Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-07-26
morning, DR.. Bliss said, though moi large, was
satisfactory and healthy. ~
OPINION OF DIR. BLISS.

morning, DR.. Bliss said, though not large, was
satisfactory and healthy. ~
OPINION OF DR.. BLISS.
New YORK, July 25.-A Washington spe-
cial says that while waiting for the appear
ance of the other surgeons this morning DR..
Bliss said that pyemia had not shown itself,
and in his opinion it never would. The oc-
cHrrence of chills and other symptoms attend
ant on the creation of the abscess being nearly
like those which would indicate the beginning
of blood poisoning, excited fears in some that
the latter had occurred. 'I never thought
So" said DR.. Bliss, "althongh it is possible
there were some of the conditions favorable to
blood poisoning. The prtient's system
was a healthy one to begin with,
and has never become dangerously reduced.
He has taken nourishment enough to prevent
that. His surroundings as to ventilation and
temperature are of course the best possible,
and his treatment has been the reverse of irri-
tating. have not dreaded pyamia as the
probable danger to be met, but nevertheless
be kept in mind to be guarded against. The
formation of a pus cavity such as has been
punctured would be surprising. There would
be no reason for surprise if another should
FORM OF course the President is very sick
man, and not out of danger, but am sure he
is on the right track again.
WHY DELAYED
There is good deal of comment on the
fact that the operation which relieved the
President was not made before yesterday
morning. The attending physicians thought
best to await the opinion of the consulting
physicians. In the meantime the sack'of mat
81. l;ct,xr hol Mi 1aI f,xy
DR.. Bliss BY the manipulation of his hand 1t
filled again, however, and showed
the necessity of an inclsion. This was made
as soon the consulting physicians had ex-
emined the wound and pronounced the proper
course. Instead of the matter now having
to traverse the elbow of the wound, formed
by the detection of the ball after the rib was
struck, it can be taken out directly through
the incission, which is funnel shaped.
MALARIA.
There is manifestation of malaria about
the whole house. Charley Hendley, steno-
grapher, has had it for the past four or
five days and has been forced to succumb.
He is now at home in bed
the Office coachnan is in
bed from the same cause. One of the door
keepers is likewise down with it, and, fur
ther, one Of the stdblemeni is in the same con-
dition.
SINGULAR DONATION.
There were two things that arrived at the
White house to-day by express, which are
worthy OF note. One was a stuffed humming
bird, perched on one of the impossible little
trees that are offered by taxidermists. 1t came
from Rhode Island, and was destined
by the sender,i"to relieve the monotOny of the
sick ROOM" How 1t could afford such relief,
not even DR.. Hamilton could tell. The other
arrival was a box of "alleged crackers" They
were to satisfy the appetite and at the same
tune impart much strength. They looked and
tasted like half-cooked biscuits which had
been allowed to harden.
QUIET AND COMFORTABLE. -'''-
EXECUTIVE MANSION, July 25, II P. Mn
an interview at 10 O'Clock tonight, DR.. Bliss
said the President has had, generally speaking,
very quiet and comfortable day. There has
been no recurrence of The chill, and up to 8 p,
III. he was entirely free from fever. At that
hour, however, the daily febrile rise began
and continued until the evening examination,
when the pulse reached about the maximum
Of 110 and temperature l01 degrees. Since
then both have slowly out steadily fallen.
THIS fehrile rise is the usual afternoon fever,
Which he had all of last week, and although
riuuS 10 The formation of the pus cavity Sat-
urdiy, IT does not, in the judgment of the sur
geuns, point to any disturbance or
INDICATE ANY UNAVOIDABLE CHANGE
1t viii subside entirely before midnight.
The pourlshment given to day consisted of
milk, beef extract and little toast, and was
sufficient in quantity to fully maintain his
strenth No auodynes were. administered
ha do hui nsr a
injection of about one-eighth of a gram of
sulphate of morphia, was given after
dressing Of the wound. This
evening there has been fairly copious dis
charge of pus from the new incisiou made
yesterday, and its character has been healthy.
About two and half tablespoonfuls were OBJ
tained when the wound was dressed thi
morning, and an equal quantity to night, be-
sides that taken up by the absorbant cotton
curing the day. A slight pressure upon the
front wall of the abdomen increased the out
charged during the examination is not much
greater than that which flows out naturally
in the intervening intervals.
THE TRACK OF THE BALL
is now open to observation through the new
incision as far as the point where it passes
between the rib, and when pressure is brought
to bear upon the abdomen, pus may be seen
falling out from the deeper part of the wound.
Communication between the mouth of the old
wound and that of the new incision is still
obtained by means of drainage tube, which
passes in through one end and out the other,
and which, at every examination, is cleared of
pus by q stream of carbolized water from the
fountain spring.
ANOTHER CAvITT.
In reply to question, DIR. Bliss said there
was possibility of the formation of another
pus cavity, although there is no reason to ex-
pect it, because the discharge is now free and
uninterrupted. Should, however, another
cavity form, its existence would be at once in
dicated by the general constitutional disturb
ance which it would cause. There is no
danger, he said of the formation of pus cav
;ty, without an accompaniment of warning
symptoms, such as haggard and depressed
expression of the face, chill and greatly in
creased fever. These symptoms would at
once show the nature of the disturbing in
luence.
Dr. Bliss attention was then called to the
fact that five of the employees at the Executive
mansion are suffering from material fever or
from malaria in some of its forms, due 20 the
condition of the Potomac flats, below the
city, and the question was asked him whether
the President was not to some extent
affected, and whether the afternoon
fever did not indicate malarial influences. He
replied that no symptoms had been OBJ
served in the Presidents case, and that the
regular recurrence of his fever between 8 D.
m snd Inidnipht was dlIe tn other causea.