The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-09-13
THE PRESIDENT.

It is regarded as bordering upon
treason to say the President will not
get well; at the same time is 1t not
suggestive of lying to say be will re-
cover? On Sunday q new complica-
don was discovered, Or rather it was
reported by the surgeons on that day.
The doctors have the happy faculty
Of saying nothing of new dangers
antil they become extremely alarm
ing, The reason assigned by the
medical gentlemen for this strange
course Is that they do not want to
alarm the public, which proves that
aAe doctors are bad reasoners. The
Critical" periods are occurring SO
often and the crises 80 frequent that
8hs public does not get over one scare
before cause for another is developed.
Ehe doctors now profess little anxiety
concerning the abscess Ia the lung,
get it will be remembered that few
days ago. when there was hint Of
she possible occurrence OF this same
a7ouble, the doctors secuted the idea.
and talked as il the thing were too
dangerous to be thought Of. When
4he Inflammation of the parotid
gland was first discovered, Bliss said
il amounted to nothing, AMI would
soon pass away, yet twice since then
She President has been brought to
deaths door through that at first
tTiAing circumstance. And 80 it has
been from the day the President was
sounded. The doctors, while pro-
Sssaing to act in q manner to sllay
excitement, have really kept the peo-
pie more anxious than they would
have been if the whole truth had been
published day By day. Finally, the
public has Lost all confidence in the
snrgeons' reports. After reading
them people wonder what are the
real facts, and ask themselves how
much longer the patient can live.
Yesterday was one of the doctors
''gocd days." How many more such
good days can there be before the
FINAL bad day. which TO the person Of
ordinary intelligence and observation
must come as the ending OF all these
days Of doubt and anxiety? The
President is undoubtedly the victim
Of the seVereat character of blood
poisoning. He seems q mass OF cor
Guption, outside and in. There are
pps cavities in various parts OF
his body, matter is flowing into
She meuth, through the nose, is
being thrown of the lungs, the flesh
ia sIoughing from the side of his face.
The muscles and nerves OF the eyes
are affected, and even his brain is
not free, as upon awakening his
mind wanders for some time. Add
10 his other troubles the hole q foot
long made by the bullet. and the two
knife missions made by DR.. Agnew
to drain the wound, and some idea OF
the condition OF the man may be
Imagined. Does anybody honestly
believe that a person 80 afflicted can
get we'll? Surgeons not in the case do
not 30 believe, and those who have
watched the progress to the grave Of
wounded butsloEly-dying men, think
Is impossible thas Garfield can be re-
stored to physical and mental health.
AL wish that it could be otherwise,
but what good or sense Is there in
doctors and intelligent men disregard
ing their knowledge and lying to
Sheir Judgment. In all the reports
from Long Branch this morning, there
is not one line that may safely be re-
gRrded as an indication of the Preai
dents final recovery. Everything
conveys the impression that the Pres
ident issloWly bat certainly spprosch-
ing the end. |