Morning journal and courier., 1881-08-31
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. Holding His Own The President Making
 Very Slow Progress. Showing No Gain In Strength All the Other Symptoms
 Still Favorable. The Gland Slowly Improving. A Marked Improvement Ex.
 pected by Saturday.
The Gland Slowly Improving.
A Marked Improvement EX.
 pected by Saturday.
THE PRESIDENT.

Slight Progress Toward Reeovery-The
 1 Patient Not Gaining RapidIy-But Still
 l Holding His Own-The Symptoms En-
 couragIng His Physicians - The
 | Gland Improving Every Hour-Rapid
 But not Alarming Fluctuations i'm Pulse
 A Day of General Improvement.
 1 WASHINGTON, Aug. 3O.-This has been 8
 day devoid of incidents around about the
 White House and the record of the sick room
 has been equally monotonous. The patient
 has been better to-day only in the sense of a general improvement that would naturally
 come with twenty-four hours continuation of l favorable conditions, that is to say the much
 needed marked improvement is not yet ap- parent. Even the most sanguine fail to rec 1 ognize conclusive evidence of sure progress.
 About two tablespoonfuls of healthy pus has
 been removed from the gland to-day. This I of course materially relieves the tension on | the swollen parotid and gives more satisfac-
 tion too, since the swelling was at one time l two and one-half by three inches in size and as thick as the fieshy part of mans hand. The cheek, neck and right eye were also
 swollen. Now, however, the surrounding
 swelling has entirely disappeared and the I l while the glandular swelling proper is reduc-
 ed about one-sixteenth. It is stated that the 1 walls between the pockets of pus are grad | ually breaking down and there is fair pros pect of the gland being in a safe condition | after few days. This trouble obviated the physicians expect to have plain sailing, if, 1 however, the Presidents system will not de- cline under the continued strain to nourish | the system. The same means are being resort ed to. Enemata are being administered at stated intervals and the President takes liquid nourishment easily and in sufficient quantity. Koumiss, milk porridge, pepton- | ized milk and chicken broth still constitute his bill of fare with another piece of toast added to-day.
 THE INCREASED PULSE ACCOUNTED FOR. The increased pulse shown by the noon bulletin caused, according to the sur peons by irritation consequent upon the in- cision and resulted in creating some uneasi- ness outside the White House. The sur geons agree that the whole trouble is now with the gland and it's effect on the system. | The President particularly dislikes the fre- quent incsions that have had to be made. One of his attendants says he dreads them. l This doubtless did much toward increasing his pulse this morning. It began to decrease soon after noon and this evenings bulletin was so satisfactory that the feeling is one of l general quiet.
 | THE DOCTORS SATISFIED WITH THE SYMPTOMS There has been no difference of opinion to- day among the physicians in regard to the | continued favorable character of the Dr. Bliss stated to night that he was very | well satisfied with the progress of the case | to-day There has been no great general
 gain, but the gland was improving every l hour. He had not expected the case to take decided turn toward recovery until the gland is less troublesome. Now he expects to see the beginning of 8 marked improve | ment by Saturday or Sunday. He says the wound is doing nicely. The flow of pus is better in character and quantity than it was week ago. Dr. Woodward says the President l is doing well that fluctuations in pulse, and l temperature too must be expected as long as I the gland remains troublesome, but he thinks l the case is progressing to entire recovery. THE HIGH PULSE CAUSES NO ALARM. Colonel Rockwell says'the President is do- ing well and the high pulse has caused no alarm. The doctors assert that long as the gland remains as troublesome as now the fluctuations of pulse must be expected and not deemed dangerous. Dr. Woodward stat ed at o'clock that the pulse was causing no anxiety, that the acceleration was due to the gland and the gland was progressing satis factorily, and on the whole the case was pro- ceeding favorably.
 DR. BoYNroNs VIEWS OF THE CASE. Dr. Boynton is hardly as confident in his remarks today as he was yesterday. He does not think that the wound looks as we'll as it might. He admits that the President is no worse than yesterday, but says he is very little better. The skin is good, his mind clear and the patient remains cheerful. Dr. Boynton further says that very close watch is being kept for 8 possible outbreak of septic evidences in other parts of the Presidents
 
 conditions have been discovered. He would
 be better satisfied if the granulation of the wound was more marked. He is sat-
 isfed with the way the stomach behaves, and the only adverse point
 made by the doctors is that no marked gain is
 late tonight Dr. Boynton said that were it
 not for the advent of septicmmia in the
 Presidents case he would now be convales- cent, that the stomach trouble of two weeks ago, the glandular complication, stupor and
 delirium, rapid pulse, loss of strength, etc., were all due to this cause, and but for the
 wonderful vitality of the President had
 enabled him to overcome all of the dangers and complications attending the wound prior to the recurrence of blood poisoning that in his case septicamia had un- dermined the very foundations of life pro- ducing condition much resembling typhoid fever, attended with stupor, delirium and great prostration. The processes of digestion and assimilation had been pretty much ar- rested, so that, although he partook of sufh- cient nutritious food, he became greatly ema- ciated and exhausted. The President has been laboring under the influence of blood poison for some time, and during the past week it became evident that unless favora- ble change soon occurred his vital powers would give way. On Friday evening change for the better was noticeable, the first indica- tion being an abatement of the stupor and 5a1i fol hv "a ance of other favorable symptoms, which in dicated that the blood poisoning was being eliminated and that the system was making an effort to rally from it's terrible depression caused by septecemia. If the blood poison continues to be eliminated and no more sep tic matters are absorbed the President will slowly but surely regain his strength In his present condition it is not impossible that there may be further absorption of septic mat | ters bringing with it serious complications, l but it is confidently hoped that such will not be the case. No irreparable mischief has oc- cured to any vital organ and recovery is more than probable. As the processes of digestion and assimilation become more fully established better blood will be manufac tured from the food, which, as it circulates
 through the system, will stimulate to more healthy action all of the functions of the. body; the process of repair in the wound, 1 which is now at a standstill will be re- estab- lished; the discharge of pus, which has l almost ceased, will again become normal as
 to quantity and quality; granulation will
 spring up and the wound will rapidly heal | The glandular trouble, although a result of septicemia and the depressed condition of the blood, became not only annoying but | a dangerous complication and it's subsistence
 was a very important element in bringing about the favorable change in the Presidents condition.
 SIGNS OF RETURNING CONFIDENCE. Dr. Agnew is preparing to return to Phila- | delphia tomorrow. Dr. Hamilton arrived to i tinue to gain hope. Mrs. Garfield has been very cheerful all day. Colonel Rockwell and General Swain say the President looks better l every hour and expect to see 8 rapid improve