Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-07-13
The President.
We CLEAN from the various reports such inform
alton concerning the presidents condition, the
means taken TO promote his comfort and assure
his recovery as our space will permit us to pub

we CLEAN from the various reports such inform
alton concerning the presidents condition, the
means taken to promote his comfort and assure
his recovery ~ our space will permit us to pub
lish
At THE PATIENTS BEDSIDE.
Judge Advocate General Swain, who is an init
mate friend OF President Garfield and has been
almost constantly in attendance upon him since
he was wounded says the presidents condition is
very encouraging indeed. The presidents diet
consists principally OF milk, which the patient
invariably takes without any effort, and, as a
rule, appears TO relish It, An exception to this
rule occurred Sunday afternoon The president
has received from q gentleman in New York four
bottles OF Jamaica rum, being part OF lot sent
by the governor OF Jamaica TO an English noble
man in 1887. Having asked for n drink Major
Swain handed him some milk, to which the ply
sicians had added a small quantity OF this rum.
The president, after drinking it, looked at Major
Swain with distasteful expression and said
Swain, that's a rum dose, isn't 1t p The presi-
dent continues to take chicken broth occasionally
with good results lie suffers no internal pain
from the wound, but experiences considerable
soreness Of the muscles No one, excepting Mrs
Garfield and the attendants, was admitted to
the sick chamber Sunday, it having been the de-
sire to keep the president perfectly quiet Sun
day afternoon the president desired to see one of
the bulletins which he had heard some one speak
Of as having been issued. The latest bulletin
was brought from the secretarys office and
handed to him. After perusing 1t, he remarked,
smilingly, that he did not think 1t necessary to
post his name before the country every few hours
STATEMENT OF DIR. BoYNToN
DR.. Boynton, the presidents family physician,
In answer to an inquiry said the president was
weak but doing very nicely. "When ! visited
him this Sunday morning he took me by the
hand and said, How do you do, am glad to see
you asked him how he was feeling. lie said,
| think am making some progress; for a week
have been engaged with a terrible wrestle with
prostration You have conquered, remarked
He looked me in the eye and said, DO you be-
ieve ii? lie again referred to the utter prostra-
ton with which he was struggling, but said, Il
am little stronger, begin to feel that 1t is that
is here Opening his eyes and looking at the
clock he said In fifteen minutes 1t will be week
referring to the time he was shot. The striking
OF the rib was fortunate. II the pus can be well
drained or sac forms around the ball may yet
live made a move to CO. but he held my hand
more firmly and said, Stay with me- | told
him II he would not talk would remain. He
soon after dropped off to sleep" Does he en-
joy a natural sleep? p NO. he is under the
influence of opiates all the time, but he is getting
along very nicely. The crisis of the case may not
be reached for two weeks The inflammation
which is now confined to the course Of the wound
is liable at any time to become general" The
doctor, however, spoke very hopefully of the pres
ent condition Of the president
WHAT DIR BLISS THINKS
Upon being asked Monday morning II the pres
ident was growing stronger, DR. Bliss impatiently
asked How do you expect a man to grow
stronger on twelve ounces OF liquid food day,
pretty high ten-days fever and the drain of a
dangerous wound? No. he is not growing
stronger When the fever leaves him, when the
wound is healed, and he is eating twelve ounces
Of beefsteak three times day he will get strong
again, but he is getting every day nearer to the
time when he will be growing stronger, and that
Is quite enough for us to be thankful for, is it
not? 30 you consider the president better
than yesterday morning? ?" Yes, undoubtedly
the pulse and temperature are lower. We were
somewhat disturbed at the increase of tempera-
measurably during Sunday, but this morning it
is down again and the pulse is back to ninety
eight BY the end of this week | have the strong
est faith that the president will be out Of danger
and will be growing stronger fast enough to sat
isfy our friends here" DIR. Bliss believes that
the ball has been located and located in place
where it can ultimately be removed without dan
ger. He said that he had probed three and
half inches into the wound, and then stopped be-
cause he found that force was necessary. He
knows, therefore, its course for three and half
inches and is certain that it entered the liver.
The ball had probably passed through the liver
and was located in the interior wall Of the abdo-
men, whence it can at the proper time be re-
moved. DIR. Bliss added that the preliminary
stages Of healing had begun. The only danger
which he regards as imminent Is blood poisoning
from the pns, but he hopes that by the end of
this week it will have disappeared.
SURGICAL OPINIONS.
DR.. Weisse, professor OF anatomy at the Uni
versty OF the City of New York, after experiment.
ing on a cadaver, concludes the ball did not touch
the presidents liver Ex-Surgeon- General Ham
mond, who at first considered the presidents case
hopeless, now says: 81 think the diagnosis has
been wrong from the beginning. don't believe
the ball passed through the liver, and don't be-
Lava II i. in tho abdomen think the bullet
s,rroL ,ha ri, and rrohahl,, ,ha ,bi,t u,scles in
tho s;de and then oancsd of II will be found
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