Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-08-25
NEARING A CRISIS.
ANOTHER OPERATION PERFORMED.
An lncisisn Made in the GlanduIar Swell
ling; a Small Quantity Of Pus Dis
eharged-Signs Of Other Similar
ComplieatiOns-Considsrabls
kourishment Taken.
PROSPECT OF CONTINUED SUFFERING
AT TIE BEDSIDE

improvement noticeable in the Presi-
dents case for two or three days past,
received check to-day by reason Of it
being found necessary to open the in
famed gland, the physicians believing
it showed evidences of suppuration
prejudicial to the progress to
wards recovery. The increase Of febriie
symptoms following the operation hav-
ing subsided, on the whole the day
may be- SAID to have been q good one.
The President awoke early this morning
Reinforced by Several Hours Sleep.
somewhat broken, it is true, but less so
than the preceding night, and asked for
iood, which was given him In the ordi-
nary way. The fact that there has
been no occurrence of the vomiting since
Sunday and his stomach and pulse be-
ing stronger, encouraged the physicians
TO hope that they might, for time at
least, forego the attempt to administer
nourishment by injection. To-day the
food given him has, been admins
tered by the mouth. In this manner
the President has
Taken Q Good Deal OF Nourlshment
since O'Clock this morning, and retains |
all of it, and the physicians are begin
ming to reckon with confidence that they |
will have no further trouble with the |
stomach. At both dressings of the |
wound the physicians say they found 1t |
In good condition. The amount |
and character of the pus discharged |
being satisfactory it was only mentioned |
on one of the bulletins that was issued, |
but an official bulletin announces that |
the
Favorable Appearance Continues.
The feyerish symptoms have been some
what higher III the average all day to- |
day than during yesterday, but this Is |
accounted for the sultriness OF the |
day and the slight operation on
the infamed gland. At this writing, IL |
Pm, the pulse is two beats higher than
il was at this time last night, but reports |
from the sick room state that the Presl-
dent is sleeping now. A breeze has
spxung up and the lowering OF the tenn
perature is expected 10 have beneficial
effect. 1t is not thought that the sur
4eons would 80 soon operate on tbs In
famed gland, and the report that but
small quantity OF Pus had been hoer-
ated, about half q thimb,e full In |
quantity, gave rise to
A Street Rumor
tonight that the cutting had been done
so that the swelling was not ripe. The
doctors, OF course, deny this, and they
evidently knew what they were about
When they concluded to make the cut
tiny. they feared the effects OF supPur-
alton. Dr.. Hamilton handled the knife
at the express request OF the President,
who bore the operation well, although
his pulse Jumped to lis within lew
minutes after the cutting. No anathetics
yere used, bat the auteseptie processes
were taken in the shape OF carbolic acid
spray. Half an hour after the operation
tbe pulse had receded to l04, the figure
oi the noon bulletin at IL P N. All the
members of the Cabinet were at the
white House tonight, and remained
tEo or three hours, leaving finally
about 10 O'Clock. On quitting the tx
ecutiye mansion they
Appssred Hop fIl,
and expressed themselves as inclined to
,,iav the case mhre faYorably even than
Isst night. Drs. Hamilton and Wood.
vorJ remain on DUTY in the surgeons,
room Tonight, and DR.. Bnyntou will
Laan watch in the sick r"Om.
Tbsre have been bnt few callers at
the White House either during
The dsy or evening and things about the
Mansion wear qnlss LOOK. Private
Secretary Brown, who has inst come
from the surgeons room, bIings the re-
mort that the President 10 resting easily
Ind that his pnlss'rnns have fallen two
heats below the figures nl The evening
bulletin.
The President pas ed better and
moro refreshing night than he had De-
Sore in nearly a week. His intervals oil
Uaksfulness were shorter and less ire
orent than usual, aud fOr several hours
at times he needed no attention IRON
the attendants. Early this morning
Expresseds Desire for o ID,
and took with apparent relish, about
four ounces OF beef extract. Inc eohnI-
ton Of his stomach, 80 far as ITS aolilty
20 assimilate and dispose OF tood Is con
ceraed, seemed even better than yester-
day, and as soon a. the surgeons became
assured of this fact, they decided to DIS
,,ontinue at least for the present, the
food injections, and began, with Ieei-
ing of greater confidence, 10 give larger
Quantities of beef juice, psptonlzed
In 10 noon the patient swallowed thir-
teen and one four ounces Of this kind oil
food, and the effects of the increased
amount of nourishment taken yester-
day and to-day began to be apparent IN
~ A stsadisr and Stronger PulsS'
the rate Of which at Roon was only louf
beats higher than early in the mornlRS
found at the morning .dressing. Inc
Presidents healthy appearance and It's
condition was in every respect satlsisc-
tory.
Talk With the Doctors.
In conversation this evening Dr. |
Bliss says the results Of the operation |
were in every way satisfactory. II was
not expected, he said, that the incislc i
would at suce give permanent relief or |
mat inflammation would Immediately |
saoslde. There would probably be
y SSe@Porary aggrayatien OF the
lne operation, and more pus might
@ n IN the swelling. Hedid not, how
anticipate any further trouble.
~ s. - : saeislon would be kept open, and If
= probable that more pus should
form readily escape. There
voald, he thought, be no neees-
sity for any more cutting. Ane
the operation the patient swallowed
food as before without nauses or als;
comfort and up to bslf-past Sur had
tsSen in all about % ounces. The s1-
animation showed slightly higher Putse
than the corresponding hour last night;
but in other respects the condluon OF
ths patient was unchanged. Atseven
o'eloek Gen. Swaine said he
Felt More Encouraged
than NJ any time before or since Satnr-
dsy- Col. Rockwell, who happened to
be standing by, expressed tne ssine
feeling upon being asked WIN resslu 70
ths reported delir um OF the Preslaent
Col. Rockwell sad: The talk ABOUT de-
: Aum is all nonsense. Inc rrest
dant is not delirious anu