The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-09-23
a DECIDED GAIN.

A DECIDED GAIN.
Hopeful Condition o. sAs President %
the lSth-Ae HI own Request He r
Placed In . Reellnlag Chair, and
+! RxPsrlences No Apparent Ineonvsn.
fence ThereffOn.
LoNo BRANCH, September IA
The weather to-day was charming, and
the air was perfectly pure and bracing-fn
fact, just such weather ~ the Presidents
attendants have been looking for.
The patient to-day made good progress
on the road to recovery. Reports from the
sick.room throughout the entire day have
been Of the most reassuring character, and
| the fact that the surgeons and attendants
are all in the best Of spirits tends to confirm
the idea that recuperation has again fairly
commenced.
Shortly before noon there was quite .
scene at Elberon. Messengers from the cot.
tage In which the President IL quartered
were dispatched for the surgeons and at
tendants. OF course the instructions given
were to make haste, rs 1t was the Presidents
desire that they come immediately. The
| order was faithfully complied with, and ev.
cry one who witnessed the messengers run.
ming became excited, aud feared the Presi.
dent had become suddenly worse. The sus.
pense for few moments was great. The
surgeons and Colonies Swain and Rockwell
Immediately answered the summons. After
few minutes DR.. Hamilton returned from
the cottage. with the remark: "Gentle.
men, you need not be alarmed. The Presi.
ont xrysch oA 70 ho ;vn hso inf
chair, and we have just moved him. The
chair, however, is about as reclining as his
bed, and it cannot properly be called sitting
up"
The chair was placed In q commanding
view of the ocean, and the President en-.
joyed the change very much. The Presi.
dent expressed his admiration Of the beauty
of the ocean, while Mrs. Garfield sat near
him, and DR.. Bliss remained in the next
room.
After remaining in the chair about half an
hour he asked to be put back to bed. DR..
Bliss went into the room and asked II he was
weary. "No," said the President, " not at
all; but do not think it well to oyerio the
matter" The attendants were summoned,
and the President was replaced in bed. The
moving did not cause any acceleration of the
pulse beyond beat or so, and the tempera-
ture remained the same as before he was
disturbed.
Two sections of the balcony of the Presi.
dents cottage have been removed to give him
an uninterrupted view Of the ocean from his
bed in two directions. He is said to greatly
enjoy the scene, and frequently refers to the
great good the salt air is doing him.
In an interview DR.. Bliss says the glandu.
lar affection is practically well, and no
further trouble will arise from it. The
wound Is in splendid condition. The local
ity where the ball entered the body down to
the point where the incision was made Is
nicely healed, and the granulation along the
track Of the wound progressing finely. The
cleansing catheter entered to-day about the
same depth as it did yesterday-about nine
fnches-and it was plainly distinguished to
strike against solid substance at the end of
that distance. The ball is no doubt thor
oughly encysted, and no apprehension
whatever is felt about it. The Doctor added,
in this connections: "Were it known ex-
actly where the ball lies, and il it was not
q half inch from the surface, and could be
readily removed, we should not think of
cutting for 1t at this time"
The lung affection is the only prominent
and, In fact, the only unfavorable symptom
in the Presidents case to-day, and that has
passed the crisis, and is now mending slow.
~, but apparently surely. The doctor de-
tailed the circumstances surrounding this
complication, aud referred to the knowledge
OF the attending surgeons that it had been
gradually developing for from two to three
weeks. He said: eve knew it would reach
crisis, and the crisis came Sunday last.
On that day there is no doubt the symptoms
became so pronounced that fears were en-
tertained they would result in q pulmonary
abscess; but fortunately the trouble passed
over satisfactorily, and the complication has
been getting better, though slowly, ever
since"
The depression caused BY the crisis of |
Sunday ohviated any gain by the patient
that day; but, ~ heretofore maintained,
the President lost no ground, merely expe-
rfencing srand-still until the symptoms
developed and passed by.
With the exception Of the first forty hours
after his arrival and Sunday last the evil
dences are very conclusive to those con.
stantly with the patient that he has made q
daily gain ever since he reached Long
Branch.
DR.. Hamilton, DIR. Bliss stated, In re-
spouse to an inquiry, said, upon seeing the
President the first time after his return,
that he noticed some improvement, and this
was after the patient had experienced dis.
turbances caused by the lung trouble Sum
day.
Abiding to the position taken by him
that the President IL convalescent, DR..
Bliss said some persons may draw line at
. point different from that drawn by him;
but his idea Of eonvalescence is in substance
that when patient has passed successfully
through such dangerous conditions as Presi-
dent Garfield has, without serious results,
snd afterwards repaired with every indica-
ton repair would be continued, he called
It convalescence. "SOme people. " said he,
''misht prefer to wait until the President is
walking around before they would admit he
Is convalescing, but de not; hence my
opinion is that he is convalescent'
The doctor emphatica!ly asserted that
there are ut Dresent no SIGNS Of blood.