The Portland daily press., 1881-07-27
UNOFFICIAL BULLETINS.
RI A. MI

TIA. M.
DIR. Bliss says the President passed COM
Portable night, resting well, sleeping at inter-
walls up to 3 a. m. About O'Clock a rise in
the temperature was noticed but it soon passed
away. and afterwards the President obtained
more rest and sleep. This morning, at z
o'clock, he is resting quietly with his pulse at
SO and temperature apparently about normal.
III MI
Col. Rockwell, who has just come from tho
Presidents chamber, says the patient is resting
very comfortably and considers he is doing as
we'll as could reasonably be expected under
the circumstances In response to a question
whether there had been or would be any fur
Their operations performed on the President he
id:-"No, there has been but the one opera
ton, and judging from the present indications
we don't anticipate that any more will be ne
cessitated." Continuing, the Colonel said that
at the morning dressing of the wound the sur
geons took several small pieces of bone from
the wound which were supposed to be from
the fir actured rib.
T2.2oP.M.l
Reports which have been telegraphed hence
to-day that serious operation was performed
this forenoon for the purpose of removing part
of the Presidents fractured rib are without
foundation. The wound has not been touched
since the morning dressing, and the only oper-
alton performed then was the pulling ont by
speculB or splinters which clogged the passage
and impeded the outflow of pus. The sur
geons do not admit there is anything crit-
cal or dangerous in the Presidents condition
this afternoon. On the contrary, they say he
has had fairly comfortable day, and that the
discharge from the wound this morning, al
though not large, was not so scanty as to indi-
cate any new complication, that the patient at
this hour, 2.20 p. M, is free from fever and
resting quietly, and that his general condition
is at least as good as yesterday.
[11.30P. MI
There has been more excitement and anxiety
throughout the city with regard to the condI-
ton Of the President to-day than at any time
since last Saturday morning. The removal of
few small splinters of bone from the wound
at the morning dressing was exaggerated into
serious, painful and weakening operation.
The reticence of the attending surgeons with
regard TO the details OF the patients case was
taken as tacit admission that something was
wrong. A personal note, which one of the
surgeons happened to send to Prof. Bell, was
interpreted as an indication that the ball was
to be at once located by the Professors induc-
ton balance and then cut out as last resort,
and general impression prevailed at the de-
partmonts, in the streets and throughout the
city that the Presidents condition was in the
highest degree critical and alarming. In
reality the President has been more comforta-
bic to-day than at any time since the formation
OF tne puS cavity and has nearly regalned the
ground which he lost on Saturday last The
taking out of the splinters of bone from the
wound at the morning dressing was very SIM
pie matter, and instead of weakening the pa
tient it removed one more source of irritation
and gave freer egress to the discharge, and as
as natural consequence improved his general
condition. The Operation if operation it
can be called, was nothing more than ascer-
tanning by the insertion of finger into the
wound where the sharp splinters of bone were
located and then sliding pair of bullet forceps
along the finger as a guide, getting hold of
splinter and Withdrawing the finger, forceps
and splinter together. There was nothing in
the operation to weaken the patient or cause
unusual pain
The President shortly afterward fell asleep
and had nap of half an hour, from which he
awoke refreshed. He took nourishment con-
sisting Of beef extract,s milk and lime water
and toast at frequent intervals, and as he was
not made restless by fever he passed quiet
and comfortable day. There was slight feb
rifle rise late in the afternoon, and at the
evening examination his temperature was
1907 1t soon subsidized, however. and at this
hour, 11.30p. M, his temperature and res
piration are normal, pulse below 100, and he
is sleeping quietly and soundly. His condi-
ton is thought by the attending surgeons to
be more favorable now than at any time since
the chill of Saturday morning.