Daily Republican., 1881-09-02
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SLOW IMPROVEMENT
;. PRESIDENTS CONDITION SAME
AS YESTERDAY
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r,. Presidents condition is about
1, same as yesterday morning
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n, President was troubled with some
lne .hrsss NOS, on Wednesday night, ard
tve,'ISl ,sa went as high as ll6, but this
bh hplsI pusII Nv midnight, and he passed II
Rup,'u,Gi 11 nisht. His general condition
HM ,hNnt h Yesterday was about the
mvas S" ~ during Wednesday, except that
alle nnI,e I was more frequent, and there
pls pull !" slioht rise in temperature durlng
a sss af,rrnoon. ,u The gland discharged
~ ,,r 1 and continued to grow smaller
=, le'.y .yonnd remained the same. AT 6.3t
.1' N S' the pulse was 1Os, temperature
ni, anil respiration 10.
wy GENERAL REVIEW.
w,su1sGToN, d. G., Sept. 1:--The
.,,diriop of the President at 7 O'Clock
oav y ntnht was about the same As at the
~y '~o,r4sponding hour of last night. There
vm',n .ss M perceptihle change deserving
sas S,ai ~ mention either in, the general
,p"d,ion ss or symptoms. Everything is
moyins o, in manner satisfactory TO the
.u,ssors although, for reasons hitherto
srnia;ned in these dispatches, tho pro
Mi.s nr is very slox and will so continue
1, .ows navs. The President is at
r,.ssut W. holding niS own, and this is
pni.. as much as the surgeons exprct.
Tha T wound is Gischarging freely and
,bp M, /, nos as healthy as before tht
,p'spe Of last Saturday.
The affected gland is causing no trou'
Ne to the patient and no apprehension
n tbe surgeons. The swelling has near
IL disappeared, and the healing process
has begun along portions OF the chan
pqls made by the surgeons knife. The
stomach continues to behave well, and
tbe digestive organs are regularly per.
forming their natural functions. There
are no Indications of further complica'
tons and altogether the President may
be said 20 have reached that point
whence he should move steadily for.
ward 10 state of convalescence. He
is Of course, still i'll a precarious condi'
ton, and perhaps serious halts are MOI
Improbable, but the imminent dangers
that have heretofore surrounded tht
case have been successfully passed, aud
the surgeons are almost confident tina,
the csse Is now entirely within theil
power to control.
The phraseo.Ogy of this mornings
bulletin caused temporary alarm be.
cause OF the negative statement about
ngors and sweating. Many who only
casually read the bulletin thought that
the President had another attack OF
rgor, and that such an attack was ex.
pected by the surgeons, for the reason
they deemed it necessary to explain
that the midnight fever was not attend
ed BY rigocs or sweating. 1t seems
that the questionable phraseology was
employed to guard against the very
apprehension that it caused. AS there
were no rigors, and no indications thai
tley were threatened, it would have
Been as well, perhaps, If allusion tt
nsors or sweating has been omitted
iiom the bulletin. During the feve
last night the pulse rose to ll6, but de
cllhed with the subsidence Of the fever
shortly after midnight, from which
time the President rested comfortably
The day opened with pulse at 100 ant
normal temperature aud respiration
The same progr -ss that has marke.
lnepast two days continued through
oat today. AT noon the pulse was a
lSc, which is l3 brals higher than a
noon yesterday, and at 7o'clock thi
evening 1t was at the same point, will
very slight fever, which subsidized dur
ing tle carly part of the night.
Ns probable that the question of re
moVlnsthe President will be decided
upon tAe return Of DR.. Agnew, who i
expected tomorrow. 1t mas alread,
neeu a. ,aeIefmined that the Presiden
snouil n oe 'emoved at the earliest da,
pp",.,ouca0lt, aud the next point to b.
Se'etuine1 Se Sas to he point to whicl
a", n.y. 'uoaid oe removed. The question
1.,'s % " nAen The President shall be takeI
dan d.um Tue White House is one that mus
Sols Sopeuu on his condition. A sea voyag
aue, @ nVt seem to meet with favo
stNplls a, ! t1e surgeons, and brief sojourl
nav nns W Snranch preparatory to q jour
" "en1or Is now spoken of.
UNOFFICIAL REVIEW.
n IrHhCuT1VE n S MANSION, Washington
-. -, ". Sept. lst Public confidence il
dsn,,, d." permanent character of the Presl
shaLa. Si.ceht improvement was mucl
ata nvl na thlS morning by the unfortun
Of ths h"oa,uing OF the FIRST official bu,letil
fah,i," Mii,sasy. In referring to the sligh
iuv"s l'e = rise which took place last even
fci,n', rise which if it had not been of
ablr M y commented upon would prob
GEMS lave ia passed unnoticed-the sur
sSrhis sus IN NJ their morning bulletin said
nv r,' r,sa condition was au accompanie,
mnch isJ,s J. OF sweating" The use of th
the 'u sur's. dreaded technical term, "rigors'
famiI;n" An IG;"'glcal equivalent for the NOR,
seemaS df and less ominous word "chills'
seelinaa .o cause everywhere a vagu
fact S H., VI apprehension and from tn,
The inf". ss flgors were mentioned at al
tbrt rimece riu.ererce was generally drawn
couinnh'u,i.s must have. boen expected il
at least ,ion th with last nights fever o
Of ss r;"a,s .hat there we're foresladowins
bulletin, bll,s inns morning and that t.
public IVA; Was Intended to prepare tn
arpnsd mind N. for thent. "Why," it va
thss thsieu, feu,, should they have said tha
ors unlsss s Masnot y, accompanied by rig
nome ess rsssa tney had expected, or had..hat
50 ,oan Jason to expect that ii would b,
given unIhoaompanied?" ha The expressio,
wordinS 81 .ne surgeons to-day Of tn,
ons aa.5. VI she bulletin and tha reas.
are brieas,n sneu ior the reference to rigor
case i hs, ua 'wlco v in the history of thi
day-a ns da happened that after a goo,
currei' Wy IN which no tebrile rise oc
followed liver, NV accompanied or speedil.