The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-08-11
PRESIDENT GARFIELD
HIS CONDITION MORE ENCOURAGING.
Hts Pulse and temperature Slightly
DIminished-Pus Flowing Freely
From the Wound-His APP
petite Improved Ike Is
Able TO sleep with Conn
fort, Lying on His
Wounded Side.

a. IL " a
terdays operation The president slept the
greater part of the night without the use OF
any anodyne. The febrle rise of yesterday af
ternoon slowly subsided during the night.
This morning at $3.50 O'Clock his pulse was 9s;
temperature 9s $40; respiration 10, Since yes-
terday evening small quantities Of liquid
nOurishment, given at short intervals, have
beer retained, and this morning larger guam
Titles are being administered without gastric
disturbance.
D. W. BLISS,
j. j. WOODWARD,
j. K. BARNES
ROBERT REYBURN,
D. ii. AGNEw.
FRANK II. HAMILTON.
Executive Mansion IL 80 q. m.-The presi-
dent at this hour is restlL 6 comfortably. He
has taken nOurtshment guile freely during
the morning, and relished 1t. DIR. Reyburn
says his pulse and.temperament at pre-: sent are
perceptibly lower thon when the morning bull
le,in was issued, and he considered the pa
tent as progressing finely. He says there Is
no cause for alarm whatever.
DR.. Agnew considers the presidents . condition
to be very encouraging and he expects to leave
for Philadelphia during the day, If the patient
continues to improve,
The discharge from the wound this mornings
has been entirely satisfactory and The pulse
of a healthy character The nourishment
which the president has taken this morning
consisted OF Koumis milk and lime water. All
Onicial bulietln-Executive Mansion, u 80
p. MAT the dressing OF the presidents
wound this morning, 1t was found that pus
freely throughout the counter opening made
yesterday. He has been quite comfortable
this morning and has taken o liberal supply
of liquid nourishment His pulse Is now l04;
temperature, 99i respiration, 10.
*. BARNES.
J.J. WOODWARD.
ROBERT REYBURN.
The following was sent this evening to Mr.,
Lowell, minister at London: At this hour,
p. M, the physicians give an encouraging re-
port OF the presidents condition: His pulse
and temperature are slightly diminished since
morning Pus is flowing freely. His appetite
is improved. He has been able to sleep with
comfort, lying on his wounded side.
BLAINE, Secretary.
Official bulletin, 7 p. m.-The president has
tinued to take the nourishment allowed with
out any disturbance. The discharge of pus
from his wound is quite abundant, and IL Is
cured by yesterdays operation. The degree
OF fever this evening differs little from that
OF yesterday. Bis pulse is l06; temperature
Midnight-The president has had more
Q mfortable and quiet day than would be
thought compatible with the state of his con-
tinuous fever. He has taken more nonrish.
form, and experienced no recurrence OF dis
tressing nausea which aggravated his system
yesterday evening. The new incision is still
even even the laying Of piece Of
linen saturated with carbolic oil upon the raw
fiesh at the mouth Of the cut causes pain: 1t
is to TIL, ,s:nsitiye and painful CONDITION OF ihe
is attributed. Ilrao tnaisions, however, will
row less sensitive Jas. they no. me covered
With the natural seeretions which follow 6R
.wxs. 40 ,Ia Bfr.A Hhn n -
row or next day, of the new wound VIII be
but little more sensitive than the old. In
the meantime the drainage tubcs are dispensed
with and the mouths of the incision Kept open
with little lint and absorbent cotton, which
are removed as they become saturated with dis
charge The quantity of pus obtained to- day
was not great, but was apparently all that the
wound Contained. The track of the ball was
.leared and what irritation there now is from
the wound must be attributed to fresh incision
and not o retention of anything which ought 10
come out. The other wound made by the
bullet has entirely healed, and Its mouth is
partially covered by newly made skin. The
intensity OF fever to-day was about the same
as yesterday His pulse rose from lO4 at noon
after the evening examination the fever began
to abate as it did last night. At this hour his
pulse Is below 100 and the temperature
has correspondingly decreased. AS the pa,
tient has slept most ofthe evening, and as IL
is not possible to hold O thermometer under
his arm for ten minutes without seriously dis
turbing him each time, the temperature mas
10 be below 100. Ii is now i've days since the
last hyperdemic injection OF morphine was
given, but the patient seems to have no diit-
Guilty getting good nights nDd rsst .va,lI wH9nI
have better nj hit, the surgeons think, than
last Night DOCTORS bilss anu hay Durn Dotn
reported that he IS doing extremely well, and
that a decided change for the better Will be
apparent as soon as the irritation caused by
the incisison entirely subsidies.