the attending physicians
was substantially as follows: In the first place
| the exhaustion had become a very threatening
and dangerous feature of the case, The stO