The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-08-12

(SlgneQ.) ID. w. BLISS,
J. K. BARNES,
j. j. WOODWARD.
ROBT. REYBURN,
Executive Mansion, 1890 pm
The President is doing well to-day.
Besides Il liberal supply Of liquid
nOurishment at regular intervals. he
has taken for breakfast, with evil
dent relish. an increased quantity of
solid food. He continues free from
fever. His skin is moist, but with
out undue perspiration. Pulse 102,
temperature 9S.6, respiration 10.
(Signed d. W. BLISS,
j. Z. BARNES,
J. j. WOODWARD,
RoBT. REYBURN,
The bulletin issued at 1890 to-day
shows the President has entirely re-
covered from the effects of the last
operation. The doctors counted
upon his rallying this morning, and
they have not been disappointed.
The Presidents condition, to-day, is
more than gratifying. He is more
cheerful than ever before. His ap-
petite is excellent, and this morning
he asked to be propped up in bed.
He was propped up and remained
in that position nearly all the morn
ing. DR.. Bliss said at l o'clock
that every expectation Of the
surgeons had been realized
that the President to-day was much
better than the doctors had ex-
pected, and that he was satisfied
now that the wound will not give
any more trouble. Everything is
now most assuring. The Presidents
condition is certainly most hopeful,
and the doctors no longer feel any
fear about him.
In the assembly Of surgeons, this
morning, at the White House, the
feeling may be described as one Of
glee. They feel absolutely certain
that every gain of the President
hereafter will be firmly held. When
the morning dressing was made, to-
day, it was found that the drainage
had been perfect during the night,
all the pus having come away. This
left the edges and walls of the
wound collapsed, and offered an op-
pOrtunity for healing, which did
not exist previous 70 the recent in
cision. The surgeons now look for
the speedy abatement of the after
noon fevers, and expect they will
disappear entirely before this time
next week. 1t is safe to say that
at no hour since the President was
FRUSTRATED has there been among
those competent to know as great
confidence in his speedy GONZALES
cence. 1t is believed that several
official acts will be performed by
him in the next few days. There is
in the list one pardon which justice
demands, and an appointment in the
navy department.
New York, ia private tele-
gram from the Presidents bedside
states that DR.. Bliss delares the
President is better to-day than he
has been on any day since the shoot
ing.
The Times: The condition of the
President continues to excite uneas-
mess in spite of the declarations of
attending physicians that the symp-
toms in his case are entirely salts
factory. There is this much reason
for disquiet over the slow recovery
Of the President, that the cOpious
discharge from the wound, however
statutory from the surgeons point of
view, is nevertheless a constant
drain on the strength of the patient.
and the waste of pus established
must be steadily repaired to afford
any prospect of recovery; but there
is no evidence whatever that either
the discharge from the wound or the
incision which have been found
necessary to facilitate that discharge
have made any fatal threads on the
Presidents strength.
Herald Washington Special: DR..
Agnew says: He is not out of
danger, but, sir, l believe he
will recover" Hamilton says: Il
shall continue to have faith in his
recovery until all the evidence is
against hope" Bliss says: Il have
never doubted for a moment that he
would get well. That confidence
increases every day" Doctors Rey-
burn, Barnes and Woodward concur
with Bliss. The secretary of the
navy, to-day, said: 81 believe, and
so do all members of the cabinet,
with implicit trust, that the Presi-
dent will recover, not tomorrow or
next week, but in natures own
time"
The signing of the ixtraditiOn
papers in the case of the alleged
Canadian forger, Fitch, was the first
official act performed by the Presi-
dent since he received his wound.
1t is understood that the President
will hereafter affix his signature to
all documents requiring immediate
attention; so the head of the nation
may be said to be practically at his
post.
The Herald still finds fault with
the management of the Presidents
case. The very weak condition of
the Presidents an unfavorable sign.
The attending physicians predicted
that SucL symptoms might be ex-
pected for two or three days after
the operation; why not state that
the last seven days have been as bad
as the first or the second weeks ?