St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-08-26
THE PRESIDENT.
ANOTHER GRAVE CRISIS.

ANOTHER GRAVE CRISIS.
The condition of the President is
such as to warrant the gravest fears.
The hopes which have been built up
within the last few days are dashed to
the ground by the apprehension that
the glIndular swelling is about to
break and sUppurate, and that the pOis-
on sure to he distilled will affect the
brain. DR.. Frank Hamilton said on
Monday that the symptoms of the Pres
ident were unfavorable. But while
they are serious, they are not of such II
character as to indicate any immediate
danger The vomiting of the Presi-
dent, DR.. Hamilton said, was caused
by the flow of mucous from the Salivary
glands into the throat, and not from
any gastric trouble or blood poisoning.
FEARFUL DEPTH OF THE WOUND.
DR.. BOyntOn on Sunday gave a cor
respondent some idea of the depth of
the Presidents wound. He said :
"While washing out the wound, yester-
day, the surgeons found that there was
no longer any resistance to the passage
of the tube at the point where it hither-
to stopped, three and half or four
inches from the surface, and they
therefore let it 90 in as far as it
would. No force was used. 1t went in
about II inches the first time, in a di-
rectiOn downward and forward from
thA p,nIth Of no L.,
it has passed in to a depth of -! inch
esq Being asked if the introduction of
the tube gave any idea of the location
of the ball, he replied "Not much.
The tube was the flexible catheter used
in washing out the wound, and we
could tell only in il general way the di-
rection which it took through the body.
That direction was forward and down
ward toward the point in the anterior
wall of the abdomen, where the ball
has always been supposed to lie.
Nothing new was asccrtained. The
Surgeons think it possible that the ball
has moved downward little since il
first lodged in the abdominal wall, but
this is not certain" He thought the
opening of the wound to such an extent
would prove advantageous.
THE PRESIDENTS INTENSE WEAKNESS
HE BELIEVES HE WILL RECOVER.
President Garfield weighs now about
I25 pounds, and as IA late dispatch
says, it will take much more reassuring
bulletins than those published lately
to make people believe he has much o.
a chance for life. What the people
are beginning to call ''slOp food" they
say, will do very little to restore those
| 50 pounds to maintain the President
and to support the terrible draining o.
| the wound. One who has witnessed
Mr.. Blaine in the process of receiving
information from the surgeons says
that he subjects them to the mos
searching crosse Xamination, and il
not content with the generalities which
are furnished to the press. 1t is STATED
that the occasional delirium of tn,
| President is to be attributed more t.
the influence of the opium which il
used in the enema than to any menta
weakness, and that it is probable tina
the delirium will cease when the Pres
ident RECEIVERS strength by the Ordi
nary processes of nOurishment. DR.
BoyntOn expresses this opinion. Th'
increasing anxiety at the White HOus'
is illustrated by the fact that Mrs. Gar
field scarcely leaves the bedside for
moment, and has discontinued evening
drives But the Presidents physician
certainly have by no means given u
hope.
The President asked on Monday hov
long it would be, if he should max
favorable progress, before he cOul'
take a trip on steamer or go to Men
tor. The physician was compelled T.
answer that he could give him no de
finite reply. but DR.. Bliss did say tina
if he could keep down his nOurishment
he could be assured of favorable pro
gress. The President, it is learned
does not apprehend a serious termina
ton to his case. This fact has bee