Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-07-17

did not complain of pain; he still suffers
pain, but it is not as acute as it has been.
Mrs. Garfield was in the room with him
nearly all day, tanning and sometimes
talking little with him. This afternoon
was very comfortable one for the Pres
ident. He did not talk any but remained
easily and quietly on his bed.
He took a little sleep. At
one time he had his eyes closed and ap-
peared to be sleeping when he suddenly
opened them and said to Col. Rockwell
who was by his bed, "You thought |
was asleep but was not" His breath
ing is perfectly free and easy.
Mr.. Crump, one of the regular nurses,
said this morning the President passed a
most comfortable night; had good
healthy sleep; was not as restless awake
as heretofore. This morning Mr.. Crump
squeezed a piece of a steak over piece
of toast until the toast was thoroughly
saturated and gave to him. He ate it
heartily and with great relish.
Shortly afterwards Mr.. Crump
brought up a piece OF nice
sirloin steak and gave to him. He chewed
it like man with good appetite. Just
then Mrs. Garfield came in.
s'Can swallow the meat?"
eyes," replied Mrs. Garfield, "the
doctor says it will not hurt you"
The President ate and swallowed the
whole piece of steak and enjoyed it great
ly. He looks better and is more like
himself than at any time since the wound
He is doing so well that the surgeons have
decided to issue only two bulletins day,
one in the morning and one in the even
ing, as each is a repetition of the good
news.
At9 O'Clock tonight a Western Asso-
ciated Press reporter found everything
quiet at the White house There were
no visitors; as DR.. Reyburn passed in to
go in to the President the reporter asked
him for information about the case. He
said the evening bulletin told about all
could be said That the President had
passed better day than any since he
was shot. He was doing better than the
doctors could have hoped for He feels
better and now shows signs of gaining
strength.
DR.. Reyburn relieved DR.. Woodward,
and, as the latter passed out the Western
Associated Press reporter asked him
about the President. He replied, with
evident qualification, he was doing ad-
mirably He felt more than hopeful,
even buoyant. That the President was
then sleeping soundly, and only one
eighth of grain of morphine, just half
of former doses, was administered to-
night. DR.. Woodward expressed entire
satisfaction with symptoms and progress
of the case.
Only one cabinet minister and Postmaster
General James called at the White house
to-day. Members of the cabinet are all
busy at their respective departments, but
received regular bulletins from the
President.
In dressing the wound and changing
the bed, the mode of lifting is to have six
men raise him on sheet This lifting
is necessarily uneven and causes pain
To-day Dr. Nichols, one of the staff
surgeons of Baltimore medical hospital,
arrived andoexplained to the attending
surgeons device for raising him from
the bed, which had never been used ex-
cept in Bellevue hospital 1t consists of
pully attached to upright frames
at the head and foot Of the bed.
Pieces Of sail cloth are slipped under pa
tient, one from the head and the other
from the feet, and meet, and the place is
wound by lever pulleys; they are moved,
and the patient is raised on the sail cloth.
DR.. Bliss ordered one of these machines
constructed Immediately, and a large
force of men are now at work on it.