Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-07-22
THE PRESIDENTS PROGRESS,
on THE ROAD TO RECOVERY.

A steady Gain During the Week and
the Physicians Growing Daily more
Confident and Hopeful.
The past week has been one of steady
progress toward recovery for the President
accompanied by the development of no per-
manent unfavorable symptoms The favora-
BILE progress ofhis wound and thosubsidence Of
pain aud fever brings craving for solid food
and this appetite tho President was allowed
to indulge too freely on Sunday and Monday
the result being slight increase Of fever
with gastric disturbances. These disturbing
symptoms, however, passed away after good
nights rest.
The Weeks Record.
Lamb chops and breakfast bacon" was
the Presidents order for breakfast ON Sunday
morning and "beefsteak, poaohed egg and
chopped beef sandwich" on Monday morn
ing. These were given him and in each case
he eat Of the meal with relish. The solid
food overtaxed his stomach, however, and
symptoms Of disturbance resulted On Mon
day the trouble was aggravated by the fact
that the President became overwearied in the
hands of a barber. He expressed a desire to
have his beard and hair trimmed and his
summoned The immediate effects we're
pleasurable, but the results were oyer-fatigue
and increased feverishness. Since then the
physicians have returned to the old cond-
tons of rest, quiet and simple food.
The Presidents Legs and Feet
On Tuesday the experiment of sitting up
in bed, which the President wished to make,
was tried. He sat up for twenty minutes
when he requested to be placed back IN bed,
as he discovered that he rested more easily in
that position. 1t was found when he was sit
ting up that the pain in the back had disap-
peared, but the curious and some think sus-
picious pains continued in the legs and feet.
The reason why the word suspicious" is at
tached to these pains by some of the physi-
clans, is that there is a remote fear that the
President after his recovery may be weak in
the legs He seems himself to be apprehen-
sive Of that, as he has frequently asked his
attendants what they thought about it, and
has expressed an earnest wish to be able to
stand up to see whether or not his legs would
still remain his servants. The first sensation
when the bullet struck him was that his knees
gave way. He seems to have retained that
sensation ever since and still fears that his
knees may give way.
The Location Of the Bullet.
On the same day, Tuesday, the attending
surgeons were reported as more convinced
than ever that the original diagnosis was cor
rect, that the ball passed through the liver
into the abdominal cavity, and is lodged in
the anterior wall OF the abdomen, and they
referred to the fact that Monday night the
flexible drainage tube without effort when
the wound was dressed, dropped naturally
| five and one-half inches into the wound
They state that it is an anatomical impossi-
bility that so long track Of the wound should
be developed if the ball remained in tho
neighborhood of the lower part Of the spine,
or is embedded in any part Of the muscles in
the vicinity of the spinal column. Farther
evidence of the correctness Of this diagnosis
is found in the fact that by pressing on the
black and blue spot under which the ball is
believed to lie imbedded in the anterior wall
of the abdomen, an increased flow of pus is
readily obtained.
Good News on We dnesday.
Wednesday Is announcement was as follows:
There was decided improvement in the
Presidents condition this morning He slept
very well during the night and his pulse at s
O'Clock was Sc, which was lower than at any
previous time since he was shot His tenn
perature and respiration were normal The
wound is doing well, and is discharging free
ly and properly. His appetite is still good,
| and great care will be exercised in his diet.
ress Of the President towards recovery contin-
ues uninterruptedly. He has passed quiet
night His pulse this morning is Sc; tenn
perature 9S.4 and respiration 49,
Evening dispatches said that Wednesday
had been much the best day that the Presi.
dent had seen since he was shot and his
physicians encouraged him to believe that he
might take a trip down the river, and posi-
bly, up the coast to Long Branch, on the
"a. FTolIa a. l. IL.
Good News ON ThurAday.
Private Secretary Browns bulletin to the
Cabinet officers ON Thursday morning said;
THE improvement in the Presidents condi-
ton continues to be steady and uninterrupted.
His pulse this morning is So, with normal
temperature and respiration He is bright
and cheerful, has an excellent appetite and
expresses a desire for more substantial nour-
ishment. There is no better indication of
his progress than the disposition which he is
now manifesting to think and talk of outside
matters. The surgeons express themselves
as entirely satisfied with the progress of the
case
CuIteau demanded Indefinitely 90 Im-
PrisOnment.
A singular turn has been given TO the case
against the assassin Guiteau by the District
Attorney for the District of Columbia. I'm
der the local statute il the victim of an as
sault shall die within year and day from
the time of the infection of the injury the as
sailant is held to be guilty of murder The
District Attorney, feeling compelled to take
some action against Guiteau, or to provide
for his further detention, has procured
surgical opinion TO the effect that the Presi-
dent is not finally and safely beyond danger
of death from the bullet of the assassin and
the man is accordingly remanded indefinitely
to imprisonment, and his case cannot, in any
event, come before the grand jury until next
September. The District Attorney may see
fit to hold him in confinement for a year and
day before arraigning him. The opinion
of the White House physicians, as given the
District Attorney, is as follows SIN reply to
your inquiry as to the condition of the Pres
ident, we would say that up TO the present
time he has done exceedingly well for one
who has received so dangerous a wound, but
while in anticipated recovery, it is not yet
possible to assert with confidence that his in
| juries may not terminate fatally" On Tues
day District Attorney Corkhill sent this order
to Warden Crocker of the United States Jail
''The grand jury having adjourned until Sep
TENDER II, and it being impossible to ascer-
tain the final results of the attack by Charles
| Guiteau, the assassin of the President it will
be necessary TO retain him in custody for flu
ture action by the authorities l desire that
you place him on one side of the Jail where
there are no other prisoners and where
means of escape are impossible, that you will
allow him to see no other person whatev-
er, that he be not permitted to hold converse
ton with any Of the guards and that he be
| vigorously excluded from receiving or send
ing any communication, except those deliv-
cred by me- or received by my direction. l
desire this direction to be rigidly executed"
Guiteau is perfectly contented to have moth
ing done in his case which will make it nee
essary for him to leave the Jail. He stands
in constant fear of violence and seems to
have an abiding conviction that he could not
now appear in public except at the risk of
his life. He is very cool in his demands for
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