The Red Cloud chief., 1881-09-29


hall BY probing TLs extremely cnii.
cal condition Of the psoss1.u; 49,
admitted from tie OUTSET Like .
man defending himself against many
lo>s The uouuied ay Oh
hs bed in the ~hste house bFaSeiy
batting against death. A splendid
p~h,sique. . constitution 10 shIch sr
Gers WA- unxnosn and a slil strong
he's oi,d ;ho>e of ordinary men weEe
his only 4efense.. FTo2a july II until
tue 18th tie presidents pulse sang~d
from 10 10 10 and averaged los.
During this period there ~as danger
from iympAniie-, ~p.ritonitis. seeon-
dairy h~emmoTrhsse and al tia. dan
gers which are likely TO show them
selye. during the trs; nine days after
q gunshot wound. Thee were how.
ever skLfully avoided aud from july
Is Ia July - the patients pulse never
exceeded - but oncs.-Ju!y j., when
IL was lO2. Whether Intentionally or
uninteniionally the physicians for
SEVERAL weeks allowed the people to
become overconhdert concerning the
presidents condition. Hope strength
enei daily and steps were ever taken
for holding public Thanksgiving over
the beginning Of conyslescence. On
July 23ri the presidents pulse Vas
" Al ) n. IN. at :. p. IN. II had reached
LIS. A rigor had seized the president
and fears were entertained which
afterwards were sadly reeliLed that
blood poisoning had set ia.
On the oath DIR. Agnew performed
an operation and released the nm
prisoned pus, and the portions % the
shattered RIB. Two DAYS later the cut
was enlarged. For "A few DAYS the
president improved. HIS pulse from
July % To August . averaged les than
LOO, and only exceeded that figure
five times. The wound had partial
ly closed and August : 4 new cut Wa
made below the twelfth rib and two
ounces OF pus were removed. The
cut was made ia the back, which was
benunied with the rIgOline spray, and
ether was administered. This caused
nausea, and the vomiting which fol-
lowed Wa. anything but favorable to
the patients further recovery. Up
and down, vibrating between life and
death, steadily growing weaker,
making advances towards strength
only to fall back again nearer To
death, this was "a synopsis of the
presidents case up To the time when,
on the 18TH instant, "a swelling ap-
peared III the parotid gland, which
the physicians were forced Ia admit
came from a poisoned condition of
the blood. PyImia, the dreadful
disease consequent upon gun-shot
wounds, had set in. On August 10Th
another operation was found neces-
sary, and the physicians discovered
that the wound which had been
thought closed up to within n few
inches of the opening, had not closed
at all. The wall was broken down
and Il catheter was inserted down
ward and forward for Il distance of
Ia inches from the external surface
of the last incision. There had been
pus there, for il had been noticed
oozing on, through the wound. The
conclusion was inevitable that the
pus had been absorbed into the sys-
tenn. PROSTATE, daily growing weaker
emaciated to n skeleton, and sustain
ed by cncmas, the life of the president
seemed TO be slowly ebhing away.
until on Thursday, with Il pulse ut 10
and the temperature at 9S. dclirious
and exhausted. the physicians were
reluctantly compelled to admit that
General Gartield's lease of life was
almost terminated and his troubles at
an end. On Thursday. August 18th,
Il second incisiOn was made in the
wound. The president Was
himself and for the first time earnestly
| pressed upon his physicians the ne
ceSsity of removing him from the
white house To a more healthy sur
rounding. On Friday, August 10th,
another serious relapse took place
and the life of the president was des-
paired of, but the day following a
change for the better frightened the
hearts OF the people. The pulse.
which had been raging nj 1872 drop
ped TO 1889 the temperature To 81.
The improvement WAS continued
during the ensuing week and recovery
seemed probable if the malarious in
tiuence Of the white house could be
overcome by removal To another loca-
ton. On Tuesday August 81, the
pulse diminished in frequency to %
and the temperature and respiration
became normal. On the lst Of Sep
TENDER the question of removing
President Garfield was discussed by
the physicians and on Saturday, Sep
TENDER Sd, the change was officially
decided upon. Franklin cottage at
Long Branch was placed at the dis
posal of the suffering executive by its
owners. and during all Saturday, sun
day and Monday, september I'd, 4th
and 5th, preparations were rapidly
made for the conveyance of the presi-
dent by rail to the seashore with the
least possible danger and inconven-
fence. On Tuesday, September 9th,
the transfer was safely made in seven
and a quarter hours by rail, without
~perceptible increase in the u~nfavora-
bic symptoms. The cool sea breezes
seemed to give new life 10 the sufferer.
and up TO the end of the week ending I.
September 10th, convaiesence seemed
To he near at hand. On Sunday,
September llth, unfavorably symp-
toms again returned, the pulse rising
TO 100, and indications of ypamia
setting in. From that date until yes
terday the progress of the case was
uniformly downwards, strength de-
creasing with the rising pulse and
increasing temperature. On Friday,
September 18th, the condition of the
president was admitted TO be very
critical. The lungs which earlier in
the week had shown clear signs Of
abcess formations now indicated I'M
mistakably septic poisoning. Satur-
day and Sunday brought no cessation
in the alarming symptoms. On Mon
day morning at 8 o'clock the presi-
dent was seized with a deaihlike rigor
from which he rallied with difficulty.
A half an hour later. another chill
followed. the pulse rising to 40. At
10 O'Clock the physicians gave up all
hopes of recovery, and later in the
evening the last spark fiickered and
went out.
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Intelligence received from the War