Daily Republican., 1881-07-12

stomach. If anything is administered
which will destroy the tone of that
organ the danger might be very great.
At the same time, 1t is desirable
that the President should be given
Sufficient food IS soon a. practicable to
prevent any furthur drain upon his
vitals. They areeAlso closely watching
the wound. 1t Is necessary to keep it
open In order that the constantly aCcu-
mulating pus may be discharged. A
wall is formed by nature around the
track of the ball. and if the pus should
not come from every part of the wound
it would be demonstrated by tho
patients condition in short time.
ADHERING TO THE FIRST DIAGNOSIS.
DR.. Bliss clings tenaciously to the
theory that the first diagnosis made Cf
the case was the correct one. In con-
versation to-day, he said: "The medi-
cal gentlemen who say that the ball did
not enter the liver have forgotten their
anatomy. We know that the ball en-
tered three inches into the body. We
have felt and developed the course of
the ball so far. Where it went, then,
we do not definitely know; but from the
direction of the three inches OF the
course which has been ascertained it is
certain that it must have entered the
liver and probably passed entirely
through the abdominal cavity, and is
lodged in the interior wall OF the abdo-
men. That is where | think it is now
in the interior wall of the abdomen,
a nd in ha do, al nt ,n
The ball entering the body where it did
and passing inward three inches, must
of necessity pass through portion Of
the liver. AT that point in the body the
liver lies close alongside the ribs, and
the ball could not penetrate the body at
that point and enter so great distance
without striking the liver. The liver
is there and must have been hit. Even
if the ball dropped down afterward 1T
must have grazed the liver in its down
ward course. But as said, the indi-
cations of which we have privately |
advised Drs. Agnew and Hamilton by
letter are that the ball went through |
the liver to the abdominal cavity and |
is lodged in the anterior wall of the alb
dOmen as at first supposed, and it will
be easy when the time comes to remove
it from that point without danger.
do not think it will be necessary to ELL
ter the abdominal cavity at all.
LOWERING THETEMPERATURE.
The White House presented aSmuch
luieier appearance to day than if the
President had been up and about with
the ottice-seekers. Private Secretary
Brown did not come to the Mansion un
til late this morning, and lie then de-
voted his attention to a mass Of letters |
relating 10 the attempted assassination,
which have come in by thousands dur
ing the past week. 1t would be i'm
possible to answer them all. The men,
bers of the Cabinet paid their custo.
mary morning call. The foreign minis
ters and all the attaches of legation
were also on hand with their cards, low
bows and polite inquiries. The Japan
ese Minister desired to convey to the
Private Secretary his congratulations
on the favorable news of the day. He
said he should leave Immediately for
the seashore, having intended to do so
before this but for the accident to the
President. After much xperimenting
an apparatus has been obtained which
successfully lowers the temperature in
the sick chamber. The air is taken
from the southwest corner of the house,
through an air-chamber, to au iron
chamber, in which there are three thouS-
and feet of Turkish toweling in parti-
tions half an inch apart. The toweling
is kept saturated from above by the
drippings of water from granulated ice
and salt The temperature of the Satur-
ated toweling is about 40 degrees.
An exhaust fan draws the air through
the chamber 1t passes through the
partitions into an auxiliary ice-cham- {
Der; where the dampness is thoroughly ,
From there, the air, per- .
'ectly dry, passes through an indepen-
lent flue to the Presidents room. The I
,xaust fan is run by a small engine in |
he basement, which is less than one ;
lorsc power. 1t is almost noiseless AT ,
Il O'Clock this morning the common {
was 80 degrees. AT the
,utlet of the tlue from the apparatus be- c
ow the temperature was 81 degrees,
while at the head of the Presidents ,
BED, twenty feet from the outlet, the .
was IS degrees. All the {
Of the room were open, which. t
# course increased the temperature. |
The President complained that lie did l
rot want it any colder, and toerefore I
he windows were opened. The appa- ,
'atus furnishes nearly $4,000 feet of air =,
Vt a temperature of "a degrees. The I
drawbacks to the first tests of the appa- t
atus were that the noise of the i
of the engine could be heard 5
II the Presidents chamber. a new ar =
angemen. of cooling tanks has been t
made whereby the noise will not be d
leard in the sick room.
GUITEAU'S CABINET. i
Guiteau appears to hare dropped al
most completely out of sight. Nobody
axes any interest in him except the au- 4
hcrities, who are investigating his an :,
ecedents. The prisoner seems to be more
disappointed at his failure to attract no y
oriety than anything else. All that I
iuiteau knows of what is transpiring
utside is that the President is not dead, U
Id that knowledge apparently gives T.
i'm much annoyance. In talking with q
gentlemen who has held repeated con- d
ersations with him, Guiteau unbos- q
med himself. This gentleman says he u
ppears lively enough in exchanging
Immon salutations with the officers,
ut it is apparent that he regrets that
le President has lived SO long. His i,
'ouble is the pain which he has caused, II i,
II he desired that the shot should have /,
roved fatal. At first he seemed in 81
ined to the opinion that the first shot "
Q fired struck the President in the arm
al the second one in the back. He is
1t now 50 certain, for he remembers
lat the first shot was fired horizontally,
I'd the President raised his arm, slight "
turned, and looked scared, when he q
red the second, and he was then sink N
x, his legs giving way. NJ
Question. Wha5 are his feelings to- II
ard members of the present Cabinet n
Id who did he want for the new Cabi-
,t had the President died Or shoulI c,