Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-07-08
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3:45 PM.
THE PRESIDENT.
HOLDING HIS OWN.
FAVORABLE BULLETINS
FASTENED PULSE TO-DAY, |
HOW 1T is ACCOUNTED FOR.

EXECUTIVE MANSION. July s, S:15 a. m.-The
condition continues favorable; more comfort
able than on any previous morning. Pulse,
SO; temperature, 99.2. respiration, %. The
wound Is beginning to discharge laudable pus
The discharge OF pus is healthy sign. The
discharge noted In the above bulletin is what
the doctors call q ''laudable" pus. The Pres!-
dents appetite continues good. He was able
early this morning for the first time to tan hiua-
self. The next bulletin will be issued at one
pm.
1910 A.m.-Ce1Onel Rockwell Most
Hopeful.
Col. A. F. Rockwell at this hour, says: "The
President passed comfortable night. was
with him from one o'clock till daylight. He
slept well and was refreshed. do not see how
he could well be better six days after such a
shot as he received. think we are justified
now In feeling most hopeful"
1905 p. MAN Unfcunded Report.
The symptoms of the President at this hour
are as favorable as at the date of the last Of
fetal bulletin. The report that secondary
hemorrhage has set In is entirely without foua-
dation.
OFFICIAL BELLETIN-I2:3O P.W.
The Presidents Case Still Favorable
EXECUTIVE MANSION, 12:3o Pm.
The progress OF the Presldenes case con-
tinues to be favorable. Pulse, los; tempera-
ture. 1Ol4; respiration. "a.
(Signed.)
D. w. BLISS.
j. X. BARNES.
id. WOODWARD.
RoBr. REYBURN.
Unofficial Bulletin P.M.-The
Rise i'm Pulse and Temperature
Accounted For
The slight increase In the pulse and tempera-
ture OF the President since morning Is attrib-
uted by the attending surgeons to the heat OF
noon and to the process OF suppuratlon which
Is now going on In the wound, near the sur
face OF the body. This process, which is ac-
companied by slight discharge of pus, Is
entirely natural, and is an expected and
necessary result of the injury at this stage Of
the case.
DRESSING THE WOUND.
Between twelve and one o'clock today the
attending surgeons dressed the Presidents
wound. They made careful examination at
the time and agreed that 1t Is doing admirably.
All the Indications of the wound itself were re-
assuring, and added to the hope that is felt OF
final recovery.
DIR. Bliss said this afternoon that from now
on the Presidents wound would be dressed
twice day. Heretofore 1t has been dressed
but once. This additional dressing will be
given on account OF the appearance of the pus.
The discharge of matter from the wound so far
has been about twenty or thirty drops. It is
very healthy pus. It apparently comes from
near the mouth Of the wound. Ice Is always
used In dressing the wound.
3O'clOck-The Presidents Condition
Still Satisfactory.
At O'Clock this afternoon the Presidents
condition continues fully as satisfactory as at.
the last official bulletin. There is no indica-
ton OF either secondary Inflammation or blood
poisoning. The physicians continue to give
the most favorable reports as they come from
the sick room.
DR.. Reyburn was relieved this afternoon for
a few hours. The physicians take turn about
In getting rest and attending to their other
business. After to-day there Will be no appre.
hension OF the appearance of secondary In
f1ammation.
DR.. Reyburn Says There is Nothing
UnfavOrable i'm the Presidents
Condition.
Said DR.. Reyburn to THE STAR reporter: 'In
all wounds matter sloughs off from the course
pu hled by the ball. This causes discharge
froll the wound always. The great point is
Whether that discharge Is healthy or not. The
discharge from the Presidents wound is per.
fectJy healthy"
"Can 1t be said," suggested the reporter"
"that the President is out of danger?"
mo was the reply. But every day the danger
is less and the hope grows brighter and takes
a flrmer hold on our convictions. There is
nothing In the least unfavorable In the Presl-
dents condition"
The Report to the Consulting Ply.
SiCfanss
RECORD OF THE PRESIDENTS CoNnITION FOR
TWENTY HOURs-N0 MATERIAL CHANGE.
The following dispatch was sent by the
surgeons In charge to the two consulting s1r
geons
EXECUTIVE MANSION, July S, pm.
The Presidents condition has not changed
tSe since our tegram 60 you
troubled with acid eructations, and the admin
lstratlon OF nutrients was again suspended for
One.quarter Of a grain of morphia was ad.
ministered bypodermically at $50 p. m, and
1oaioWea Ts at cnce by tranquil sleep. TO.
soreness in the feet Tan and of Of pain al n In the
ankle Joint 80 that we were on the
free fIom pain that It was not given. After /
am. he passed the night TRANQUILITY, sleeping
composedly much OF the time. Atintervas since
that hour he has taken An ounce Of the albumen-
lied chicken broth alternating with an ounce OF
milk. to which teaspoonful OF very old and
excellent rum was added. All this has been
retained, as well as 1ve grains OF sulphats OF
guinia taken this morning at 8 O'Clock.
The yell0wish tiDge OF the skin men,
TONED in our last telegram has
sensibly diminiShed. When the antiseptic
dressing was renewed this morning, the wound
was found to be discharging small quantity
eof healthy lo0kin puS. The reaction accom-.
panyiDg the establishment Of suppurationis is as
might be expected, marked by q slight rise
OF Temperature and pulse as compared with the
corresponding hours Of yesterday. This
however, We do not regard as unfavorable
under the circumstances, ana should not
be surprised II It continued through
this afternoon and was repeated In
the afternoon and evening for several days
The record since our last telegram Is as follows:
Yesterday ct $50 pm, pulse, LOG. temperature
1909 respiration, % This morning, at S:3Oa m,
pulse. So; temperature, % 90; respiration, q.
At pm. It u pulse, los; temperature, 10l.4o;
respiration, "a
d. w. BLIaS, j. K. BARNES.
J. ]. WOODWARD. RoBT. KsYBUaN.