The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-07-28

fnlkadelphIa 1t has been arrsnged between
hlnass4f' and Dr. Hamilton that's one of them
shail remain here constantly until the presi-.
dentSls reasonably out Of danger. After an
absence Of twenty-four hours De. Agnew will
return and DR.. Hamilton will be absent for a.
similar length of time
TIE SCENES AT THE WHITE HOUSE
tonight were q repetition of those of last
night. AL the members of the cabinet were
present, but they left before midnight. The
president is very weak. He cannot move his
legs and arms with any freedom The relapse.
of Eaday night has unquestioaably retarded
his recoxery, and if he is fortunately restored
to health It will be a long time before he is
ableztos be moved ~
ANOTHER ACcoUNg.
WASHINGTON, July 24.-The condition of the
president to-day was source of much anxi-
etyyand IN the absence of Official information
later than the morning bulletin, all sorts of
wild. and unfounded rumors were in circula-.
tlon Since tho evening bullstin, however, q
better feeling has prevailed and the excitement
OFF the day has subsidized The attending sur
geens tonight do not hesitate to say there has
been substantial, and they balieve, permanent
Improvement in the presidents condition this.
afternoon. .z.-..--
DR.: Reyburn said that thes crisis of the dis
! turbanee caused by the formation of the pus
cavity has passed, and that now there is every
reason to expect an abatement, if not entire.
disappearance, of the unreasonable symptoms
OF the past thirty hours In explaining the
nature OF the operation, performed by Dr..
|! AgneW and the necessity for it, Dr. Reyburn.
made, IN substance, the following statement:
The direction taken by; the ball after it entered,
the body was forward andaaiGatly downward until
1t struck one of the ribs. It was thence DETECTED
still further downward and a little to the right so
as TO make an acute angle with the line of the back
In other words, when thaproba was introduced into
i the wound to the depth of three or three
and half inches. its direction was
such that the innen end was only
about one and one-haf inches from the outside Of
the body, at point lowerdown. The examination,
which was made in the presence of Drs. Agnewand
Hamilton this morning.. showed that
| PUs COATING FORMED
in the track of therba and beyond the point where
1t glanced from the rb and that this coating could
be reached by Direct incision three inches below
mouth of the wound. It was decided at once
to perform an operation. No anesthetics, were
used, but the part to be operated upon was,be-
numbed by spray Of ether. A wide cut was made
into the pus cavity. which was reached at depth
OF little more than one inch. With the aid of a
probe and a pair OF forceps drainage tube, which
Is small flexible tube of rubber, perforated with
holes, was then introduced into the wound
made by the ball. After being, covered
| through the pus covering it was brought out
through the newly made incsion One end of the
tube then projected from the cut made by the sur
geon' knife and the other from the rsouth of the
original wound. As the pus oozed into the tube
through the peforaton it could escape from either
| end and was
REPEATEDLY WASHED OUT
with weak solution of carbolic acid and water,
which was thrown through the tube in stream.
| The discharge which followed the opening Of the
pus cavity was entirely satisfactory to the
| surgeons. and was soon followed by relief
to the patient. The drainage tube left as
it was originally placed and will remain there for
the present. If the wound discharges freely through
the new opening, the tube may perhaps be with
drawn from the old ono in order to allow
the latter to heal. The incisien made to-day is in
direct line with the deeper parts of the wound, and
it is thought the puss will escape without the OBJ
| structution which impeded its outflow along the
track of the ball, and which caused the pus cavity
! In reply to a question whether another pus
cavity is likely to form and bring about re-
currence of the alarming symptoms Of yester-
| day, Dr. Reyburn said:
cannot answer positively, but as the pus now
has free egress, don't think it probable that an
| other cavity will form.