The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-07-28
THE PRESIDENT.
WASHINGTON. July q.

VASutNotoSs SWS
Presiacnt Garfield passed very comfortable
lay yesterday. Hc took little solid food IN
Tho morning IN addition to the usual quantity
u hqn,d food. and gained considerably ia
strength. liz contained 10 gain during the
Nenulg, and tho afternoon fever has
,ahsilcd. A rleco Of cotton cloth about 4
quarter " an inch square. with woolen Rbers
.ahenng, came away spontaneously with the
'as from III, deeper part Of the wound. DIR.
scyharn said thu discharge 81 this piece ef
sath Indicated that thu wound il drained to the
mttom the wound, he said. continued to heal
,seels inside, and that. NJ tho present progress.
lc patient would he out Of danger IN few DAYS.
The l'rcsd.nt has taken 10 reading the da,v
Journals, and listens 10 the kilograms and lct-
tors III sympathy which have accumulated aimee
the shooting, IN which he takes tA, deepcs, i,,-
,crest. liz y we'll enough 10 laugh heartily ut
the cuts in the pictorial wceklcs.
wAsHiSornS, July IS.
The frcsident continues to progress favor.
ably. He il gradually gaining strength, and
the physicians Aro now al hut confident % his
recovery. The wound continues TO discharge
healthy pus. Yesterday . fragment VI bone
came with tho pus, which indicates that the
depths q the wound arc being drained.
clans say that the food winch he receives Il now
sufficient to add little to his strength, and tn
supply tho waste which 10 constantly going ON
through the wound, but Il il found that hc II
| not .ct capable Of resisting any nn-
usual excitement, aud, for this reason
tho surgeens ~ charge insist upon
Hon, George h Lorine, Commissioner Of Asn-
culture, had an interview with the President,
in Which the latter recalled hs pronaisc to visit
| the Wisconsin State Fair, and declared that he
had not yet gwen mp the trip.
WASHINGTON. July %.
siaent GARFIELD had an alarming relapse
on s>k.arday. The wound which had for soy.
crd days discharged considerable quantity
| Of healthy pus. became INSTRUCTED near the
/ inner cnd Ut thu drainage tube. while the pro-
cess at snppurat,on IN the deeper parts Of the
wound continued. A ''pus cavity, partial OF
complete. Was thus formed, and the discharge
| from the mouth If the wound ceased. Tie
| na'ient WAS then taken with chia. which war
followed by high fever, the lnlse rising to
| $50 and the temperature To lUi. His condi.
ton caused great alarm. A. Mss feared
tia, hlood-po.soaing had ut II, CT that an
animation Of the pus discharged, how.
! ever. showed that all the indications oil
| sood- pusoniny were absent Further OK
animation showed that there was little tt
far from the formation Of az ahscess, and
| that tho chill and subsequent feverM were caused
l
Hamilton were hastily summoned 10 Washing
ton. An examination of the wound by these
eminent masters Of surgery showed lie
VOID doubt that .rus cavity hss
formed in tho track u the hall ant
nesona the Point where il glanced fl.n
tie ilh. and that the cavity could only b
r.aelel hs au incis.on three inches below
ie mouth OF the wound. The neision va
made Nv Dr. AgneW. and the cavity VA
cached III little more than an inch helo'
he surface. A tube WAS inserted into this IN
eision, and the pus commenced TO flo,
freely. and the discharge WAS entir.
y sa,isfacter, To the physicians. Since the ~
Grafton the Presidents condition has continne
- hui fuy.. Ihis morning ne u resting easlls
and the physicians ray that. NOTWITHSTANDING
H.. complications, the chances are i'll favor o
his recovery.
nt. Agn,w had the cooling apparatus take
out If the Presidents room. He said il kel
the PRESIDENTS temperature uneven
/ Prof. Bells electrical indicator for locating
bullet in the human body Was experiments
with before DIR. Agnew. The result Shove
that the Invention could he,reiied on when tn
bali aas only two inches below the surface.