, 1881-08-10

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ychlerlay. pr. Agnow told Secretary lsla,ns last
night tf1at during Tomorrow he looked for a
hfgh pulse and temporaturo; that aftur to-mor.
row ho cxpooto,l a marked Improvement In tho
Presidents condition. That ho Inns falth In Ills
Improvement is evncotl hy tho fnct that he left
at2o'cock this uflGrnoon for Philadelphia. !.
Ut. hamilton. who IL now III New York, wItl
not return until Thursday.
Throughout tho city to.ilay thoro was cof,sld-
erabie apprehension. Tl,cte was feeling that
tho doctors wore concoating bomo at tho worst
Textures OF tho case. nr. Hepburn 4ald
NOTHING WAS CONCEALED rnoM THE pUii-
Liz,
mud that tho bulletins represented tho actual
atHtc of tho case. thcru being no desire u elther
rose. color or insrepresunt tho facts. About 2
o'clock this afternoon tho President fell Into
secop which seemed peaceful. llomaao ITO com.
plnlnt during tho day. and bears ILLS lntllctlon
With true hcroisin.
III. ltcyb,irn said this afternoon: 1.-THE wound
- now dlsohnrglng through tho new inelston
without tho Use Of Drainage tu1o. The N,s
sceins to cuu,o tip from thu wound, md IL OF
mot healthy character. VIC use lint to keep
tho wound open, ind, indeed, The condition is
now 10 favorable That Dr.. Agnow, tho consult
Ing physician, thinks ho will 70 home this after
noun.t'
Al o'clock this afternoon Drs. ncyburn and
Bliss wcro still Un stuty at tho White iIotlee,
an0 they rotnn!ncd Until Rtc tonight. Thpy
said tho President was as cheerful a. cDuId bs,
expected under tho c!rcrtnatanees. Tho fact
tint tho now operation made yesterday allow
Ing tho ptis to be discharged without tho use 0t
drainage tubo Is considered by some physl-
cians aa good cvldcnco that there will be
NO FURTHER USE FoH THE KNIFE.
Tho nnfavoFabin symptoms OF to-day In high
pulse and temperature arc attributed entirely
to the operation Of yesterday. 1t may 10
Thursdny before tho President fully rng,!cs from
It, but that 10 Will rally all tho phyacians unnii.
lmous1y declare. and Of all persons thoy ought
to know at 10 o'clock fortnight Western AS
ISOLATED Press ngent had n talk with Dr.. l}lss
nbotit tic rresidcnt. lie said that the President
was thon slcepfng. and that tho surgeons wcrc
60 far entirely sutis1cd With tho effects OF ycs-
torday's operation. lie saId
"1'ho amount OF the discharge is liberal for tho
extent nj tho socrotinK surface. Thor1 ls not
much secretion. All tho pus thora IL colnes out
now. Of course thoro IL somo swelling yet
where tho now tncislon wus nude, and the parts
nre very sore. This causes irritation, md tho
fever Of tho wound Is adled to by tho fcver
produced by tho cutting and tho Irritation rot
existing. That cut produces some fever ncccs-
Aartly, Tnko well nun and make that incision
in him, aud
FEVER WILL FOLLOW.
Tho swelling Of tho parts at tho opening Of tho
tnclsfon tends to close it; thoy bear together
Tho parts are 30 sore that tho simple putting In
and removing Of cotton is painful. The prcsi-
dent has picked upa good deal lately ills feat
urcB look better: that plnched expression he had
bus entirely disappeared, and while ho has fallen
OF Rood deal. thnk he hns lost ntl tho fat he
will lose. Everything now points to bis rccov-
cry, and wo do not feel apprehcnsvc about hius.
Ily Tomorrow tho Inflammation caused by tho
inclst1n will subsljo, and hFs fever will rcecJc.
DR.. Agncw, when he left today, felt that tho
President was gottlns along all right. Ifo went
away feeling that ho was 1ustltled by tho rrcst.
dents condition in tcavfng tho case. This late
trouble has tlot been n rolupsc. 1t was partial
obstruction to tho discharge Of plla. which has
barn relieved By tho tnclson. You cansny that
tho President ia getting along ilncly, and VIC con-
ttleatly cxpoct his recovery"
Tho President went to sleep Tonight Without
mosphia.
AT MIDNIGHT.
{ Tho President hns hal moro comfortable
and qutot .lay than would be thought compatible
with state Of continuous fever. lia has taken
mure nourlshment than yesterday, and oxpcsl-
cpcel no rccurreuco Of tho distressing nausea
which affected his febrilo system yesterday
afternoon. THO new inotsiou IL ati'l very scnal-
tive to the touch, and even tho. laying OF pteco
Of lut saturated With carboltzod oil on
tho raw Aesh cauaes pain. 1t Is tu this
sensitive condition Of tho wound TINT
tho continuous feyoris attributed. The Sides OF
tho inetsiou, however will grow lees sentative as
they become covered with NATURAL sccretfona
which follow IN injury Of this kind, and by to-
morrow Or next duy tic now wound will be little
more sensitive than tho old. In tho meantime
Drainage tubes arc dispensed with, anu the
mouth OF tho tncaton Ia R!tnplg kept open With
littlo lint and absorbent cotton, which nro re-
moved NJ they become saturute1 With the dis
charge.
THE QUANTITY OF rus OBTAINED TODAY
WIS not greAt, but 1t was apparently all tho
wound contained. Tho track WAS thoroughly
cleared. and whnt irritation thero is now from
tho wound must bo attributed 10 the fresh tt1-
c!son and not to retention Ut anything which
ought to como out. Tho old wound made by tho
bullet has pntIrnly healed, and ita mouth IL paF-
italy covered with nowly- formed akin. Tho In
tenBEty of fever today was about tho saule as
yesterday. Tho patients pulse rosu to 19a ut
noon, to 100 Mt 9 p. n., md tho temperature
from oa.7 to 1o1.o. Shortly utter tho evening cx-
animation the fever begnn to abato, as It did
last night, and ut this hour tho pulse ia bclnw
100 and tho temperature has correapoudiugly
decreased. As tho pationt bus
SLEPT MOST OF TIE EVENING,
It Is not possible to hold thermometer under
Ills arm for ten minutes Without seriously Ills.
turblnE him. Tho exact temperature bus not
been taken since Z, but 1t Ia thought to 10 below
100. It IL now tlve dayA sinc0 tho last hypoder-
milo Injection Of morphla wna siven, but tho pa
tlent seems to havo no tlilaoulty In getting
good uIyht's rest without 1t. Ho' ls now sIecI,-
Ing aoundiy, and will have better hight. tho
surgeons think. than last night. prs. ll!Iss and
Hepburn 10th report him doing extremely we'll,
and U decided ehanRo for tho butter Will 1e Ap.