New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-07-08
poor practice to attempt to probe for it determine
where 1t is until the patient gets comparatively
we'll. What is needed now above all things is quiet"

poor practice to attempt to probe for it determine
where 1t is until the patient gets comparatively
WE'LL What is needed now above all things is quiet
THE APPEARANCE OF JAUNDICE.
Is the appearance of jaundice an unfavorable
symptom 7" was asked
1t is nothing more than was to be expected from
any wound of the liver 1t is not to be interpreted
as backward step at ALL Probably the chances
are now about even for recovery. People generally
when they get an idea that person can be saved,
jump to the quick conclusion that he is already
saved. Unfortunately the conclusion is not yet
warranted in the Presidents case because there are
great liabilities and dangers ahead"
Speaking of his visit to the President, DR.. Boynton
said: " He inquired my opinion about him. and
gave him good deal of encOura cement He asked
me in regard to the rapdty of his recovery, saying
he supposed it would be very slow. replied that
it would be slow for certain length of time. after
which he might reasonably hope to gain strength
rapidly"
a. find Mrs. Garfield" continued DR.. Boynton
much stronger and better than l expected. I
feared the effect of her husbands condition might
be a relapse of her own trouble. She is holding up
nObly under it ALL"
DANGERS STILL TO BE APPREHENDED.
VIEWS OF DIR. BLISS, AS GIVEN TO THE PRESIDENTS
FAMILY PHYsICIAN-COURsE BULLET
STRONG GROUNDS FOR HOPE.
(GENERAL PRESS DIsPATCH]
WASHINGTON, July I'm a conversation this af-
ternoOn with DR.. BOynton, the Presidents family
physician, Dr. Bliss expressed the opinion that the
Presidents chance of recovery now considerably
better than ever The danger of pcritOniis. he sad
was rapidly passing away. and although it might
Still occur its occurrence had become improbable.
The only accidents to be apprehendcd, he
said, and the only ones likely to terminate fatally
were secondary hemorrhage and pyGinia or blood
poisoning Secondary hemorrhago might at
any time up to the seventh day, but account of
the course which the ball took and the place where
it is supposed to lie the danger of secondary hem
orrhage was not, in DR.. Bliss's opinion, a serious
one. Pyemia. or blood poisoning. was the accident
most to be feared and of that there was not vet he
said, the slightest indication. An absccss also
might form at any point along the of the ball
or at the extremity of the wound, but with this he
said they could deal successfully. He expressed
great reliance upon the Presidents vigorous consti-
tuition. strong vitality and calm courage He was
the Doctor sad the very best patient hc had seen
the course of his surgical practice.
With regard to the supposed course of the ball
and its present location, DR.. Bliss said that while
they had not thought it prudent to probe deeply in
search of it either Immediately after the inlcton
OF the injury or since that time he did Saturday
Introduce Nellaton probe into the wound very
gently and traced the of the ball about three
and a half inches So far as he could judge it had
entered the back above the right hip and taken
nearly horizontal course forward through tie body
striking and slightly fracturing a rib, and being
thence detected little to the right where it penc-
trated the liver. Whether the ball remained in that
organ passed through and lodged in the anterior
wall of the abdomen he was unable to say ; but hc
hoped that the latter would prove to he the case.
He said he regarded the wound as in a surgical
sense. very fortunate one since the slight dcicc-
ton of the ball to the right had carried II away from
the region where it would have been likely to prove
fatal i'll few hours and into region where ii left
chance of recovery. Speaking of the pain in tho
due TO the laccration of of the sympathetic
ganglia The motor anu sensory nerves Of the leg
had not. he said, been injured. In conclusion, Dr.
Bliss expressed the opinion that while the President
was still IN serious danger every day was carrying
him past the critical points after another and
he had o strong hope that he Mould rccnxcr