Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-08-25
THE PRESIDE yT,S CONDITION.

THE PRESIDL yT'S CONDITION.
Although the attending surgeons "oficial
bulletins" would seem to be intended to con
vey the impression that the White House
sufferer is doing we'll, and getting along as
we'll as could be expected, correspondents and
reporters for the press convey, by their letters
and dispatches, altogether different ideas
The Washington correspondent Of the Ne'0s
and Courier telegraphed that Monday night,
the President had vomited, and that no more
use could be made of his stomach at present
While the greatest uneasness prevailed in
Washington over this fact, the same CORES,
pondent informs US that the doctors explain
that the vomiting is not from gastric distur-
bance, but from constant accumulation OF
phlegm in the throat. The phlegm arises
from the glandular swelling in the neck. But
'it makes very little difference, so far as the
patient is concerned, whether he is debarred
from food by reason Of phlegm or gastric dis
turbance. The fact remains that he cannot
take any more food in the natural way until
the cause is removed. 1t is said that the Presl
dent is constantly choking and has the hack
ing cough which characterizes the last stages
of consumption. The glandular infamma-
ton has stifened the muscles Of the neck to
such degree that the patient cannot open
his mouth more than half an inch, and has
something like lockjaw. He coughs contin'
ually and complains Of the phlegm choking
him. He cannot talk above whisper. The
parotid gland swelling de6es the combined
efforts of the doctors. These are the cold
facts which must be borne in mind by the
country in summing up the case"
The above gloomy prospect is supplemented
by the following from the same correspondent,
at 10 o'clock, P. NJ, Monday: "The general
anxiety to night is more apparent than last
night, when the symptoms in the Presidents
case were much worse. The correspondent
adds:
"The showing of the evening bulletin was
sufficient to raise renewed alarm in the pub
lie mind, an alarm which was scarcely JUST
fed by the contents of the bulletin ITSELF
The tone of the doctors was really cheerful
There we're the figures, however, which show
ed a higher pulse and temperature than usual,
and the omission of all mention of the paro.
It'd gland had an evil look. ut was just
what everybody wanted to know about" was
the general remark as people turned away
from the bulletins. "lt is the vital point"
said one "The question is, has the gland
suppurated ?" said another. Thus went spec
ulation and anxious inquiry from mouth to
mouth.
From interviews with the physicians pub.
lished in the afternoon papers, the public had
been led to believe that a crisis was appre-
hended by the surgeons with regard to the
probable suppuration of the parotid inAam-
nation. 1t was admitted by them this after
noon that the condition of the patients stom-
ach being fair, the principal cause of uneasi-
ness lay with the inAammatory symptoms in
the neck. If they could not succeed in get.
ting this anticipated suppuration postponed
until the patient could be rebuilt somewhat
from the stomach, the operation which would
have to be performed might be successful and
attended with no evil results. If suppura-
ton should occur now. while the patient is
still excessively weak with his last relapse, it
was feared that he might possibly die with
exhaustion.
Gall this the public of Washington had
been brought to understand before the issu.
ance of the evening bulletin, and had looked
forward to that official report with much
anxiety. When it appeared with no word
on the subject, the disappointment was great.
The rumors soon gained circulation that the
gland had been operated upon, or had in
creased to such an extent as to justify an
operation, but this could not be confirmed at
the White House."
The dispatch closes: "With the exception
of an improved condition of the stomach, the
President closes the day triAe worse, if any
thing, than yesterday"
To the above, which may be regarded as
authentic, We can only append our latest
intelligence in the form of an "oficial bull
letin," dated Tuesday, $50 A. NJ:
"The President slept the greater part of
last night, but was awake at frequent inter-
walls. He has taken: since last evening, lar
ger quantity of liquid food by the mouth than
at the corresponding hours of any day during
the past week. The use Of nutritive enema
ia is continued at longer intervals. The par
otid swelling is unchanged. Pulse, 100; res.
piration, 18; temperature, SO 3.10."