, 1881-07-24
5 4. 81. SATURDAY.

) H. 81. SATURDAY.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, July 23-5 a. H.
There has been no material change III the
Presidents condition during the night. He
has had another quiet night.
5 4. n.
The slight fever which male its appear
ance between and 10 last evening, but
which subsidized during the night, is not no.
ticeable this morning. This febrilriz was due
to local and temporary cause, rather than to
any general untavorabIe change in the Pres
idents condition. liz is as well now as ut
the same hour yesterday morning, and this,
taken into consideration with the fact that he
did not sleep so well MS on the previous
night seems to Indicate gain in his favor.
11:D 4. II.
Dr.. BoJnton, who has just come from the
Presidents chamber, attributes the sudden
rise in the Presidents pulse and temperature
to some obstruction in the way Of a free dis
charge of pus from the wound. Symptoms
<1f granul2tioD were noticed along the track
Of the ball yesterday, and 1t is possible that
this healing process going on at some point
comparatively near to the external surface
OF the body has damned up quantity Of
pus in the deeper part OF the wound, end
that The chill and Increased fever are to be
thus accounted for. Tie discharge this
morning, although perfectly normal and
healthy in its character, was unusually
scanty, which would seem to indicate that
its flow has been in some way inpct1ed
or interrupted. The chill mentioned in the
official bulletin commenced about O'Clock
and lasted until 4. being quite severe, the
pulse running up at one time to l30. At this
hour the fever Is sail to be gradually dis
appearing. and the patients condition is con-
sitered better than When the bulletin was
issued.
11:45 4. II.
The attending surgeons have just tele-
graphel Doctors Hamilton and Agnew to
come to Washington at once for consulta-
tion.
At O'Clock this morning the President
showed the usual morning symptoms of IT.
coyery, but about O'Clock he was attacked
with something like a chill. He shook all
over, and lis muscles all became rigid with
what the surgeons call 4 "rlgur." This
chilly. shaky sensation lasted until about 9
o'clock. when the fever set in and rose rap
idly. His pulse went up to $50. and his tenn
perature above l01.- III an hour or so the
fever declined some. The doctors are not
yet able to define the cause of the change.
The flow of pus from the wound stopped this
morning, and the surgeons say this may have
caused the change in the Presidents condi-
tion. 4 longer drainage tube was substl-
tuted, and tie doctors pressed On tile stomach
and bowels, but very little pus eXuded.
Watcher this means thai the wound is heal
ing between where the ball is and the mouth
OF the wound, or that an abscess is forming,
is not yet known. Dr.. Bliss said just now
he could not tell the cause Of the change.
1850 4. II.
The surgeons made 4 partial examination
of the President but he seemed inclined to
rest, and they did net want to disturb him
much. The result Of this examination, as
given BY the surgeons, is, that lis condition
is not any more favorable than it was sew
eral hours ago. In order not TO disturb the
President no other examination will be made
until o'clock this evening. The docturS
are very reticent. only saying that the change
Is probably caused by the stoppase of the
discharge from the wound. They will not
give any positive opinions, but say they hope
for the best
There was sudden change in the Presi-
dents condition this morning about7 O'Clock.
The wound ceased discharging aid was
found closed, and a severe cEiil was followed
BY rapid rise in temperature. The physi-
clans were quite alarmed, and could not ac-
count for the change. After the chill ceasrd
the doctors thought there would be 4 reac-
ton, and the President would rapidly iu-
prove The reaction came, but did not last
long. at II O'clock the symptoms looked 50
serious that the physicians decided to rcle-
graph for Surgeons Hamilton and Agnew,
and this was done. At ]. y. m the pulse had
risen to 19o, and the temperature to l02, aud
at 80 the pulse was LOS.
lis r. N.
At this hour the President is no better