The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-07-19
THE PRESIDENT,
His Condition inproyi.x Daily-A
Few Ineidents.


His Condition ImproyinE DaiIy-A
Few Ineidents.
New York, July 1e.-The Herald's
Washington special says: Doctor Bliss
being interviewed said: There was q
rather funny Thing happened to-day.
We were dressing the presidents wound
with antiseptic dressing, which is done
twice day and he had been turned over
on his side. was bathing him with
alcohol and pretty soon the president
said doctor. scratch my back" l
began rubbing him up and down along
the back bone with my hand and SAID,
snow when you feel have rubbed you
enough, Just say so." / continued Tor
some time but the president said moth
ing. Pretty soon called for a hair
brush and used that instead OF my
hand and 1 then rubbed for long
time and his back was getting rather
red. then said in u laughing way,
now, don't hesitate to speak out if you
want me to stop. He didn't make any
reply but after while he said with a
sort of q sigh, 'well doctor. there's an
end to all things, you can STOP" We
all burst out laughing at this. BE
liked it 50 much, that he hated to have
me stop. He gains every day. To-
day he rolled himself over in his bed
and crossed his legs. He begins to
talk about sitting up and going out.
He said to me to-day, having heard
that the cabinet officers went down the
river on the steamer Despatch, Satur-
day: "Doctor, when do you think l
can take trip on the Despatch? Are
you a good sailor, Mr.. President? / al
ways have been and guess am now.
Well, we will consider the matter;
think you will be able to go out that
way before you can go on the railroad.
As the doctors went out, one gentle
men connected with the white house
said, think he will be sitting up in
side of ten days. Others predicted that
by this time next week be would be
able to get out of bed. The amount
of solid food that the president is eat
ing and his returning strength seems
to justify these predictions.
To-day DR.. Bliss pressed on the
presidents stomach along where the
ball Is believed to have passed and
started flow of pus. The doctors say
that at least wine glass full of pus
which is an Indication that
the wound is open all along the track
of the ball and that it will begin heal
ing from the inside. All the surgeons
said tonight that their highest hopes
in the presidents case have been
reached up to tonight and their conf
dence of recovery is greater than ever
before. Only one eighth of grain of
morphine is given every "a hours. The
fever to-day has been very slight and
the president rests well, sleeping most
of the night.
The presidents nurse being inter-
viewed said in regard to the incidents
of July second: HE has not forgotten
q detail, and in fact never will. Every
is paragraphed in his
mind clearly. Yesterday he referred
to an incident frequently, and, in addi-
tion to his own feelings at the moment
Of the shooting, he tells with great
spirit how he watched the countenan-;
ces of those around him. He remem-
bers accurately the effects of the shock
upon them as keenly as If he were not
the victim, but only an attentive by
stander." He looks forward to the
time when he shall be permitted to
read the papers with great interest.
Whenever he wishes to read paper or
refers to them in any way, we remind
him of the promise made by Col. Rock
we'll to keep them all for him. OF
course you heard the remark he made
about the heart of the nation etc..
well phrasing is not exactly right, and
it is too fine saying not to 60 out in
its true shape. What he said was:
1.-THE heart of the nation will help the
old soldier to get well, !" instead of ..the
heart Of the nation will not let the old
soldier die.''