Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-09-12

was one of the most formidable complications
| possible, there was good reason, he thought,
! to believe that the patient would overcome
this enc. In response to direct question,
the doctor answered, that there was danger
of the local trouble now developed progress
ing, but he did not think that it would. Be-
yond this statement the utterances Of the
doctor developed 10 strange history con-
nected with the case, being rather a review
| of bat has already been stated on different
occasions.
An Interview with DIR. BoyntOn.
LONG BRAEcH, September 18th DR..
Boyntnn late tonight said the President has
not had quite SO favorable day. Late Fri
day evening his temperature and pulse in
creased, and while he is net materially worse
| than yesterday, he has made no gain. The
most serious feature tonight i mis- lung
trouble. / do not apprehend serious results,
and think the President has sufficient vitality
to carry him through his present trouble and
on to recovery, unless new developments of
some nature occur. The trouble is located in
the lower posterior of the right lung, and is
doubtless caused by the bad condition of the
blood. Should there be further complications
of the same nature, the result would be 2
tremendous strain, and there is great danger
of Il; but we hope it way be averted
yeIy Fad DaY-Gioomy Outlook.
CHICAGO. September lib. "A Times
special from Long Branch says President
Garfield has had q very bad day. At noon
his temperature was 102, and his pulse indi-
Gated the alarming record Of l39. In the
afternoon this bad record was modified in
measure, but the day, upon the whole, indi.
Gated a marked retrogression. Last night
the President was very restless, and at times
incoherent. To-day he has not been so clear,
h. i
his attendants. DIR. Boynton, who is
as close to the President as any
one, and who watches him more
closely than anybody else, says the
President has steadily lost ground since last
Friday night. This statement of the doctor
is surprising, as the tenor of the official bull
letins has indicated more cheerful conditions.
There appears to have been some error in the
low records of the pulse from Thursday and
Friday. The pulse indicated in the official
bulletin once was as low as 90. when the real
pulse was in the neighborhood Of 10. DR.
Bliss has always taken the pulse for the bull
letins. he and DR.. Hamilton have since
differed in their estimates. OnSaturday morn
ing Mrs. Garfield requested DR.. Hamilton to
take the pulse, and he found it some fifteen
beats above the official bulletins statement.
For the last two days the public will notice
that the official bulletins show higher figures
why should the President be losing
ground?" the Times correspondent asked
this afternoon Of one Of the doctors SIS
there any new complication - The an5wer
was that there was a fear Of another compli-
cation, and this fear made the present as
anxious time as has been known in the
case. The parotid gland is doing well. The
wound itself is graduating and freely dis
charging. The pus abscess upon the back
is nearly well. The FIVE bed-sores upon
the Presidents body are healing.
but the probable troubls now is ia the lungs
In the last twentyfour hours the surgeons,
in examining, have found quite dullness in
the right lobe Of the lurg. The right bron-
chial tube is also congestsd. The pumping
and raising from the lungs has increased
within the last twenty-four hours, and pus
is found in the matter raised. What is now
feared is the formation of an abscess in the
lungs. Ii an abscess forms there, then the
inevitable conclusion follows that the
President is suffering from pyenia.
the most violent Of blood poison
ing. All the surgeons in attendance
have at different times notified the public
that a marked and continued rise in the pulse
and temperature would indicate the forma-
ton of another pus abscess. This marked
rise has come. DR.. Bliss, even, says the
President is worse, and added that his tenn
the last q hours. The Presidents stool has
run away from him voluntary and uniformed.
He has 10 control over his urine.
Granting everything to be at the
worst, hope is not yet renowned.
If pyamia comes with an abscess on the
lungs, the President may after all pull
through, surrounded by his present favorable
conditions, but it shows that there Is pos
sibly lower level ia the csse To be reached.
The record Of The day makes tie talk about
conva!esceHce appear as absurd as Secretary
Blaine said it was'whan he first heard of it.
Il will be noted that his dispatches TO Lowell
have not showed the cheerful tone Of last
week. This afternoon was a Clio my and
anxious one inside Franklyn Cottage, al
though no idea of the real situation was
known outside.
Further ia Regard to the New Compli-
cation.
WASHINGTON, September 18th The Re
publican tonight received the following from
its correspondent at Long Branch The
President has made no progress to-day or
yesterday, though his physicians say he has
held his own. They charge his stationary
condition to the rainy weather and the usual
periodic fuctuation. They do not admit
that pulmonary abscess has formed, but
such is the case. Profuse sweats are
spoken Of, together with restlessness, veal
ness and q higher pulse, which has
been accompanied by increasing bron-
chial irritation, which has eliminated
in a copious expectorarion of pns. The alb
scess is in the lower lobe Of the right lung. 1t
is not of itself fatal complication, but its
existence is unfortunate. and does not i'm
prove the patients chance Of recovery. This
abscess is, of course, very positive proof Of
pyfenia, and other assesses in other locali-
- FL /. - & 49,
For instance one might be expected to form
in the liver. The abscess in the lung and the
liability of others forming elsewhere must be
taken into account in estimating the Presi
dents chances of recovery.
Almost Hopeless.
New York, September 11th-A special
to the Sun from Long Branch says: The
situation becomes very critical again, so
critical that one of the physicians frankly
admits that while there is q chance for re-
covery he fears it is slight one. The Cabi-
net were informed this evening of this new
complication. They were not surprised, for
they have known Of the apprehension but
the announcement has caused great despond-
ency. The abscess is metastatic abscess,
which jumped from the parotid gland to the
lungs. 1t will be necessary to cut the lung
and wash the abscess, as the swollen gland
was washed. The situation tonight is re-
garded as almost hopeless.
Summary OF the Day AT Long Branch.
ELBERoN, September 11th.-To sum up, the
day, 50 far as the President is concerned, has
been very unfavorable. In the first
place. his lungs were acknowledged to
be affected; second, the affection is not
claimed to be under control, hence it is
liable to increase third, if it increases, alb
scssses will undoubtedly be the result, and
may form around the lungs, or other vital
parts. In fact, it is an undecided question to-
night whether or not assesses have not al
ready formed, and the evidence appears to
be that they have. The situation is again
critical, to say the least, and unless
there is proof established to the contrary,
there is good ground for believing that
py emia has set in. At late hour tonight
DR.. Bliss stated that the Presidents cough
had subsidized somewhat; that the dullness
from the lung extended over very small
area, and that he did not think it would
amount to anything serious, although he adj
nitted the danger of its increasing. He said
it is serious, but not at this time dangerous
complication. He attributed the rise of
temperature to the lung trouble and not the
malaria, as indicated in an earlier dispatch
In response to a question as to how the alb
scess on the lung would be treated, the doc
tor said IL conld be easily treated nv runnino