New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-08-18

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rnd is codhnement had reduced him probably seventy
t putas m anu that there was of course some pallor
lDie az It would otherwise be- All the rcports re-
~ o,,ou W rom the sck-rOOm this morning have been
feeling of character and while there is
aniestod' nnaiietod' and the noon bulletin is anxiously
D. m.-The Presidents mail has Increased vor,,
materially since the relapse and the number Of sue
bid M s 10 now the unfavorable turn in the SO
@ snu'iiu ne met Is nnumerable. One correspondent
says mat II transfuson of the blood should be de-
hnod he e upon ne is ready to give half all of his
President. Previous to the midday dressing DR..
was S ASKED CONCERNING the condition Of the
IS hotnlhg further to say than is contained in the
p;u,lein over my own signature together with the
pressed for reply to question to whether he
considered that the patient had equal chance for
hS on chanSees ne TIs said is bad plan to speculate
rresideht Is better to-day. Good morning"
- @p' mIpr; M Bliss inst came from the PATIENTS
the President had taken nonrishment twice SINCE
1ne me- MIDDAY dressing had occurrcd-at 1245 and
In nI3. ~ IT, consisted of cooled infusion of beef mixed
; VIII u nw drops OF muriatic acid. The patient is
glEeh oniy teaspoonful at time. What has been
~ ~u,i,.ilsered thus far has been retained, and the
mp Improvement t Anticipated by it has ben realized
Inc PRESIDENT shortly after the first dose was taken
expressed himself AZ feeling better and his pulse in
uicated great improvement, having become stronger
and the number of beats materially decreased The
hourI,shnent will he administered again about 3 D.
m: The doctor is in excellent sprits and feels con-
iident that the patient will now rally rapdlv The
eheinata are being continued as usual in addition
10 the other nourishment and will not be dispensed
40 p MP to this hour everything has appar-
ecay oeo gong on well III the sick-room. Colonel
Sofpin, who came from the private part OF the
house few minutes ago, was asked what the indi-
cations were He said Well, pretty good The
Question was then asked if there had been any re-
turn oi nausea. The Colonel said The President
n? ms v9mlteG once tins af ernoon and his pulse is
sl,ghty higher than it shortly after the nour-
ishInent was administered. Still there Is hope yet"
4;l9 p. m.-One of the attending surgeons saws the
resident has had very good day, ad has
Leen benefited by the nonrishnlent administered
In reply TO n question whether there had been apv
vomiting to-day, the doctor said " No; the patient
l mas retained he nourishment administered during
the day" When last taken Il short time ago the
patients pulse was III. Wv
Secretary Blaine returned to the city this after
noon and called at the White House shortly after
O'Clock. lie sad he had been quite well since he
had been away.
m.-Owng to the contradictory information
obtained during the last hour with regard to the
IieSldent vomiting, note was sent to DIR. Bliss,
VINO Is IN the surgeons room, informing him that
gentleman who had recently been in the private
part OF the house had said upon leaving ihe Man
sion that the President had vomitcd oce this after.
noon and that his pnlse slightly higher Dr. Bliss
IN reply wrote There has not lleen any vomiting
to-day" Secretary Blaine says lie las found things
more encouraging than he expected.
q p. m:-The President has been asleep nearly two
hours No recurrence of nausea in any degree. No
morplna has been administered. His pulse at this
hour is about 10.
II p. m.-To-day has been much more favorable
one than yesterday, and general feeling of reas-
snrance has been gradually growing. Tho in
tcTest OF the day has centred upon the CON
diion of the Presidents stomach from time TO time
aud great eiieouraRenent may be derived from the
TACT that tbe nourishment taken naturally by the
Pre- dent hos been retained. When it was decided
TO give the President the cooled in usion of beef
Dr. Bliss informed linn of the purpose and
he seemed perfectly willing to take it. After
showed signs of Improvement, his pulse becoming
firm and regular, while il was considerably
less frequent, being as low as I06 at one time The
improvement continued from l2:4O p. m, when
the first teaspoonful taken until after
l15 p. M, when the second was administered
calmly on both occasions. lie awoke after the first
nap without experiencing any annoyance from the
irritability or weak condition of his stomach, but
when ne aWokc the second time he remarked that he
tasted the liquid, and az this time he barely escaped
the stomach would not bear anything further to-
day. One of the nurses eXpia ned the situation by
saying: Isponged the President quickly and told
him not 10 think OF his stomach and he would be all
right" TINS suggestion. II appears, complied
with and the disturbance passed away, and no
vomiting occurred. DR.. Bliss says il then de-
tcrmined that ii would be best not 10 attempt the
administration of any further nourishment except
by means of cnemata for the present.
The hope of the night is undcd upon the action
Of the patents stomach and as il gains strength
tho confidence of his recovery Increases, and vice
versa
The Hon. Marshall Jewell called Mt the Mansion
this evening and requested 10 be permitted to see
Mrs Garfield. The request was granted. He said
that he informed her of his intention to leave the
city in the morning. and that before starting
he felt if he would like to hear
some encouraging news, and asked the condition OF
the patient. Mrs. Garfield responded TO his qucs-
tion, " Do you think he is better = with " lndcvo,
ana carried reas urance with it, In con
yersation this evening Secretary Blaine said
that he was in Augusta, Me-, when ho
Presidents condition, but that the information as
conveyed did not Indicate any cause for immediate
alarm The reason Secretary Blame was not heard
from before his arrival was because he did not deem
it necessary to annOuncc his coming The Secretary
felt more hopeful upon his arrival than lie had OK
pectcd he should before he reached the city, and
while he admitted the gravity Of the situation, he
thought there was decidedly good reason 10 hope
for better reports from the sick-room in thc
near future. In conversation with one of the
Presidents immediate attendants to-day the subject
OF his general condt on was referred TO, whcreupon
the al tcndant remarked: Contrary TO the general
impression regarding the Presidents extreme dis
ability, he has, without question, a great deal of
vitality yet and cannot justly be said to be ex-
tremely feeble"
A prominent surgeon said tonight that he had
been very despondent for ten days previous to the
recent rcapse but when the condition of the wound
was thoroughly explained, after the rritabillty of
the stomach had asserted itself he felt that too
much attention had been paid to the wound at the
expense of the stomach, and now that the surgeons
had discovered this weakness he anticipated that
great would be exercised over the patients diet
in the future and that all would go well. The gen.
tleman said that his dependency had been turned
into actual hope.
Before the Mansion was closed for the night DR..
Bliss asked II there wood be any more nOuriSh-
ment administered naturally tonight. " No." he
said, " not until tomorrow. We have made the
experiment and are satisfied that the tone of the
Presidents stomach has been improved by it," lie
said III reply to further ntcrrogatores that every
thing had been advancing hneiy slnce the evening
hat had