The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-08-01

probable he will bs carried there as sooE
as he 10 able to be moved. She decided
that II the President does 20 ont there, Il
put him in the north room Of the cottage
which 10 large, we'll ventilated and
lighted, and adapted 10 the needs Of Z
sick room. II the President 10 carried
there 1t will DO to get him away
from the mAlarial influences Of the White
House till he grows strong enoughto take
. seA voyage. He has been partially in an
upright position nearly all day, sup
ported by frame work under the mat
tTess, and he felt tonight no fatigue from
1t, Indeed heexpTesses sense Of relief
at the change Of position. He said he fol.
better than ON any previous day,
The day at the White House passed
very quietly, the reports from the sick
room being, without execution, OF avery
favorable character, Dr.. Bliss, in conver-
sAtlon tonight on the PreSident's condi.
tion, when asked how he accounted for
the regularly high pulse every day, said
1t was simply the result OF surgical fever,
at is mistaken idea to suppose that all
surgical levers are continuous" instAnCing
at once, thereafter, q number oi cases
which have been in his charge as proof
for the assertion, Since the issuance Of
the 7 o'clock bulletin the PrsSidsnt'a
pulss, the Doctor said, had fallen about
ten beats, and 10 ut this hour about
%, with the temperature about nor.
NAL. The pulse ol The President
was the subject Of discussion by the
surgsons to-day, aud 1t was concluded
that 1t was about 80, Dr., Bliss said II the
patient continues to improve loi the next
two weeks proportionately , with the im.
proyement Of the past few days there 10 no
reason why be will not be able to sit up
within three weeks or probably sooner.
During the course Of further converse.
tion, the Doctor explained at length the
manner In which the dressings Of the
wound are made, and the part taken
therein by each surgeon. He said that
one surgeon [Dr. Reyburn always takes
the temperature; another DR.. Wood
ward prepares the liquidS Tor cleansing
the wound, keeping them at blood heat,
and the other two DIctors Bliss and
BarnePl d. cas- the wound. Everything 10
donB GonselentiOusly," said he, ITO give
the exact condition Of the patient at time OF
eI animation, whether II be favorable or
upisVorsblP, As In tho instance referred to,
often when tho evening examination Is
made the lever will be found atlLs height,
and, perhaps, immediately afterwards II
will have almost entirely disappeared, but
the condition st the moment OF the ex.
animation, he said, 10 invariably
takeuf or the fever bulletin. Although
It may be variable, the doctor said, Il al.
ways makes Ito appearance sooner or later.
In referring 10 the probable location Of the
bullet, be explained In detail the expert
ment by means Of the Induction balance,
which occurred at the evening dreep Of the
wound yesterday. He GAid although
the apparatus was afterwards dipOov.
cred 70 be out Of adjustment, II
indicated at one time that the ball lies
in the front wall Of the abdomen, five
inches below and To the right OF the naval
and just over the groin, precisely where
the GItendipg surgeons always maintained
Il had lodged. Tbs hopse was closed for
the night considerably earlier on sppount
oil everything being quiet and favorable.