, 1881-08-19

Mrs Uartlcld'a own l,and. There l1as been |
y EITHER ltErcittNu SOn VOMITING (:
during the day, alltl, stnal Us tic amount OF
this llquIt flourlsflment Is In tl,arttty, TIC |
fact tl,At It WIS retained without tlasen 0r |
distress IL 10 be regarded as favorable |
symptom.
Tho evening bulletin simply says tt,at his |
general condition Is rather better than ut tlIis
tnto yesterday, but 1t ventures l10 general |
opinion Of tho case. What Inns excited The
r.ost comment Is tho fact that the evening
btlllctltt 1nakcs no alluSIon whatever To tic
Inflammation of tho parutld gland, tho saliva
tory gland beneath tho nar. This Is n now eytnt'-
tom that was unexpected, and ono which 4, this
fiolIr bus nit been satisfactorily explained. The
doctors in attendance np0n tho rrrs1on ara CT
pericnccd and carcfHl men. They say In private
thnt tho NOW sytnptotn
CAUSES NO ALAtsft
and. while not expected, It Is not unusual In
suuh c.ses. Hut they have not bcon willing to
mako my such statement on their bulletin. and
hnyo entirely ignored n now aud, as thoy admit,
MI unexpected condition which they must we'll
know has during this forenoon given tho coun-
Try n new fear. Yet such conservative men rs
Burgcof,-1 1enornt fsarnes, I>r. 1toyburtl. Dr.
fIumllto',, and Dr.. floynt0n himself aso
ajAHlCn Ao Fu}llx Ll1A@ luH 1HuAlsbu}At4Nn kl*G5
tbom NJ concern. These gontlcmon ought
to knuw-tnust 10 presumed to know
whut thoy arc takEns about, and Of
COURSE It cannot bo believed TINT they would
willingly tntstcnd tho public. Their Information
tertanly ia tho best. yotft Ii mono tho less truo
that tho physicians at Wnsbtngton-emtuon
nrHy nnl navy SURGEONS. WIN havu had quito Us
much experience In gunshot wounds rs nny Ut
thoss In attendance upon tho President, and who
havp
FOLLOWED TIL: CASE STEP ny BTEr
| With M lcas anxious carc,--sccm Tonight, With
tut exception. to bu aRroed TINT tho now Bgfnp-
tom Ia Il decidedly unfavorablo onc, and they
| look uponft with apprehension and alarm. Those
gentlemen Say openly, without any restrictions
as to tho uso Of thor names. that It ia useless to
deny thnt this symptom 10 one Of tho orlnnry
ncco1npanItncnts of blond poisoning III its t'naf
sinRcs, and hy nc means is normal lurldcnt of
n hralthful and a healing gnnshpt wound. They
| refcr to tho nulnbcrlcsy authorities and tho
bouts. Tho Inflammation OF this gland, to be
Acconp1Su 70 THE hooks,
to 10 sure, accompany Kunshot wounds. but
mono except thoso In which blood -puisonuH In
| somu Ut its manifold forms bus s0t III or Is nbout
to appear. Stil tho physicians In charge Ut tho
case insist that tho theory that tho inflammation
IL TIM result Of blood poison Ia absurd. Sumo OF
them no 40 far in their Indignation that such d
and should hAvo ga.nud popular cur.
| rcucy, that they oven Intimate TINT tho
suggestion is an invention Of their nd
vorsnrlcs. With such n radical divergence
Of opinion among tho tnen who In this city aro
nlono competent to judge tho cnso. 1t cannot 10
expected that lRyu.cn nnd journalists shall
undertake to say whethor tho new symptom Ia
| A CAUSE ron HOPE on FEA1.
Certain it 10 that tho attending physcinns hive
/ omitted my reference In thoir bulletins TO tho
Enuttcr which Is giving tho country Tonight tho
n,ost alnrtn, and 1t wUu1d seem that this otnts-
sion csln nnly 10 duo to Unc OF two causes.
First, either that tho Inflammation ts SO
tritllng u in tho conservative rfuws
Of tho surgeons not to wnrrlnt notice:
or, eectInd, thorc Is SO much uncertainty or such
great fear US to Its cause md tho pr0tnbte con-
sequences of 1t TINT tho attending surgeons pre-
fer to walt twtlvo hours u,otu before giving tho
public any oEiclal statement With rcgarl TO it..
| Those dspofed to take chCerfh! Wow OF tho
situation nluy. howaver, from tho elltcIal state-
mcnts Ut tho Intending surgeons, come 10 tho
conclusion Tint tho nay symptntn Is one which,
for tho present ut least. need Rtvo no alarm, and
ttut It Ia not q roault or forerunnor OF blool-
poisoning.
TIE INFLAMMATION IN THE NECK
appeared soon utter Dr. AKnow left and It Is
| not probubie that ho otherwise would hnve left.
| Tho lirst notice that tho surgeons had Of tho
Inflammation WIS complaint fron, tho frcsl-
don't Of surcncss lu the neck. An examination
showed thAt inflammation had be9un to set III
In the parotid 9tand.
kounEss Or fer,nentct milk, was administered
four tl,ncs during the day. Thia liquid il worth
yery little either as II etlMaMlBnt or ne n0pr'sh.
Ing aRont, mud was Rsen IN great measure be'
c4uss tho President desired 1t to qneuct
bis thirst, and thought that it might
} sutisfy bis tnstc, Int tho cntrt
amount administered, Notwithstanding tho fro