The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1881-09-17
The Abssess in theuPresidestIs Lung.

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The Abssess in theRPresideStls Lung.
A Long Branch special OF the 18th to the
Chicago 7bitaae sayss
g Tbe riglng fever that the President has
hada Ill day 9s nOvexplained. lie has UNI
dodbtedlys tn aIseess in the right lung.
There have been approximations Tor three
weeks that the lung might be affected, and
this apprehension has been growing into u
certainty for the last three days To-day
the evidences OF an abscess are 50 strong
that the physicians fptacicfy admit ts-
night that such gathering has form l. Or.
Bliss calls it a local lobular milg ht alton,
sand. says tbattis not 7necessa nt Ner{ dln-
gerous; but ,there, Is the grs tteiS danger
that it will Develop 'py.emia, nit Is not
itself result of pymmia. The nesident
has been spUsbipg a good deal sinc he has
been here, aif,l fti TACT FOR several Ny be-
fore he camo. The physicians thosht this
might be due to aeal inilapmaiiofof the
bronchial tubes, and they reeopged the
dagger OF such an innampati pngoiAown-
ward. When to4dat, shf Addhfolfb ttS
dough, the President raised a good cal OF
mucus aAd itsYps dirpeRd snhffhitN
mucus Mas . tftSntivy ofsphs bt aHasttin-
healthy character, no further ron for
doubt remained. The situation, thu be-
comes very critical agaln-so critieal that
one of the ply scians frankly admits thai,
while there is stiIl chf3nce of recovery =
Is, he fears, slight one. Tbe.Ca' Z
Informed this evening of this sn hs "a,
plication. They were not <urpiS q, y for
they have known of the app, my Jon,
but the announcement has caused ~ de-
spondency. When Attorney Geue1 Mac
Veagh was informed OF the new cotnplica-
tion he said thabhe wS amset compelled
to give up the hopes he had begun 10 enter
tain for the recovery Of the president, The
cabinet, on account 81 tl6s Sainfasorable
news, have postponed until late IN the week
their proposed trip,t9theSNNhite Meqetains,
and may altogether abandon it. The prog
ress, Of this new complication may be slow,
and may be ,oyereepe 1iisapl ~ fsafily
afatal, althougha grave, sitia}Ioff Even
should pyamia result from it, thefomight
still be a chance for recovery, but it causes
tlie' eleventh. Tweed to- ibs 0hterea upon
with the greatest anxiety.
bS,lDr. Pancoast, the eminent SURGEON of
Philadelphia whom It was proposed p call
in consultation, is here, and said Tonight
that this latest development pointed pm
mistakably to aIptbanic Ieondition oIg the
blood. 1t is a metastatc absCess, ana Brings
on another crisis Of the most dangerous
character. 1t lis not n9eessariiyl 4 fatal
symptom, butts OF Course anew dement,
OF great danger. 1t will interfere With his
breathing, vii! be new soulteof loci pains
will cause fever, and will necessitatS addi-
tional operations. The pus can pc drawn
off from the'InnT and elegred otithor-
oughly by washing through an .hcsion
which will have I'd beN made. All
this, of course, involves new suffering
and exhaustion, and even then there
is no certainty Of clearing the system. The
trouble il inj the py@mic condition Of the
blood, OF which these. successive Assesses
are merely symptoms. ItM&s 10 get pure,
nourishing air, so asitro alsfSta n lqlre. n
throwing off this poison, That the patient
was brought to the seaboard. The air in
this locality is very favorable for one in his
condition, except that gre is some risk
fromthe moisture. But tliis was notenohg
toTjustify them III remaining away on that
account. The Doctor further said that,
While he did not re- ard the outlook as hope
less, was rather Critical. lie
| spoke in high terms OF the surgeons in
| charge, and praised them for their nerve
and h9pefulness, which he said was part of
their duty" 100 '. .'' .'''''''."