Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-20
REINSURANCE
A Gradual but Certain I'm
prOvement.
all Symptoms Favorable
Everybody More Hopeful.
The 5Oth Day Numbered Among
the Brightest Ones.
Unofficial Bulletin-.-z.45 am.
ExrcuTGyE MANSION,

Or. Bliss feels much encouraged at
the condition he finds the President
in this morning Hereports him hav-
ing passed a comfortable night, sleep
ing considerable at intervals. About
Z o'clock this morning his pulse was
SO and temperature apparently about
normal.
Official BuIIetIn---S am.
The President has passed a quiet
night and this morning his condition
does not differ materially from what it
was yesterday at the same hour. The
swelling of the parotid gland is un-
changed and free from pain. This
morning his pulse is SO; temperature,
1874; respiration, IS.
Unofficial Bulletin.
Just before the morning dressing
occurred, DR.. Bliss came into Private
Secretary Browns room. BE said in
reply to inquiries regarding the Presi-
dent, that he had passed very COM
Portable night, that he slept from half
an hour to an hour at time, and that
within the last twelve hours he had
shown considerable improvement.
During a waking hour, about1 o'clock,
an enema was administered, and about
2 o'clock the patient took two ounces
ofmilk cruel. After that he rested
quietly until the doctors arose. DR..
Bliss saw the President for the first
time during the night after daylight
The conversation with the surgeon was
as follows:
How is the patient, Doctor?'
HE has had good night"
"Then | suppose he is better"
"Oh yes, he shows an improvement
since yesterday. | saw him only a
few moments ago. He was lying there
as quietly as could be. took his
pulse. 1t was about &c."
How was his respiration, Doctor
1T could not have been more thar
Is. He was breathing so easily and
his skin was cool and moist"
WAS his pulse.frm?"
ut was soft and clear"
"The pulse will become more fire.
quent after the morning dressing,
suppose?"
"Yes, possibly three or four beats. >
How is the parotid gland, does il
bother him uuch?"
Did you ever have the mumps2"
'Yes sir"
"Then you know something about
how it troubles him. He cannot open
his mouth wide at all times. He
told me this morning that his
mouth would not open but about hall
an inch"
us itstill swollen
1.-THE swelling is not so much now,
but the soreness Affects the muscles OF
the jaw"
Doesn't it cause a collection Of
phlegrn in the throat"
"0h yes, but he clears his throat SO
loudly that he can be heard in the
next room. He told me just now that
he thought that if he could VENT it
would clear the phlegm away. l told
him that it was not necessary and on
one occasion during the early morning
one who happened to be in the hall
way, outside the door near the Presi-
dents bed, distinctly heard the patient
ask Colonel Swain for his handker-
chief, when it was given him, he
cleared his throat and wiped his lips,
and repeated the operation several
fines
During further conversation with
Dr.. Bliss, he talked in regard to q
mistake which occurred in a telephone
interview with him late last night, re-
garding the use Of an instrument in
connection with the wound.
He said he appears to have been un-
derstood to say that the flexible tube
used for cleansing the wound had not
been put into che wound deeper than
81 inches.
What l intended to say" contin-
ued the Doctor, was that no probe
had penetrated the wound beyond that
depth"
How far the flexible cleansing tube
had been inserted, he could not say
but he would ascertain it exactly and
probably mention the fact in one Of
to days bulletins.
DR.. Reyburn came into the room
just as'Dr. Bliss concluded, and said
the indications this morning we're
better than they had been for a week
DR.. w. II. Hawks came to the
Mansion about ten minutes ago anc
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