Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-08-16
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n, h,,h pnblic; or national trust and re-
spousibiliiy. 1, is but reasonable TO a.
,ums tia, from the moment they assume
III. high ,rus, the public and the nation
will hold them strictly to their RESPONSE
bili,y. Moreover. the people and the
nation In such case reserve the natural
rish, TO freely criticize and discuss every
movement. act and expression on the
psr. oil those In whom this high. rsspon-
STOLE and exclusive trust IL placed. And
thus 1, has been with the corps Of ply
sicisns employed In the case OF President
0ara.ld. Doctor Bliss was personally
snsss.d and intrustsd With the case oy
III. President. with the o~onourrsnos Of
his vile. The other physicians and sur
esous we're selected BY Doctor Bliss. VI
their respective ability and individual
n.ri. there 10 little opportunity to judge
In such q case a this whore oil consult
together and share collectively In the re-
spousibiliiy. Neither IL the public In
ssrss,sd particularly In their previous
record. bat only ana most i~u,sn.siy 90
In this one great national case. By their
sets. expressions. and demonstrated abil'
itiss and success have they been judged
thus far. and BY that same standard will
sh.y continue to be judged.
Men Who have been in the army may
have naturally the greatest respect for
the opinions and abilities Of an army
surgeon. yet soms Of the worst surgical
botehss and butchers In the country
since the war have been army surgeons.
Surgeon General Barnes. o OF Bliss
tai. openly declared. and snnounosd on
the evening Of the very nsIt day
after the President val shot. that he
would not live I'LL midnight. Subss-
ou.ntly he said he would not live twelve
hours. And yet b. has lived several
weeks since. On the l7th OF July
Doctor Boyn,on publicly expressed his
opinion that "ths critical period had
passed and that the President. although
extremely weak. Was now out Of danger"
And Doctors Bliss and Rsyburn both
said: "Hs 10 now getting WE'LL"
Doctor Hamilton. considered by many
to be the smsrtsst and most eminent
doctor Of them all. has twice. very
onoiously and SYSTEMATICALLY. pro-
nouncsd the President . positively
Recovering and tout Of danger" On the
hith OF the present mouth. ~ reported
In . telegram from Washington. Doctor
Hamilton said: "You may quote me
% saying the President will certainly
get well. I consider him out Of dan.
GER" And yet. two days sitsrward. the
President Was In Q very critical cor
dillon. calling for Q surgical operation.
He passed through that crisis. and al
Though there was no increase oil
strength. appetite or general improve
men, to justify. Doctor Hamilton only
day before yesterday again came ou'
publicly with . strong personal assurance
that the President would get we'll.
Said hs I, . reporter: ''YOu may assure
the public that the Precedent will 70.
cover. 10 they will only wait patiently ts'
the .ssult. But the public have waited
already so long and patiently. and the
result, has been 90 u~npromisiDs. that.
notwithstanding the stsrsotypsd bull
lstins Of the physicians always an.
nouneins that he was Improving and
progressing well. they have spprshsn.
sivsly feared. and with good reason.
that the President wal In reality grad
aally sinking to bis death.
Perhaps these eminent physicians
we're sxcus.bls 10 making thee public
assertions. yet all physicians will rseos-
ais. that Il wss very unprofsssioua on
their part. They should have been
more Tstiesnt and not Try to get ahead
Of each other in suoh gratifying an.
nounesmsnts. Moreover. the result
shows that their professional judgment
In this esss was not good.
A telegram from Chicago last Saturday
said:
The Ttmss 10 IN editorial expresses the
conviction that the time has arrived when
th.r. should be . change In the Prssi-
dents pbysicians. Il says: The bul.
istins have % long given cheering an
uoupcsusnis which have not been borne
eut by subs.qusnt events In the sick.
room that the people have become con-
WINGED that there 10 not only deception
practioed on the public. but there 10 &C.
tusl incompetspcy In the medical attend
ants. The President has been growing
weaker uudsr the treatment, his pulse
has been getting more frequent. and now
he 10 passing through the crisis with
greatly diminished strength. 4 change.
II made at once. may say him. The
highest interests Of the country are con-
esrnsd, and the emergency 10 ons upon
which . Cabinet council should take
prompt action. This 10 the only eourss
which Affords hepss Of his recovery.
II seems rather late In the day to
change doctors. and especially at this
critical tims. It should have been done
three weeks ago. or just a. soon a. IL
wss apparent that the present physicians
were not a. succsssiul ~ was to Be sx.
psstsd.
The Innsxibls. . British iron-elad
almest done. has cost In all 81. 500. 600.
soa m man nm tha vssssl fvo~ ths