The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-07-26


Calls No symptoms
of Blood Poison.
Sundays Dispatches.
Executive. Mansion, Washington, July "a
DIR. Bliss, during the course of the consult
'ation in relation to the operation performed
On the president this morning. said that du-
ring his examination, yesterday. he discover
I'd that slight sac or pus cavity, which had
formed Immediately on the turn on the
track Of the ball, and at once decided that
the proper course to pursue would be to
make an incision, which would straighten
the track and permit free discharge Of pus,
1t wss determined, however, before perform.
ing the operation, that it would be best to
notify the consulting physicians and request
their attendance, which was done forth with.
The formation Of the pus cavity, the doctor
says is a very ordinary occurrence in
similar instances, and there is no
doubt in his mind that the in.
cision will tend to lesson the ire.
quency and severity Of the rigors. He
says, however, that the patient may have
other slight chile. The result of the EXAM
ination this morning, and the presidents
present condition, continued DR.. Bliss, are
reassuring. When left him, fifteen min-
utes ago, be wa: sleeping quietly. During
the operation his pulse reached about 100.
Since shat time there has been falling q fl
of about fifteen beats. The president did
not move q muscle during the operation, and
1t was not found necessary to administer any
alcoholic stimulants. The counter open,
ing is about three inches below the wound.
It was necessary to cut TO the depth of one
l Oh before the connection with the original
wound was complete. A local anast6esis
was sdministe ed, causing q numbnees of
the part operaled upon, which prevented
pain. Shortly after the operatihn, the pa-
lient partOOk Of nOurishment with relish and
expressed himself ~ feeling much relieved
by the operation,
~. m.-rhe president has been much re-.
lieved by the operation of this morning. The
pus has been discharging satisfactorily
through the new opening. At noon biz
pulse was l1S 8 10; rerpira ion "a. At pres.
ent bis pulse is l04; temperature 80 2-lO
respiration %.
D. w. BLISS.
j. X. BARNES.
I'D. WOODWARD.
ROBERT RhYBURN.
Unofficial bulletin, 1880 p. m.-The pres.
idenrs wound has just been dressed, and the
surgeons feel still more encouraged.
Unofficial bullelin-Executive Mansion,
3 p. m.-It has been stated this afternoon.
and it is believed that the story has been tel.
egraphed out Of town, that DR.. Hamilton
the consulting surgeon from New York, had
expressed the opinion that the presidents
case is utterly hopeless. DR.. Hamilton hs.
not made any such assertion, and authorizes
the emphatic denial of it.
10 Up. m.-The presidents condition con
tiDuss favorable. DR.. Agnew, of Philadel
phis, one Of the consulting physicians, lef
for home this afternoon. He will return to.
morrow. AT the invitation of DR.. Bliss, DR.
Agnew performed the operation on the
president this morning.
WILD RUMoRs.
The condition of the president to-day wal
the source of much anxiety 10 the absence oil
official information later than the morning
bulletin. All sorts of wild and unfounded
rumors were 10 circulation. Since the eve.
ming bulletin, however, more hopeful feel.
ings have prevailed AMI the excitement oi
the day has to great extent sub.ided, The
attending surgeons do not hesitate to cav
that there has been substantial, and the '
believe permanent improvement in the presi.
dents condition since this morning.
THE OPERATION.
In an interview with representative oI
the associated press al 6 p. IN Dr. Rsy burr
expressed the opinion that the crisis of the
disturbance caused by the form alton Of pus in
the cavity has passed, and that there ID
now every reason to expect an abatement, II
not an entire disappearance of the unfavora,
ble symptoms Of the last 36 hours. In ex.
planning the nature Of the operation per.
formed by Or. Agnew this morning and the
necessity fer it, DR.. Reyburn made in sub.
stance the following statement: The direc-
tion taken by the ball after II entered the
body was forward and slightly downward
until 1t struck one Of the ribs. Il was thence
DETECTED still further downward. aid q little
to the right 20 as to make an angle with the
line of the back. In other words, when q
probe was introduced into the wound TO a
depth Of three or three and one half inches.
it's direction was such that its inner end was
only about an inch and Q half from
the outside Of the body Of q point
lower down. The examination, which was
made in the presence Of Doctors Agnew AID
Hamilton this morning, shows that q pus
cavity had formed In the trace of tho bail
nearer and beyond point where II glanced
from the rib and that this cavity could be
reached BY direct incision three inches be.
low the mouth Of the wound. II was de.
cidsd o. once 10 perform the operation. No
snssthetics were used, but the. part 70 be
operated upon Was benumbed BY spray of
ether and wide cut WA made into the pus
cavity, which WAS reached At . depth OF a
little more than an inch with the aid Of q
probe and pair Of fcrceps. A
drainage tube, which is . small flexible
tube OF rutb Der perforated with holes,
was then introduced In The wound made BY
the ball, and after being carried through the
pus cavity was brought out through the
newly made incision. One end Of the tube
then projected from the cut made BY
the surgeons knife and the other from the
mouth Of tho original wound. AZ tho pus
oczed into the tubes through the perforatiop,
Il could escape from either etd, and was
washed out with weak solution
Of carbolic acid and wator, which was thrown
lhrorvh TIM tuho In n atreaun Tina d;s