The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-08-24
GRAVE ANXIETY.

IO11.3O am.-The condition of the
President has not materially
changed since yesterday afternoon.
and is yet the subject Of grave anx-
iety. The improved tone of the pa
TENTS stomach, which gave some
encouragement to the attendants
yesterday, is still maintained, and
this is the most hopeful feature of
the case. He has taken this morn
ing six and One-half ounces of beef
juice without nausea or any other
other symptom of gastric disturb
ances. Upon the continuance for
several days at least of this ability
to take and aSsimilate food, and
upon the continued absence of fur
ther complications would seem to
rest the patients chances of recov-
cry. If the wounds continue to do
well, if no serious consequences re-
suit from the swelling of the parotid
gland, and if the stomach continues
to take food enough to make good
the waste caused by suppuration.
there will at least be improvement
enough within the next four or five
days to carry the patient to a higher
plane Of vitality, and perhaps to put
him on the road, although not on
the sure road to recovery. The con-
sequence of these favorable condi-
lions, however, while universally
hoped, cannot be confidently pre-
dicted.
Doctor Agnew returned to Phila-
delphia this morning.
BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH.
The condition of the President
does not vary materially from that
Of yesterday, but the main differ
ence is he has had less annoyance
from the accumulation ofphlegm in
the throat. This secretion of the in
famed parotid gland is much less
now, and there is no cause Of appre-
hension of suppuration, and it will
almost disappear during to-day. On
this account he has been spared the
painful effort of the constant clear
Ing of the throat which kept him
awake on the two preceding nights.
In all other respects he appears
to be at a halt between
life and death. Yesterdays bulle-
tins instituted no comparisons with
any previous conditions. Such COM
parsons have been marked pecu-
liarity OF official utterances, and
have been entirely misleading.
Their presence shows that the true
condition Of the patient is apparent
to at least majority Ct those who
signed the bulletin. Slight varia-
lions of pulse and temperature have
been important factors in the Pres
ident'S case. He has been sinking
slowly but surely, slipping away
from the tender and skillful hands
which have sought to hold him
back that those who see him every
hour as the weeks roll away should
fail to note the signs of the dimin-
ished hold on life is but repeating
the experiences of tens of thousands
Of loving households bereaved
in the midst Of hope. For sew
eral weeks one member of the
cabinet has been under tabo at the
White House for holding and ex-
pressing a belief that Guitteau had
succeeded in his wicked work that
the wound was a death wound and
that his heart was full of pity for
useless suffering. This tabo must
now certainly be extended to all the
cabinet. Mr.. Blaine's dispatch of
last night disclosed to the world
what has been known for several
days, that the premier abandoned
hope when he returned here and saw
the condition Of affairs last week.
Executive Mansion, 1890 pm
The President continues to take by
the moath and enema and retains
an increased quantity Of liquid food.
At the morning dressing the wound
was well, and the pus was of a
healthy character. The mucous ac-
cumulating in the back of the
mouth ON account of the parotid
swelling is less Yiscid, and now
gives but little trouble. At present
the pulse is 1O4, temperature 9S.4,
IS.
Signed, BLISS,
BARNES,