, 1881-07-10
CAPT. N-ALKE1:S WOUND.

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| Special Utsptich to Tiat Gn:cugo IribunA
RElDSvA1E, y. c., July 0.-1ntercst hns
| been excited here. especially among physi-
cilns, who now expec: President Gar1lcld's
certain recovery, by tho discovery that Capt
David 4. Walker, all ex-Confedcratc soldier
| living near here, was wounded exactly i'll the
| same place rs the President. Every one Of
Capt. Walkers symptoms at the time wereeN-
actly the same Us have been developed III the
case uf the President. It was affirmed, In Capt
Walkers case, is III the Presidents that lie
could not possibly recover, but, after four
weeks confinement, lie was able to join his
regiment. with the bullet still III his body 1t
has l1eyer been extracted, despite the efforts
Of many physicians to get at it, and they
have not been able to ascertain where the
ball is.
ON THE MORNING THAT GARFIELD WAS
6HUE,
Capt Walker got up from the breakfast
table and remarked that Ills wound panied
him very much. The pain continued until
the evening. when lie heard Of tile attempt
OH the Presidents life and how tie was
wounded. lie tllen said to Mrs Walker:
1.-The Presidents wound is III every respect
like mine. and, with careful nursing and the
treatment 1 received, liz will certainly get
Well''
OUTSIDE OPINION.
Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune.
WASHINGTON, July 9.-1nquiry among
many physicians who are watching the
Presidents case, and who have inside views
Of the ctlse not given to the public, develops
opinion that while the President may possi-
bly, recover, yet 50 many dangers still attend
his case that it is by 10 means safe to posi-
lively predict his recovery.
SUPERINTENDENT WALES,
OF the navy, said to Secretary Hunt this
morning that he did not consider the Presi-
dent had al even chance lie said there was
a well authenticated case Of 4 wound OF the
abdomen from buckshot, when the patient
exhibited favorable symptoms. and when
the temperature aud pulse became
perfectly normal, and yet death ell
sued Oh tile eighteenth day. Two
great dangers now attend the case,-
secondary hemorr}age and pynnia- It is
well known to the medical profession that 4
person may die Of peritonitis with the tenl-
perature even below that which is recorded
from day to day in the Presidents case.
WET SHEETS REMOVED.
The proprlety of surrounding the Presi-
dents bed with cold wet sheets and blankets
has been severely criticised medically. and
i'll consequence they have been removed.
TIE NCI.LET.
Tile fact that the seventh day has passed
and that more radically dangerous symptoms
have not appeared llas renewed the interest
i'll the probable location Of the bullet. Some
of the doctors are beginning to think that 1t
may not have penetrated 50 far into the ven
trail cavity Us has been expected and feared,
and that the ball, owing to the fact that it
Struck the tenth rib. WIS DETECTED and ulen
pursued 4 directly downward course below
the liver, or passed around and is
in front. Those who hold this theory
that, If it had torn the interior |
tissues, and 50 badly nuutilatcd the liver, as
is claimed BY so1ne, that more marked sy,np-
toms Of such damage would now be appar-
ent. There is also great deal Of comment |
that |
so MANY or1ATEs
are used. in view of the direct injunctions of |
D1s. Hamilton and Agnew that the patient |
should not be so much kept under the inilu-
ence of selatiye drugs. An eminent medical |
doubts the theory that the ball
passed through the liver, aud makes strong !
in support Of his doubt. The med
cal gentleman maintains that the President |
vas probably III the act of lifting his |