, 1881-07-24

and they have called these foreign doctors in
because they fear that the end Is coming
md they wish, in this hour 0f last extremity,
The counsel and approval Of these eminent
National surgeons in whatever may be
lone"
IT WAS 4 TERRIBLE MORNING.
No accurate information could be obtained.
It seemed rs If new potenancy was to De
aided to the grief which had taken posses
sion of all Of us three weeks ago, and that
now, as We were about 10 hope that lie was
:estoretl to life and health again, he
was to be taken from us. after
Ill. Everywhere there was Il solemn anu
oppressive quiet. The bulletin of 10 O'Clock
did not remove the dreadful oyerstladowlng
anxiety and uncertainty Meanwhile, IN
side the White House there was very m1ch
more bpoyancy than. at the gates. Ihere
has always been bright and checrful 1eel-
ng III the Executive offices. Those who pre-
*itle there never have been willing to admit
that the fatal hour could come. and to-tIay
when elsewhere all was gloom, one could
hear it stated there that ave do not appr.-
hcnd anything serious. The doctors say that
there is no cause for alarm. 1t is a
temporary 1uctuation, such rs must be eS-
pectcd in tile progress Of such disease. Onc
cannot hope that n person 50 severely wound
cd rs the President was can progress with
out interruption towards recovery"
but TIE WORDS WENT For SAroIrr.
The anxious face of DR.. Bliss, who has
grown many year older in these last three
weeks, told no such story, although hisv voice
was always the voice of hope. Dr. Reybnrn's
honest Scotch face can deceive nobody,
and it did not this morning. The
truth was that the President was very
much worse.-hnw mich worse nobody
knew, or, If he knew, did not dare to tell.
Officially, it WAS stated that the slight III
crease was due to oyerexcitenlent, and that
the return Of fever was only temporary. and
it was said that the political news OF yrster-
day, tile election Of Conkl1ng's successor,
and the death Of Justice Clifford, had lad IN
exciting etfrct upon the President. Here it
may be we'll to state that
THE STORY Is NOT TRUE
which has gained general circulation that
the President yesterday, upon hearing that
JutlEe Lapha,n was elected As the successor
of Conl1ting. said s''rhank Gnd"' y gentle
man who was in the sick room, and who
heard the dispatch announcing tile result
only said: swell, ain glad it is over.
am sorry for Conk!ng. 1 should like to give
him Il foreign mIssion.''
ALL ruAr COULD At FIRST Re LEARNED
as to the causes of the sudden catastrophe.
was that the President had pissed restless
night It was soon discovered, however,
that the wound had not been dressed at the
usual time, because, III the technical lan-
guage Of the doctors, the Presiden, had been
seized with risnr. III 1aylnan's language
that meant chill. The first chill occurred
last night about 10 O'Clock, but it was quite
slight, and the re>tlcsnrss of the President
during the night, noted in the otli-
cial bulletins, was due to that Dur
ing the night the President had only
fitfu1snatc|les of Sleep The fever towards
midnight subsidized. bnt it left the patient
weak and restless. This morning, when the
physicians came at the usual time to dress
the wound, they we're compelled to 'lesist,
because the President was seized with an-
other rigor at half-past :, which was
A VERY MARKED ONE.
and which CAUSED 4 slliyer throughout the
entire frame. At that hour there was no con-
siderable Increase in temperature. 1t was not
until 10 O'Clock that the wound was dressed
and the first bulletin Of the morning issue
At 10 O'Clock mention was made of 4 slight
rigor which occurred at 7:3o, in consequence
of which the dressing Of the wound had been
postponed, and it was added that reaction
had promptly followed, leaving the pulse
then ut ITO; temperature 101; and respiration
q. Tile attending physicians were alarmed,
however much they may have endeayored to
conceal it. They knew that there was re-
tanned pus, Inasm1tch as there was but very
slight discharge fronl the wound in the early
morning, whereas there had been four ounces
on Yesterday, a quantity, III tile Presidents
weak condition,
THAT MUST GREATLY ENFEEELE II1N
The physicians had learned no more, and
from 10 o'lnck until l ocock the symptoms
of the President continued to grow worse.
i.t o'clock he was reported to be- in heavy
perspiration, which was not 4 hcalthfnl sim,
as it was one Of the certain symptoms of APP
preaching py:ena. Soon after noon it was
learned that tile temperature ilad increased
to lo4, his pulse to l29, and his respiration to
q; and it was determined to send for Drs.
Agnew and Hamilton.
TIE CONCLUSION WAS REACHED TOO LATE
to enable Dr. Agnew to take the limited eX-
press Mt mon. and he came OIL by special car.
The doctors mad different theories As to the
cause Of the change. One OF them said: 1T
may be an abscess. It might be that p1s-
porket has forll1cd in the wound about the
bullet. The wound is what is known as 4
twisted wound, and makes some turns. At
oIe Of these turnings it may have become !
c1osed. and the pus may be detained beyond !
that point" When the flexible catfeter was
inserted in the wound, the other day, it i1t-
dicatcd sharp twist in tile wound, and then
ram against 4 solid obstacle, which
MAY HAVE EEES THE Rr1.LET,
and the catlseter was' not further pressed.
At half-past 12 O'Clock the temperature had
reached the highest point yet reached in the
history of the case. The pulse had also
bounded up with quick leaps to 10, recalling
the beat Of the first night, when death seemed
to be question not OF days but of ;
hours, and almost OF minutes. Neverthc- /
less, his condition was such that the surgeons
thought it advisable to leave the wound !
Every symptom was watched !:
with critical attention, and. had these onlll- !
ors tendencies continued, anu in greater !