Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-07-06
WHAT THE CONSULTING SUR
GEONS SAY. -
Dr. Hamilton HOneful.

WHAT THE CONSULTING SUR
GEONS SAY. -
DIR. Hamilton Hopeful.
80, The n Y: Herald Of to-day says: DR.. Hamll-
TOD, VINO was summoned to Washington for q
consultation with the physicians in lend
ance on General Garfield, arrived home ep-iy
Yesterday morning and seemed YESTERDAY.
greatly encouraged in regard to the ease
While he would not express an opir'on as to
the probabilities OF the patients recovery. be
SAID IN reference to the news he he1 received
be true" Being asked when, in h's opinion,
the crisis Ia the Presidents condition would
be reached. he said he would call the crisis
tirely well. wherever the bullet is" sad he,
ITS presence Will be known OF the atscess that
viii form: When that trouble Is OR we snail
Know that the danger is past
received from Washington was the bulletin
Ss saiS: %1see that Be is sIssp!sg At . ms
Ing, and the condition of his pulse Is a favorable
symptom. The patient had been given one.
quarter grain hypodermic injections OF NOR
prime, out before left the quantity was dimln.
steep ls had and the pulse growing better. This
Is important and gratifying. The fact that nat
uIal rest has been possible under this treatment
extent. Even If nothing is gained, 1t is evidence
that nc'hing Is lost, and that much If very
pleas SAINT to know.
'.Is reaction possible?" be Was asked.
eyes," he replies, ''but the physicians ar
battling with the present. We cannot count
upon the future In such cases. There is ar
other good sign. The President on Sund "
vomitfd green substance. the quantity Of
thing to do with ira. Now that diminished
quantity OF the drug is 70 nd sufficient for the
Lurpose required the vomiting has CEASE
Then sustenance, which We thoHght 1t best to
N ID IN 4v-nvY NYa1 fnNd T%
victory, too, 10 dave away the pain IN the legs
and feIL"
When asked about the exact location OF the
bullet, he ssid that 1t seemed 10 have e enetra-
and that II remained within the cavity OF the
belly, out OF reach OF detection.
DIR. Agnew's Opinion.
PHILADELPHIA, July 5.-Dr. A. Hayes Agnew
was found at his country seat, at Hayerford
station, on the Pennsylvania railroad, this
spondent. The bulletin sent him during the
Gay by the four physicians In attendance at the
White House Was read over by DR.. AgneW With
great care. and he pronounced the symptoms
printed in the evening papers up to o'clock,
he said, confirmed the hopes expressed IN the
earlier M ssage to him.
"The absence Of any further distension OF
In the legs, the many other signs that tue
Presidents strong system Is reasserting itself
ere AL too gratifying TO be passed over with
81 am averse to limiting at the new DANCES
that threaten the patient, because the news
papers find their way into that sick chamber
with alarming ease. Everybody reads the
newspapers about the White House. found
them, actually, IN the sick room. Therefore
l think it wise not to talk about the dangerous
way marks that stand at intervals along the
tient stands before everything. 1t is by striving
to fore. ee the effects Of the future stages OF
the wound TALL OF which are natural and likely
to arise) that the progress OF the patient can
be constantly assisted. For instance, the fav-
orahle bodily condition OF the President proves
far more clearly than the aturA action or the
bowels that the intesUnes have not been sew
bt en- cut death from blood poisoning would
have occurred ere this. ! do not regard the
search for the ball as wise at this stage, and do
not think for moment that 1t will be at
tempted DR.. Degrass. of Georgia, was the
first TO propose the heroic treatment suggested
by Or. Simms In the Hera,d; but l doubt
very much II tn. the London surgeon would
cumstances. Nobody knows Or can know ex-
act]y where that ball Ia lodged. inserted my
finger to its full length into the wound far
past the broken rib; still cannot say where 1t
is. can surmise; but who would dare to cut q
patient open on mere glessl Wherever the
ball is there exists clot of blood which nature
or science must eliminate. had great nun-
Der OF cases duriog the war quite similar 10
President Gsrflelc's some Of whom recovered.
Therefore hi. case Is not hopeless, although In
the great majority OF instances fatal resu [
follows. The tingling In the legs Is not q serl-
GUS symptom as might be inferred, especially
since Mr.. Garfield moves his legs readily. He
turned over on bis face readily TO permit Us to
examine his wound
What Is the exact location Of the woun ~
was asked.
1T is on the right side, four inches from
the spipe," replied DR.. Agnew. line mis- i,e
entered tetween the tenth and eleventh iio 4,
the latter teipg broken. From the extei 10;
| appearance of the wound the presump' iol
| ceitairly world be that the liver has been [.
| velsed, end that the ball IS some where In the
lower pert of the abdomen. Either case would
| be equally dangerous"
"What ere the great symptoms IN his faVo ?
| First Of all, the evidences that are conclu-
| sive to physicians miHd that none OF the
| small int shines are cut and that the BILE ID .
| Is uniDjul;d. The growing desire OF the pa
| tient for more nourlshlrg food (Which nc
| has eyinced especially to-day, am inform" j.
! indicates the return Of q normal action on the
| part of the stomach. When / saw HIN
| Mr.. Garfield gave many evidences OF a hercu
| lean const itufton and great strength OF IN nc
IN trSiug ordeal. He had no advice or aug
| gesft0ns to give, but was IN short, q model
, patient i have already and officially ex.
| pressed my approval OF the treatment prior tc
my visit TO the White House. II no azure
81 mptoms Of peiltonit1s appears by tomorrow
lWednt sday) night the chances OF the Pres!
dents recovery will perhaps be quite even"
The guarded manner In which the famous
i phY stefan SCOke showed clearly that he Stil