The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-08-30
TELEGRAMS
Concerning the President.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, August 24.-The
President passed a better and more refresh
ing hight last night than he had bsfore in
nearly a week. The intervals of wakeful.
ness were shorter anu less frequent than
usual aud fer several hours at a time he need
ed no ate ntiou whatever from the attend
ants. During this morning he expressed a
desire for f cd and took with apparent relish
about four ounces of beef extract. The con-
dition uf the stomach, so far as ability to as
simulate and dispose of food were concerned,
seems even better than yesterday and as soon
as the surgeons became assured of this fact
they decided to discontinue, at least for the
present, food by injections and began with a
feeling of greater confidence the giving of
larger quantities of beef juice, p%eptOniZed
milk and milk Cruel in the natural way. Up
10 noon the patient swallowed between thir-
teen and fouriee ounces of this kind of
food, and the effect of the increased amount
of nourishment taken yesterday and to, day
began to be apparent in a steadier and strong
er pulse rate, which was only four beats
higher than early in the morning. Tn
wound at the morning dressing presented a
healthy appearance and its condition was in
every respect satisfactory. The glandular
Inflammation seems to have undergone a
slight change since yesterday. Its appear
ance was about the same, but it was a little
softer to the touch. and there were indica-
tions that the process of ~supnuration had be-
gum. Later in the afternoon a more careful
and thor. ugh examination was made and
unmistakable evidence obtained of the pres
ence of pus, although the amount secreted
up to that time seemed small. In view of
the low and impoverished condition of the
patients blood it was thought unsafe for all
this amount Of pus to remain in the
gland, and if it was not liberated
promptly its character might change and the
complication become more serious. At the
lioon consultation 1t was decided to make an
%incision, and soon after the 1870 bulletin, DR..
Hamilton cut into the swelling on the right
side of the face below and in front of the ear
and let free a small quantity Of healthy pus.
The operation was a comparatively trifing
one, as the incision was not deep, and it was
therefore thought unnecessary to use an an
aesthetic, either local or general. A spray of
carbolic acid was, however, thrown on the
cut as an antiseptic precaution. The PATENTS
pulse became more frequent after the iucision
was made, and reached the maximum of us
beals, but soon subsidized.
In a conversation this afternoon, DR.. Bliss
said the results ofthe operation were in every
way satisfactory, 1t was not expected that
the incision would at once give permanent
relief or that the inflammation would imme.
AittS ecSie INV WI plobdplH &c
a temporary aggravatiOn of febrile symp oms
as a consequence of the operation and more
pus might form in the swelling. He did not,
however, anticipate any further trouble. The
incision would be kept open and if, as seemed
potable, more pus SHOULD form it could
readily escape. There would, he thought,
be no necessity for any more bathing After
the operation the patient swallowed food as
before without nassau or discomfort, and up
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The evening examination showed a slightly
higher pulse and temperature than at the
CORE spending hour last night, but in other
respects he condition of the President was
unchanged. General Swain said he felt more
encouraged than at any time since SATURDAY..
Col. Rockwell expressed the same view. Up
on being asked with regard to the reported
delirium of the President. Rockwell said the
talk about delirium is all nonsense. The
is not delirious and has not been.
He is sometimes a little incOherent for a mo-
tnent after he wakes aud before he gets con-
troll of his senses Just as anybody would
be in his weak and debilitated state and ac- !
ter sevel weeks fever, but at all other times
his mind is as clear as yours or mine.
''Does he always recognize you when you !
go into the ro9tpP ~ |
'Why Of course he does"
HArd calls you by name?'
"Certainly."
docs he take any interest in outside
things ?'
Eyes, to a certain extent, not as much per-
haps, as earlier in his Illness, but yesterday
evening he saw me looking over the morning
paper which the messenger had just brought
in and asked me to read some of the heal
ings. l told him there did not seem TO be
anything worth reading, and be said nothing
Hamilton being asked if the results of the
incision made this afternoon were satisfacto-
ry, replied they were and all the objects
sought would, he thought, be obtained.