Daily Republican., 1881-08-22

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The enemAta, since the vomiting oc
Cured, have been increased in quantlr,
and two have been administered and re
tanned tonight.
At this shour-midnight-th attend
ants In the sick room cannot be com
municAted with, but the indications are
thet the president is resting quietly,
The physicians on duty to-night-Blist
and Reybnr are doing, and the mem
bers Of the Presidents household have
retired for the night.
THE LATEST.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, Aug. %, |. "a
A. M.-Everything is quiet in tie sick
room. The doctors are asleep, and the
indications are that the President is
resting qnletly.
MESSAGE TO MINISTER LOWELL
WLsHINGToS. August 1.-THE fol-
| towing was sent to. night:
Lowell. Minister, London. The Pres
ident's sleep last night was hrok-
en- and unrestful. His symptoms
throughout the day have been less fav-
orable, aud his general condition is not
encouraging. He is unable to retain
food On his stomach, having vomited
twice during the afternoon, the last time
At five O'Clock This evening he has
been able TO drink water and retain it.
rhe swelling OF the parotid gland has
not increased. Pulse and temperature
about the same as yesterday. His
sleep up 10 this hour (ll o'clock) is
somewhat disturbed. We are all deep
y anxious. BLAINE Secretary
MIDNIGHT REPORT.
Midnight - The President has enjoy
ed considerable sleep since ! o'clock
and is sleeping TRANQUILITY at this hour.
The annoyance from the swollen gland
has noA heen 50 frequent as last night
nor ~ severe AZ during this afternoon.
There has been no further trouble from
the stomach. and the fact that he has
taken and retained water during the
night $ regarded rs evidence that the
stomach has not been seriously affected
bv the vomiting Of this afternoon. At
II o'clock, when he was last examined
hy he surgeons, there WAS very little
ever. and the pulse was believed to be
lower than when the evening bulletin
vas prepared.
A SUMMING Up.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, August q,
j y MP 10 this Lour the day at the
White House has been extremely quiet
and until early in the afternoon moth
ing could be ascertainea regarding the
president, excepting what information
the official bulletins contained. The
callers were unusually few. Among
! hose most prominent being ex-Minist,r
Noyes, Judge Wylie and First Auditor
Reynolds, the latter being a constant
VISITOR. About o'clock DR.. Bliss
sa ne into Private Secretary Browns
room looking very tired and apparently
worn out. When asked the cause OF
his WEAKNESS he replied that ne had not
had much rest during the night, as the
president was quite wakefu'. The fol- |
lowi Z dialogue between the doctor and
% representative OF the Associated Press
unsueu
"W hat was the cause ofthe president
being 81 Restless during the night, !
doctor ?'
ST Was caused principally by the an
II vance from the q andular intlamma-
,lun.'
'ln what particular manner was he
."
principally by the secretion of
Dhlegm i'll his throat, which awakened
tim about every half hour"
II suppose you are still endeavoring
% scatter the swelling OF the gland %
"fes: we are trying TO prevent sup
,urAtlon. and to accomplish that the
must be scattered.
"What is the probability Of your sue
'ccding III scattering ?'
"Nell can't say positively, but the
thprarauces do not Indicate tnat it is
any worse.
Has there been any gastric distur-
DanC" of the stomach yet ?'
None al all the stomach appears to
Oe improving all the time.
"ilavc you decreased the enemata
still more ?''
ave now administer an enemata
vice during the day and twice during
.h1 mgh:--in the morning, Afternoon,
3yening ana AZ dawn.
About how much do you administer
!, day ?''
"Twcnty ounces of beet extract with
he yoiks OF four eggs.
"Do you contemplate trying the pa
lent with sold food soon "'
I'VE have hot discussed that subject
'et he is getting sufficient nouush-
uent now
GLOW do you account for the rise in
'uiSe which was noted in the morning
ulletln -"
II do not know exactly what causes
t. ifthe patient is turned over i'll bed
lis pulse often increases from eight to
Ell beats tJr short. tune, but soon goes
Iown again, perhaps his broken s,eep
ast light caused the rise. | see no other
e;.son tor II. =
81 suppose it is not significant Of any !,
hing extraordinary or uniaturablr"'
son no, for one IL the Presidents
no significance can be attach
d to a slight variation OF The pulse. "
"Does the patient complain at all of j..
pain from tue inflammation Of
he parCtid gland?
"iie suffers no pain, his neck and 1w
Ontinue somewhat annoying, but the
1cretiOn Of saliva Is the most annoying
eature, as it causes him to cough ami y
onsouuently to lose rest
"how about the wound doctor".'
The wound is in excellent condition :,
nd the process OF graDlllation has made
considerably Smaller .han 1t was. . .
"ilow large in proportion to the :
'ound is the channel in which the tiex- :.
DE tuDe Was recently inserted?'
"rhe tube we used was u No. 3 Amer y
an mea urement catheter, which is !;
ute small. The wound will now hold i
little less than two ounces Of water,
lille previous to the com mluencemento OF y y
it would hold more than y
lree ounces. That Will give you an !,
lea of how much smaller it ~" +
The doctor then explained that the .
nall tuoe nearly filled lhe channel of :,