Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-07-25

I surgeons dressed the wound at 6 o'clock fin,
] ing flow of pus discharge from the ne
opening made to-day. AS is known the bu
\ let after entering the President struck ri
and detected upward. DIR. Agnew in PEI
forming the operation this morning pushe
his knife in about three inches below tn
wound so that the point of the knife entere
the track of the wound several inches frol
the mouth of the wound. the doctors fet
very much encouraged at the President
condition tonight. He has not had retur
of chilly sensations to-day. No aristhetl
| was administered
FALSE REPORTS.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, 7:30 P. Mt ha
been stated this afternoon and is believed, tina
the story has been telegraphed out of tow
that DR.. Hamilton, consulting surgeon from
New York, has expressed the opinion that tn
Presidents case is utterly hopeless. DIR. Ham
iton has not made any such assertion, ant
authorizes an emphatic denial Of the report.
AS FAvo-ABLE AS COULD BE HOPED FOR.
EXECUTIVE MANSION 1890 P. M.-Secretarl
Blaine and Postmaster General James have
just left the Mansion for the night They say
the President continued TO rest comfortably
and that his condition was as favorable as il
could be considering the recent complications
Secretary Blaine remarked he was doing as
we'll as they dared to hope.
RESTING QUIETLY.
EXECUTIVE MANSION; 1870 P. M.--Ihe at
tending surgeons report at this honr that the
President is resting quietly, and although they
have not thought it best 10 disturb him by
taking his pulse and temperature, they believe
he is free from fever. There are no indications
| of recurrence OF the rlgOr.
FROM LOWELL.
The following was received this evening oy
Secretary of State Blaine: Your telegram re-
ceiyed with great sorrow, and has been for
warded 10 the queen and all our legations in
| Europe Await further news with intense
anxiety.
{Signed) LOWELL, Mnister.
SLEEPING QUIETLY.
| EXECUTIVE MANSION, July 25. l:S0 A. M
The President is resting quietly. The attend
ing physicians are doing, and members of
the household, excepting watchers in the
| sick room, are asleep.
GREAT ANXIETY.
WASHINGTON, July 24.-The condition of
| tuC IiCoiuoHb tO-uaJ was Sc"iNS ~ AAA''Sh
| anxiety and in the absence of official informa-
ii on later than the morning bulletin, all sorts
of wild and unfolladed rumOrs were in circu-
lation. Since thesesening bulletins, however,
a better feeling has prevailed and the excite
ment of the day has snbsided. The attending
surgeons to hight do not hesitate to say there
has been substantial, and they believe.perma-
inf tba
This afternoon DR.. Reyburn said that the
crisis of the disturbance caused
by the formation of a pns covering
has passed and that now there is
every reason to expect an abatement, if not
the entire disappearance of the unfavorable
symptoms of thirty six hours. In explaining
the nature of the operation performed by DR..
Agnew and the necessity for it, DR.. Reyburn
made In substance the following statement:
The direction taken by the ball after it entered
the body was forward and slightly downward
until it struck one of the ribs. 1t was thence
detected still further downward and a little to
the right, so as to make an acute angle with
the line of the back. In other
words, when the probe was
introduced into the wound to the depth of
three or three and half inches, its direction
was such that the inner end was only about
one and a. half inches from the outside of the
body, at q point lower down. The examina-
ton, which was made in the presence of Drs.
Agnew and Hamilton this morning, showed
that the pus cavity had formed In the track of
the ball, beyond the point where it glanced
from the RIB, and that this cavity could be
reached by direct lncisiOn three inches below
the mouth of the wound. 1t was decided at once
to perform the operation. No anesthetics
were used, but the part to be operated
upon was henumbed by spray of Ether and
a wide cut was made into the pus cavity,
which was reached at adepth of little more
than one inch with the aid of a probe and
pair forceps
A DRAINAGE TUBE,
which is small flexible tube of rubber per-
forated with holes was then introduced into
the wound made by the ball, and after being
crowded through the pus cavity, was brought
ont through the newly made incision. One
end of the tube then projected from the cut
made by the surgeon 3 knife and the other from
the mouth of the original wound. As the pus
oozed into the tube through the perforation it
| could escape from either end and was repeated
| ly washed out with weak solution of carbol-
| ic acid and water which was thrown through
| the tube in a stream. The discharge which
| followed the opening of the pus coating was
| entirely satisfactory to the surgeons, and was
soon followed by relief to the patient. The
drainage tube was left as it was originally
placed, and will remain there for the pres
ent. If the wound discharge
| freely through the new operation
| the tube may perhaps be withdrawn from the
old one in orde.: to allow the latter to heal.
! The incision made to-day is in direct line
| with the deeper parts of the wound, and it ID
| thought the pus will escape without obstruc
| tion, which impeded its outflow along the
| track OF the ball, and which caused the pus
cavity.
In reply to a question whether another
pus cavity is likely to form and bring
about a recurrence of the
ALARMING SYMPTOMS
of yesterday, DR.. Reyburn SAID: I cannot an
swer positively, but as the pus now has free
egress, don't think it probable that another
cavity will form.
BLOOD POISONING.
Being asked whether there were, or had
been, symptoms in the Presidents case of
pyaemia, or blood poisoning, Er. Reyburn
said: None whatever The rigor, of course,
| may be symptom of pyeamia, but
| it is also the symptom of various
other complications, and it does not point to
| pyaenia- in the present case. The pus con-
| tinues healthy and characteristic symptoms
of pyaenia are wanting. You may say upon
nv authority, that no indications of blood
poisoning have been observed and we have no
reson to expect any. In conclusion DR.. Rey
burn said his connition and symptoms to-
night are more favorable and encouraging
than at any time since the chill of yesterday
morning.
| OPENING THE PUs CAVITY.
NEW YORK, July IA Washington spe-
cial says: Upon consultation this morning
the surgeons determined that it was abso-
lutely necessary to perform an operation to
discharge the pus cavity which occasioned
yesterdays trouble. During the night, about
$50 o'clock, there was a return of the chills,
and again this morning. DR.. Agnew was Sc
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