New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-09-15


perature and respiration in the evening buetinr
The figures are no higher than they have been
for weeks at night"
THE bulletins haven't indicated it.r
Probably not, but the usual febre rise always
increases the pulse and temperature, more or less
and when at its height for weeks past the pulse has
run mp to 120."
"Do you understand then that the febrile r;se
came on earlier to-nighti"
1t appears The bulletin indicates it,
How is the President to-dayS"
About the same as yesterday"
"No betterf"
"No."
"Nor worse7v
"No"
Is there no changer
Il should say not. 1 think no has remained sta,>
tiOnary to-day"
Has he recovered entirely from the setback of
Sunday lastY"
Il don't consider that he has got back to the
point where he was the Friday before"
You still think the change was beneficial ?"
Yes lhis atmosphere is good for him. | doubt
| If he could have survived in Washington"
do you think it is any effort to him to recline in
his chaira"
Il do not think he suffers so much fatigue from
his removal he does from one of the regular dress
ings of his wound"
1T is somewhat similar to being moved from one
bed to anotherip
"Yes, but it is change and beneficial on that ac-
count"
There are no new cOmplicationsf"
No indications Of any,"
"How is the patients sleep now y
"He sleeps enough In fact he always hasv
Is his sleep here more natural than it was in
Washington 7"
POSSIBLY little"
is he troubled any more with his mind, upon
awakenIngw
Yes he is not always perfectly clear upon awab-
ening from sound sleep That trouble does not
change materially owing to the weakened condj-
ton of the brain. As long as the brain is not well
nourshed, of course it cannot perform its work "a
well as If 1t was properly supplied with nourish-
ment"
"You consider that there are no indications of
new complications to-nightf"
THAT is my opinion. There are no more indca-
tons of further complications tonight than there
were last night. and there has been no setback.
while, on the other hand, there has been no gain.D
What is your opinion tonight regarding the af
fection of the patients right lung?"
- am not officially connected with the case and
what S must not be considered as in anyway
rejecting the opinions of the surgeons in charge
In my opinion the President is now suffering from
the effects of chronic blood poisoning and has what
is known as a metastatic abscess in the lower por-
ton OF the right lung This abscess is not a very
some days before he was removed from Wnsbinotnn.
lie was eXpectoratlng from it prior to his re-
lnovai, and stu continues to do 80. His condition
continues critical because the state of his blood is
such that similar abscesses are liable to form either
IN his lungs or other vital organs There
are good reasons, however, for hoping that such
will not be the The improved condition of the
original wound, the healing OF the sub-cutaneous
and the slight Improvement in his general condition
are indications that he Is making better blood,
in quantity and quality will the liability to further
complications diminish; Another favorable indi-
on later and does not continue as long as hereto
fore. TINS nightly febI1le rise is still marked
at some period of the night, generally
at about midnight, to 12O; toward mornine
it begins to decrease in frequency and by a. IN. the
temperature and pulse reach the point Indicated in
the bulletins The sea air is undoubtedly doing
nnch for him, and should no further troubles arise
his prospects for final recovery are good"
The fact tina, no mention has been made in the
official bulletins about the serious condition of the
Presidents lung has been source of comlncnt
here to-day and it is thought that there should I've
an Official reference to it III some manner. 1t is
that the anxiety which the surgeons apparentlv Je
sire to avoid and attemptby iss' conservative
bulletins as possible, is increased by the seeming
reluctance to refer to the most serious complica-
tions which are now known to exist in the case
DR.. Agnew arrived tonight, accompanied by his
to Philadelphia on Friday morning and return rere
in the evening. Dr. Hamilton expects to leave here
On Friday also. The fact that all three surgeons are
ni,e mere a ana VIII remain over Tomorrow has
gwen give rise to various Iumors. among which is one
nto'Hlpt ne miuc tomorrow to draw Oft
the plls from the infianed lung with view of re-
leVing tne Presidents cough. The story
is that DIR. Agnew brought an instrument
said this evening that lie considered the
President clearly better than he was when lie left
here. There appears to be 10 doubt cnteItainr, nv
those who hold tlat the PRESIDENT is u.lerinp from
pyeInia that there Is strong probability OF otLer
complications arising inasmuch as the impure blood
must necessarily develop itself in some form In
this event the vital parts liable to he affected
as any others hence. while the situation Today il
good and said to be encouraging it cannot reason
ably be expected to continue especially if the
suppositi"n should prove true that the President
has py@mia. Ii is argued, however that there las
not been one patient out of hundred who has had
the comforts and care that President Garfield has
and that consequently his chances for recovery are
not to be classed with the o dinaIy pypmic ma
tients.
1t is said that Dr. Agnew recently cxpressed an
opinion to friend that the President is suffering
from netastatic abscess and that he considered the
Sresent complication we'll in hand thoug, he does
not by any feel less anxious about the gravity
OF the situation.
=, To sum up briefly. there has been change in
tiie case since Yesterday, and the probabilities for
further trouble from the impurities of the blood
continue and, If it is suddenly developed, il will
not be surprising, for it is than probable
that II will occur later. While the Presi-
dent has evidently made gain to-day, the
assurances are that he has lost nothing.
At halfpast 8 tonight the cottages were closed
aud the PRESIDENT had then been asleep for some
little time, and reports from the sick room were
that very favorable night expected