Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-07-16
THE WOUNDED PRESIDENT.
A Compilation of RSrant Washington Dis.
patches.
THE DOCTORS SAY.

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pressed an opinion that the Presidents
chances OF recovery were favorable. The
danger OF pertonitis, he said, was rapidly
passing away, and, although ii might still
occur, its occurrence had become improba-
Dle' The only accidents now to be appre-
hended, he said, and the only ones likely to
terminate fatally, were secondary hemorrhage
and pyemia, or blood poisoning. Secondary
hemorrhage might occur at any lime up o
the seventh day. Pyemia, or ood-poison-
Ing, was the accident most to be feared and
OF that there was not yet, he said, ths slight
est indication. An abscess also might form
at any point along the course Of the ball, or
| at the extremity nf tho uthurd mt With fI,fs
he said they could deal successfully. He eX-
pressed great reliance upon the Presidents
vigorous constitution, strong vitality, and
'alm courage. He was, the Doctor said, the
very best patient he had seen in the course
OF his surg cal practice.
With regard TO the supposed course Of the
ball and its present location, DR.. Bliss said
that while they had not thought it prudent
TO probe deeply in search Of it, either imme-
dat ly after the infliction Of the injury or
since that time, he did, on Saturday, intro
duce Neaton probe into the wound very
gently, and traced the course OF the ball
about three and half inches. So far as he
could judge, it had entered the back above
the right hip and taken nearly horizontal
course forward through the body, striking
and slightly fracturng rib, and being then
detected to the right, where it penetrated
the liver. Whether the ball remained in
that organ or passed through it and lodged
in the anterior wall of the abdomen, he was
unable to say, but he hoped that the latter
would prove to be the case. He said he re-
garded the wound; in a surgical sense, a
very fortunate one, since the slight deflec-
tion OF the ball to the right had carried it
away from the region where it would have
been likely to prove fatal in ewhours, and
into q region where it left chance Of re-
covery.
Speaking OF the pain In the Presidents
feet, DR.. Bliss said that it was probably due
to the laceration Of one OF the sympathetic
ganglia. The motor and sensory nerves Of
the leg had not, he said, been injured. In
conclusion, DR.. Bliss expressed his opinion
that, while the President was still in serious
danger, every day was carrying him past the
critical points, one after another, and he had
strong hope he would recover.
Surgeon General Barnes said: "There are
many dangers ahead, and we can not tell
yet what one he will escape. There have
been many recoyerles from gunshot wounds
through the liver, but the authorities all
show that the average time when the pa
tents were considered out OF danger was
lhrty-one days. l do not think the Presi-
dent will be out Of danger until he has
ea long time before he can be considered
convalescent. II he passes the thirty-frst
day shall consider his recovery certain, but,
until that period is passed, he is IN a crit
ical condition, and is subject to the dangers
OF the varying phases OF his case. At pres
cnt the most we have to do Is to let well
enough alone, and not attempt to interfere
with nature, which is working itself in our
favor. What he needs is perfect rest and
as liSle medical or surgical treatment as
possible"
IN TIE SICK CHAMBER.
No visitors to the sick chamber are allowed
outside the doctors and nurses, with the ex-
ception of Mrs. Garfield. She, poor lady,
would never leave the bedside of her dear
husband, if she had her own way; but her
own health needs careful watching, and her
visits are arbitrarily restricted by the doe
tors. When she appears by the Presidents
couch he at once lights up, as il by instinct,
i and the desire to talk is strong upon him,
but is speedily checked by the doctors, who
find in Mrs. Garfield most trustworthy and
constant assistant in the discipline" Of the
sick chamber.
THE ASSASSIN.
District Attorney Corkhill says that no
, action will be taken regarding Guiteau's
case till the result Of the Presidents wound
is finally determined. Referring to the pa
pers taken from Guiteau, Col. Corkhill is re-
y ported in the Star of this evening to have
said: "Ihese papers are not so very impor-
ant. The only very important thing we have
Is full, detailed history Of the crime, from
its inception o its elimination, which be-
y lcve is accurately correct. That, in due
s lime, will be given to the public. The
8 statement to which l refer is detailed
: statement OF the crime Shy 1t was done
d when it was done, and just how 1t was done
Q given to me by the prisoner himself. Aftel
: had told him certain facts had obtained
then got from himwhat believe to be tru'
r statement. He was so solicitous about it
;, being correct that he even sent the messen
b ger to me to return to the Jail, as he wanted
, TO say to me something which had escaped
If his memory. He was afraid Iwould learn
somewhere else, and think he had concealed
r something from me-"
, CONFLICTING STATEMENTS.
- A somewhat interesting contest is goinl
on among those who claim to have seen tn
' shooting The District Attorney has take
= he statements OF some twelve or fifteel
=, persons who profess to have been eye-wit
;" neSses. These statements are full OF singu
T. lar contradictions. There is every prObabil
Il ity that it will appear hereafter that Secre
ID iary Blaine entered the depot in advance Q
a The President and not arm in arm with tn
latter, as has been generally stated.
80 MERE MENTION.
= Large packages containing fine wines an
er liquors are received every day. Everybod
who has some very old wine, whisky, q
no brandy is sending it to the White Hous
'' "for the use of the President" Some poi
or VINE fifty years old arrived this morning.
D. Experiments for lowering the tempera
as cure Of the Presidents room are still bein
= tried. Prof. Dorsey, mining engineer, is I
- work at the Navy Yard preparing apparatr
IL for compressing cold air on the princip
Ike that the temperature OF mines is cooled.
iy other things fail il is intended to try this.
>" "A celebrated Lyons physician, M
. Montain, says that smoking tobacc
- colors the bones. There is in France
ne society which has been formed to carr