The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-09-21
PRESIDENT GARFIELD.

The Presidents case remained sta
tionary on the 14th. DR.. Boynton said he had
neither gained or lost anything. The suppu-
ration from the face had ceased, but the
lung troubles continued. At his own request
clining chair and placed before the ocean
window. He enjoyed the change for an hour
and O half, sleeping part OF the time and
gazing out upon the ocean while awake. He
apparently was not tired when the doctors
lifted him back upon his bed again. Secre-
tary Lincoln called upon him during the
forenoon. The President was delighted to
see his visitor. The Secretary of War
after briefly expressing his pleasure at seeing
There was no talk Of public business between
them. Mr.. Lincoln, who believes that the
chances for the Presidents recovery are very
slight, says that the President looked about
as he had been prepared by Mr.. James and
Mr.. McVeagh TO find him. The evening bull
letin created considerable alarm. 1t showed
the pulse to be 112, temperature 99 and res
piration 81. The bad bulletin was said to be
due to the condition of the lungs. 1t was
thought during the early part of the day that
an Improvement in the lungs could be OBJ
served, but the difficulty Of the afternoon dis:
that e DR.. Agnew would perform an operation
on the President on the following day by
which the diseased lung could be relieved Of
its pus and the severe coughing stopped.
ALL the Presidents symptoms on
the 18th continued substantially the same as
the day before, except the expectoration from
the right lung which was rather less difficult
and less profuse. In the morning bulletin,
for the first time, the surgeons committed
themselves to the statement that the Presi-
dent suffered from chronic blood poisoning.
DR.. Hamilton said the patient was holding
his own and that no new complications had
appeared. The doctors said there was no
foundation for the rumor to the effect
hat m m n cd n
relieve the lungs. DR.. Hamilton ven
tured an opinion on the Presidents
chances of recovery to friend, which
briefly stated In substance that the septic
condition of the Presidents blood win neces-
sarily cause nuctuation OF the pulse, temper
ature and respiration from time to time until
1t is entirely eliminated; that he considers 1t
safe to say the President will overcome the
blood, but 1t is altogether probable various
annoyances will be occasioned before the pa
tient is entirely rid of blood poison. He ex-
pressed the opinion, however, that the Presi,
dent will eventually overcome the effects OF
poisonous blood, and after that Is accom-
plished recuperation will be very rapid. When
asked how long 1t would probably take to ac-
complish this, the doctor replied; Probably
about five weeks. He considered that the
present indications give every reasonable
ground for believing the President would ul-
timately recover, and be as well man as be-
fore he was shot. DR.. Boynton felt more de-
spondent and said the conditions generally
were not SO favorable; that there had been
Just little loss of strength and vitality.
The President was reported to be
losing ground on the 10th. The wound as
sumed an unhealthy appearance and the dis
charge had grown more uns satisfactory. Small
bed sores had again made their appearance.
His mind was somewhat disturbed during the
day as well as during the night, and there
was still a continuance of suppuration of the
gland. The situation was one of anxiety,