The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-08-16
LATEST KILOGRAMS.
NOT DYING,
NOT DYING,
But I'm = Bad Condition.
Everybody but the Doctors
Alarmed at the President's
Condition.
THE KNIFE NECESSARY.

| Condition.
THE KNIFE NECESSARY.
New York, 13.-Her0lds Wash
ingtOn: The necessity for counter
incisiOn at the distant end Of tht
Presidents wound, or to speak more
plainly, the importance Of having 9
continuous channel through the
body to insure the freest and fullest
discharge of pus, by the removal
Of the ball, is no longer questioned
by the surgeons. The fact that the
wound has never been penetrated
by the drainage tube more than
seven inches, while its track is rec
ognized to be fully fifteen inches,
indicates at once that manipulation
or pressure has been resorted to to
empty the entire channel of pus
constantly secreted along its whole
length.
SUNDAYS BULLETINS.
Washington, 14.-Executive Man
sion, 5 pm The President has
passed very comfortable day and
at this hour is resting quietly. The
attending surgeons are Of the opln-
ion that the favorable condition Of
the patient will continue. and that
the next few days will show a
marked improvement.
1t was learned at the White
House tonight that the President
had partaken of the usual quantity
of solid food during the day. Col.
Rockwell is reported to have stated
at late hour last night that the
President had been troubled some
what during the day with nausea,
and vomited several times.
The following was sent tonight:
To Loao5U, Minister, London:
The general condition of the
President is not materially changed.
The fever is about the same. Pulse
this evening 1OS, temperature 100, s.;
respiration 10.
(Signe0 HIT,
Acting secretary.
LINCOLN's OPINION.
New York, 15.-TTtbUfle'S inter
view with Robert Lincoln, secretary
of war:
Will you express an opinion, Mr..
Secretary, as to the Presidents con-
dition? 1 have no hesitation in
expressing emphatically the belief
that he will recover, but it will be
slow and tedious and the public
must not be too impatient.
Do you think the public has been
deceived? No, l do not. There
has been no reason for cOncealing
anything, as far as / am aware. Of
course the doctors have to be care
full in the wording of bulletins to
prevent misconstruction. but they
have been correct in my belief.
Why do you think the public too
impatient? Well, because people
seem to think that as the President
is not well by this time, his true
condition has been concealed. Now,
I can tell you he has been and is a
very sick man. Three days after
the shooting 1 had a long consulta-
ton with Surgeon Woodward, he
then said, If the President lived a
few days longer he could get well,
but his recovery would be long and
painful.
Then you don't hesitate TO say he
will get well? If did not think
so would not be away from WASH
ington.
Washington specials as to the
Presidents condition are much the
same as usual. Pessimist journals,
like the Herald, continue to see
danger ahead, and possible further
surgical operations, while optimists,
like the Tribune and Times have
nothing but good tidings. Inter
views with doctors and nurses GER
tainly show nothing alarming, but
adm0nish us that the Presidents
life as for six weeks last past. hangs
by thread.
MONDAYS REPORT.
Washington, 15.-EXecutive Man
sion, $50 a.m.-The President did
not rest as well as usual last night
until towards. o'clock. His sleep
was not sound and he vomited
several times. About , O'clock he
became composed and slept well
until after 7. This morning his
stomach is eXcitable, and his tenn
perature rather higher than yeSter-
day. At present his pulse is 10S,
temperature 1902, respiration 20.
Signed by the attending surgeons.
The President is said to be conSid-
erably better than when the morn
ing bulletin was issued. He has
taken some milk and q small guam
tity of beef extract, also some
whisky with an egg, all of which he
has retained. In response to an in
quiry as to the cause Of the Presi-
dents vomiting, private secretary,
Brown said it was due entirely to
his weak stomach, while it was more
or les aggravated by the wound.
The President contracted dyspepsia
while he was in the army, and at no
time since has he been entirely free