New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-07-28


GARFIELD THAT THE PATIENT Is DOING VERY
VERY wEIL-DR BLISS THINKS WILL GET
WE'LL
President Garfield said that yesterday was
the brightest day for him since he was shot.
He had no recurrence of the usual fever and
was so decidedly better that DR.. Agnew in
formed Mrs. Garfield that he would go to
Philadelphia without apprehension. Dr. Bliss,
in conversation with correspondent of The
TRIBUNE, expressed the opinion that the pa
tient was on the high road to recovery Public
confidence has been reestablished.
ON THE HIGH ROAD TO RECOVERY.
THE BRIGHTEST DAY FOR THE PREsIDENT-No
CAUSE FOR ALARM IN HIS CASE FoREsEEN--DR.
AGNEw's ENCOURAGING STATEMENT TO MRS.
GARFIELD CONFIDENCE REEsTABIIsHED -
PYAMIA ALONE TO BE GUARDED AGAINST.
IBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRBUNE.l
WASHINGTON July 27--" This is the brightest
day that have had since was shot," said Prcsi-
dent Garfield to one of the faithful watchers at his
bedside this afternoon. This remark is fair index
Of the feeling that has prevailed all day among tho
surgeons ard other attendants upon the Pre- sdcnt
respecting his condition. Said Of the surgeons
this evening Nothing that we can or forcsee
gives us any cause for alarm in this now. The
President appears to ba on the high road to
covery OF course he may encounter another set
nothing of that sort is to be dreaded"
81 come to bid you good morning. Mrs. Garfield"
said Dr. Agnew just before starting for the train
this morning. 81 going TO Philadelphia Dr.
Hamilton will be here tonight. Everything looks
cheerful and hopeful that 80 without any
apprehensons. The President is certainly doing
very, very we'll"
The reassuring words of the eminent surgeon to
Mrs. Garfield have created hope both inside and out
side the Executive Mansion ThS bulletins, which
have been issued with greater frequency to-day,
have confirmed these hopeful views and tonight
there probably is q greater confidence III Wasning-
ton in the certainty of the Presidents recovery than
there ever has been. He seems to have recovered
from the effects of the last relapse, with the addi-
tional advantage of having overcome important OBJ
st ,cles.
"There is only one more danger to be apprehended
In the Presidents case," said Dr. Bliss tonight after
the wound was dressed and the bulletins prepared.
That danger is pyenia, and il is not likely to
cur for long time, and are extremely confident,
almost certain that it will not occur at all. The
President Is doing very, very WELL We could not
hope to have him do better. His sleep last night
was the best that he has had since lie was wounded
He slept right through until o'clock without
break-a sweet, perfect, natural sleep and we
watched him to see that he would not sleep too
much and become too tired by it. But he did not,
and he wote very much refreshed. He has had q
good appetite to-dsy. His food agreed with him.
The fever has not returned. He has had
some natural maps, and says himself thal
be feels very much better. You can say
that the indications are very hopeful til ba he ha,
recovered from the effects of the relapse last Satur-
day and Sunday, and is as well as, if not better
than, he was before"
Being asked if any further information had been
obtained to the location of the ball. Dr. Bliss said
that nothing more was known; that they still be-
leved it to be lodged in the anterior wal of the ab
domen in front of the hip, at the point where the
0iscoloraton observed few days af er the
shooting. There is present purpose of attempting
to remove the ball. Or. Bliss also stated that he
felt reasonably certain that the President
would advance continuously toward recovery. He
said that he had never lost his confidence in the
RESIDENTS ul innate recovery and he felt GER
tain of it tonight than he ever had.
The morning bulletin very favorable and re-
assuring to everybody except the few jackals who
trade upon false respecting the Presidents
condition. The bulletin issued half hour after
midday, showing that the patients pulse had abated
slightly while his respiration and temperature re-
maned norn4l, strengthened he feeling of conf
dence inspired by the morning bulletin: while the
evening official bulletin, showing that the President
had experienced fever to-day, seemed almost too
good to be trne.
The evening gathering of Cabinet officers at the
gloomy faces and one could hear no expressions Of
Disgiying in regard to favorable result of the
case.
AT 1870 this evening a TRIBUNE correspondent
cav General Swain ut the White House
II tell you The President is gong to pull through" &"
said tho General. "Iie has been better to-day than
he has be n any day since he was shot. His coun-
tenance looks erect deal better, and his voice be-
gins 10 sound naturally That sleep he got last
night did hin & world of good, and ho is having
another good sleep tonight. He fell asleep at s
o'clock, and is sleeping naturally
Has he had any signs of "a fever or of chill to-
dayw
None whatever, and he has taken more nourish-
Inent to-day than in two or taree days before"
"What has he taken 7"
"Becf-tea principally but he has also taken
some milk and raw egg. Everything he has taken
agreed with him and did him good"
General. some of the newspapers say that no
microscopic examination of the Presidents blood
or of anything except the pus from the wound. has
1ecn made Is that true 2"
"No there is no truth whatever in it, Whenever
the symptoms have been at all unfavorable. not
only the pus but the blood and every secretion have
been carefully examined by Dr. Woodward, who is
one OF the best microscopists in the country A
complete record of these examinations has been
kept as a part Of the history of the case.v
AT IL o'clock the White House was deserted by
all except the surgeons and attendants who re-
manned on duty and there was every Indication
mat the President would pass a comfortable night
Dr. Hamilton arrived here but did not sec the pa
tient, who was quietly sleeping.
LOST GROUND FULLY RECOVERED.