Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-09-03
HE MUST BE Moved"
DR.. HAMILTON VISITS THE
FLATS.
"EnoUgh TO Kill a Well Mani
The President Gaining but Little
anxious 10 Get AWaT-A DecIs-
ion Likely 20 be Reached Soon.

HEnOugh TO Kill q Well Mani
The President Gaining but Little
Anxious 10 Get AWaT-A DecIs-
ion Likely 10 be Reached Soon.
WASHINGTON, Sepsember 2.-The most
which can fairly be said with regard 70 the
Presidents case to day is that the patient
still holds ali the ground which he gsised
earlier In the week, and that his symptoms
tonight are favorable. HIS pulse Las been
lower and steadier today thar Yesterday and
/ in The opinion OF his attendants he has rel
/ ished his food better than any time hereto
fore. But as far as the main fsstures Of the
case are concerned there has been little II
/ any change he is siin very weak. and IN
. the opinion Of the maj jority OF the surgeons
+ Is rot gaining much strength. The parotid
swelling continues 10 suprurate
freely, bus has rot begun to
zeal, aud the wound remains
practically in the same condition in which
it was three or four days ago. OF course
tie fact that the glsudulsr complication
has nearly disappeared, while the PATIENTS
+ general condition has Seen fairy main
! tai9ed, may be said, IN q certain sense, to
/ be positive gain, since one Ot obstacles in
I the Wsy Of cOuvslesceI ce has thus been
removed. Bot this is rot equivalent to
saying that coLyaiescence has actually
begun.
Colonel Rockwell, who has been with
the President for several weeks, almost
constantly, said this afternoon that
while the Improvement IN the lat
ter's condition from day to day is 80
slight as TO be hardly appreciable, II be-
comes very apparent if comparisons be
made az longer Intervals Of time. ''The pa
tient" T" he continued, 'is not noticesbly
stronger, for example, to-day than he was
yesterday, but when l remember how he
appeared on last Monday OF Tuesday, and
compare his condition then with his COnGi-
tion now, see that he has fully gained q
good dealn
DR.. Reyburn said to a representative Of
the Associated Press to hight that the Presi
dent RECEIVERS strength very slO Wy, although
bis symptoms generally show improvement.
The swollen gland is in much better cOndi-
tiOn than ever before and has practically,
I ceased to be dangerous feature
Of the case. But it may not entirely heal
/ for some time. The swelling still discharges
freely and IS diminishing daily in siz3.
F The spontaneous opening into the mouth
/ hss caused no trouble, and the water with
which the swelling was cleaDsed today did
not find its Wsy through It,. as heretofore.
The opening is probably a small one in the
cellular tissue and does not involve the duct.
Upon being questioned with regard to the
patients wound, DR.. Rayburn said: ''The
wound has not percep tibly changed in ap
/ pearaEce. We can hardly expect gTanuls-
tiOn TO 60 on it very rsp.dlY until the
gl2ndulaT swelling is disposed Of. Where
there are two suppuraiing wounds ia the
PATIENTS body, that OUe always progresses
tue mos rapidly and heals first which
I is nearest to the heart or TO the
great trunk arteries. because it is
I best supplied with blood. Until the glsu-
/ dular swelling begins TO heal we can hardly
expect very much change in the wound.
We have lot been able to discover any it
dica.iOns that the bail is doing any harm.
/ We should be glad, II Il were out Of the
tOdY, but we see no reason Sc yet to sntici-
pate trouble from it. An abscess could not
form around It without the fact becoming
Immediately apparent
In reply 20 questions with regard to the
ss.sssssS,a - or tue TEcsIurnt III. y
burn said: at would not be proper for me
to express any opinion at present as to the
date and manner OF the removal, which we
all agree is so desirable. We have talked
the subject over Informally, but we have
had no regular consultation and have
arrived at no decision. Ny judgment is
that the patient ought TO get little more
strength before he IS moved, but at the same
time he should be moved a. the earliest
possible moment"
DIR. BOYNToS's VIEWS.
M-Ia conversation with represen-
tative Of the Associated Press this evening,
Dr.. BOynton said "that the President had
been better to day than at any time since
his relapse, bat, while he was doing very
well, there could not be said to be any
marked gain. He is holding his own. The
HI, l. ~
wOuud remsins about the same"
Chow is the discharge from the Wound?"
was then asked.
''The discharge" replied the doctor, ''is
not very free. In fact, there is but little
pus coming from the wound now"
"That is not & very coed indication,
is It's"
''No It is not"
eff the ball is not encysting, doctor, as
would appear from the bulletins, won't
there be danger Of granulatiOn commencing
along the track OF the wound fn such
manner as to leave a space between the
grsnulation and the ball ~
eyes, granulatiOn might set in ct any
point"
"Should the wound commence healing
in the centre, for instance, would there, in
your opinion, be any danger Of the fOrma-
tiOn Of another pus cavity ~
DR.. BoyntOn, IN response to this inquiry,
said that he did not think that the move
ment of the ball, If 1t Is moving, necessarily
created the formation Of pus. and that 1t
appeared to be the general opinion of the
attending surgeons that the healing had
commenced from below, that owing thereto
the cleansing catheter did not enter to so
great depth row as heretofore. He knew
Of instances where balls had moved without
csuing inf fimmation.
The doctor was then asked what he
/
from the White House.
81 think" said he, ''that the President
has received all the benefit he will receive
from this climate, and his removal is GER
tainlY very desirable"
HAS anything been said to him recently
about his Contemplated removsl?''
Eyes; / spoke to him about &c to daY, and
asked him il he thought that the rumble of
8 passing train Of cars would affect him,
and he replied that he was sure It would
not, as he had been used to travelling all his
life"
(which do you think the most desirable
manner Of removal, doctor, by rail- or by
wateTf'
"By rail then, IL 1t should be desired. The
patients car might be laid over at any
I point along the route. 1t would be in the
I country and the afr would be pure"
The doctor, during further conversation,
I admitted that he did not think It WOuld be
& wise to take the patient on the water, inas-
much as the risk OF encountering storms or
hard blows would have to be run, which
would be avoided by rail.
BATTING sTKwED SQUIRREL.
Gen. Swain, in q conversation with a re-
porter Of the Associated Press this evening,
said that the President has had . very good
day, and in his judgment is certainly i'm
proving. He has swallowed bis food with
more apparent relish than at anV time be-
fore in several weeks. he had quite large
plate OF soup this afternoon, and subse-
quently some stewed squirrel, for which he
expressed . desire, He ase It with great
apparent enjoyment, saying that he liked
the game favor, and he even swal
lowed little OF the fibre. In reply to ques-
tions in regard to the proposed removal
Of the President, Gen. Swain said: "He
wants to get away from the place where he
has been sick so long, as all convsleseents
do, and we are, of course, very anxious that
be should get away. He will not, however,
be moved while there is any danger that his
removal would be Injurious. The
surgeons have not decided where or
how It will be best to take him.
but I think II Is likely he
viii 90 TO Long Branch by rail. His own
preference was for Mentor, but upon being
told that he could hardly endure so long a
journey at present, he accepted the dissp-
pointment philosOphicslly, and said his
second choice was Long Branch, and that
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