The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-08-14

/ L A1IcIUC1pllId, e. L nO L CUG6S pun
fishes Dr.. AgneW's card, to-day, bu
reaffirms, it is stated, DR.. AgneW'
words exactly in the interview, an(
invites him to point out an enron
eouS statement.
HIGH FEVER.
Washington, 13.-Executive Man
sion, August 18th, $50 a.m.-The
President did not sleep as we'll as
usual during the early part of the
night. After, midnight, however
his sleep was refreshing and only
broken at long intervals. This
morning he has little fever.
Nevertheless he expresses himself
as feeling better than for several
days past. Pulse 104, temperature
1908, respiration 10. Signed by the
physicians.
On Sunday morning, July 8, the
day after the President was shot, his
pulse was 124, temperature normal,
respiration 18. On July 4th, the
second day. pulse 10S, temperature
90, respiration 10; July 5th, pulse
ia, temperature 100, respiration "a;
Sunday morning, July 10, pulse 106.
temperature 100, respiration %,
From the latter date until WedneS-
dry, August 10th, the pulse and
temperature given Immediately af-
ter the morning dressing had not
exceeded 100, the figures on the 10th
inst. being, pulse 104, temperature
98, respiration 10. The patients
pulse, shown by this mornings bulle-
tin, 1O4, has therefore only been ex-
| ceeded at that hour of the morning,
but twice, according to bulletins,
since the shooting occurred, the ex-
captions being on the mornings
following the shooting. Extra
official bulletins issued by surgeons
indicated pulse of 10, temperature
101, respiration "a. In explanation
of the indication of fever shown
by this mornings official bulletin,
DR.. Bliss said there was a
slight retention in the flow of pus
from the lower track of the wound
and that it will, in all probability,
pass Off in an hour or so. After the
morning dressing the President ex-
pressed himself as feeling better and
ordered his breakfast brought in.
There is no little uneasiness felt,
however, by the general public, On
account of the Presidents high
pulse, as noted in this mornings
bulletin.
Regarding his own condition, DR..
Bliss said he had been quite sick
last night. He had taken consider
able medicine which had acted IA
vorably and he had felt much better
this morning.
The announcement of the bulletin
this morning that the President had
fever gave rise to another general
feeling of uneaSiness throughout the
city. 1t was evident, however, that
the feeling was not shared by the
surgeons and attendants of the
President. DR.. Bliss went to the
White House this morning and said
there was no cause for alarm in the
Presidents condition. The doctors
had not counted on the Presidents
getting well right along
without any more unfavor-
able change. The case would fuc-
tuate and the fever this morning
was one of these fluctuations, which
might be expected until the Presi-
dent gets on his feet. Surgeons say
the fever this morning and the rest
lessness last night were caused by
retained pus. They had taken out
the drainage tube to let the walls of
the wound collopSe and heal; that
in washing the wound out last
night some little cavity was not
thoroughly cleansed, and the reten-
ton Of that small amount Of pus
caused rise of temperature. The
presence of a thimbleful of pus in
the wound will cause fever. The
wound was thoroughly cleansed
this morning and the fever 1T once
The President will GER
tainly be better tomorrow.
Col. Rockwell, who sat up with |
the President last night, said to a |
reporter at noon that the President |
was doing well. The retention of a |
small quantity of pus had caused a |
rise of fever, but washing the wound
at once relieved this, and the pulse
receded Immediately to 102 and
temperature to 9915. The President
expressed himself this morning as
feeling frst-rate. He borrowed his |
(Rockwell's) eye-glass and read the |
headlines ON the daily papers, and
commented upon them.
To-day DR.. AgneW was tele-
for, but the Presidents sur
geon said not because he is specially |
wanted, but to know when it would |
be convenient for him to come, as
DR.. Hamilton wanted to leave.
Executive Mansion, 1890 PM
The President has been cheerful |
and easy during the morning and |
his temper4tur has fallen little
more than a degree and a half since |
the morning bulletin was issued.
The wound is discharging healthy |
pus. Pulse now 102, temperature
99.2, respiration Is.
(Signed.) ID. w. Bliss,
j. j. WOODWARD.
j. K. BARNES,