Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-07-21
THE WOUNDED PRESIDENT.
A Compilation of Recent Washington Dis
patches.
Il DOCTORS SAY.

In conversation with DIR. Boynton, tn
Presidents family physician, DIR. Bliss ex
pressed an opinion that the PRESIDENT
chances Of recovery were favorable. Tn
danger Of peritonitis, he said, was rapid.
passing away, and, although it might still
occur, its occurrence had become improba
| bic. The only accidents now to be appre
hended, he said, and the only ones likely Il
terminate fatally,we secondary hemorrhag
and pyamis, or blood poisoning. Secondar,
hemorrhage might occur at any time up Il
the seventh day. Pyamia, or blood poison
ing, was the accident most to be feared, anC
of that there was not We, he said, the slight
est indication. An alb .cess also might form
at any point along the course of the bail, Of
at the extremity of the wound, but with thi
he said they could deal successfully. He ex.
pressed great reliance upon the President'i
vigorous constitution, strong vitality, ant
calm courage. He was, the Doctor said, the
very best patient he had seen in the course
OF his surg cal practice.
With regard to the supposed course Of the
ball and its present location, DIR. Bliss said
that while they had not thought it prudent
to probe deeply in search of IL, either imme-
dat ly after the infliction of the injury OF
since that time, he did, on Saturday, intro
duce Nelaton probe into the wound very
gently, and traced the course OF the ball
about three and half inches. SO far as he
could judge, it had entered the back above
the right hip and taken nearly n horizontal
course forward through the body, striking
and slightly fracturing n rib, and being then
detected to the right, where it penetrated
the liver. Whether the ball remained in
that organ or passed through it and lodged
in the anterior wall of the abdomen, he was
unable to say, but he hoped that the latter
would prove to be the case. lie said he re-
gardrd the wound, in q surgical sense, a
very fortunate One, since the sli ght dehec-
ton of the ball to the right had carried IL
away from the region where il would have
been likely to prove fatal in a few hours, and
into q region where il left chance Of re-
covery.
Speaking Of the pain in the Presidents
feet, DR.. Bliss said that it was probably due
to the liberation of one OF The sympathetic
ganglia. The motor and sensory nerves of
the leg had not, he said, been injured. In
conclusion, DIR. Bliss expressed his opinion
that, while the President was st II in serious
danger, every day was carrying him past the
strong hope he would recover.
Surgeon General Barnes said: "There are
many dangers ahead, and we can not tell
yet what one he will escape. There have
been many recoveres from gunshot wounds
through the liver, but the authorities all
show that the average time when the pa
tients were considered out of danger was
Ihirty-one days. l do not think the Presi-
dent will be out of danger until he has
passed the thirty first day, and then it may
c long time before he can be considered
If he passes the thirty-first
day shall consider his recovery certain, but,
until that period is passed, he is IN a crit
zeal condition, and is subject to the dangers
Of the varying phases OF his case. At pres
ent the most we have to do is to let well
enough alone, and not attempt to interfere
with nature, which Is working itself in our
ravor. What he needs is perfect rest and
As little medical or surgical treatment as
possible"
IN THE SICK CHAMBER.
No visitors to the sick chamber are allowed
outside the doctors and nurses, with the ex-
:eption Of Mrs. Garfield. She, poor lady, |
would never leave the bedside OF her dear
husband, if she had her own way; but her |
,wn health needs careful watching, and her |
lists are arbitrarily restricted by the doc |
ors. When she appears by The Presidents |
ouch he at once ishts up, as il by instinct,
nd the desire to talk is strong upon him, |
tut is speedily checked by the doctors, who |
ind in Mrs. Garfield most Trustworthy and |
onstant assistant in the discipline" Of the |
lex chamber.
THE ASSASSIN.
District Attorney Corkhill says that no
elton will be taken regarding Guiteau's
ase ill the result of the Presidents wound
5 finally determined. Referring to the pa
'crs taken from Gutea,, Col. Corkhill is re-
'oitcd in the Star Of this evening to have
aid: "These papers are not so very impor-
ant. The only very important thing we have
a full, detailed history of the crime, from
IS inception o its elimination, which be-
eve is accurately correct. That, I'm due
inc, will be given to the public. The
taiement to which / refer is O detailed
iatement Of the crime, why it was done,
hen it was done, and just how it was done,
wen to me by the prisoner himself. After
had told him certain facts I had obtained /
zen got from him.what believe to be true
atement. He was so solicitous about its
cling correct that he even sent the messen-
er to me to return to the Jail, as he wanted
say to me something which had escaped
is memory. He was afraid Iwould learn Il
,mewhere else, and think he had concealed
,mething from me.''
CONFLICTING STATEMENTS.
A somewhat interesting contest is going
n among those who claim to have seen the
roofing. The District Attorney has taken
lie statements of some twelve or fifteen
ersons who profess to have been eye-wit-
esses. These statements are full Of singu-
r contradictions. There is every probable
y that it will appear hereafter that Secre-
Try Blaine entered the dept i'm advance Of
he President and not arm in arm with the
tier, as has been generally stated.
MERE MENTION.
Large packages containing fine wines and
1uors are received every day. Everybody
no has some very old wine, Risky, or
randy is sending it 10 the White House
for the use of the President" Some port
me fifty years old arrived this morning.
Experiments for lowering the tempera-
Ire Of the Presidents room are still being Y
led. Prof. Dorsey; mining engineer, is at
ork at the Navy Yard preparing appa, atus
" COMPRISING cold air on the principle