Daily Republican., 1881-07-08
ODDS IN HIS FAVOR.
THE HOPE OF THE PRESIDENTS
PHYSICIANS,
The President Continuing to I'm
prOve-Guiteau Alone In the
Execution and COncep.
lion OF the Deed.

ces in his favor. This happily summa-
rizes the situation on the sixth day since
the President received his wound. Yes
terday morning, the President, after a
good nights rest found himself hungry.
His cheerfulness was maintained. His
pulse was "a, his temperature 99.1,
respiration 90. Yellowishness of the
skin has developed slightly, indicating
merely, in the doctors opinion, that the
diagnosis of an injury to the liver was
correct. Dangers from suppuratior and
blood poisoning remain to be feared,
and this day will be one of anxiety. BY
l p. NJ, yesterday, the pulse had risen to
100 and at 3 p. III. 1t was 1O6. AT mid
night the Presidents condition had un-
dergone no material change and he was
resting quietly.
THE PRESIDENTS CASE STATED.
a Washington correspondent says
that DIR. Bliss yesterday made q full
statement of the Presidents case to Mr.
Phillips, of New Castle, Pa, who is
about to visit General Garfield's mother
at SolOn.
DIR. Bliss: owe are pretty certain
that we have correctly located the ball,
and from that location are certain that
it is by no means as dangerous as it
might have been. You see the direc-
ton of the ball was forward and slight
ly downward. General Garfield was
taller than his assassin, who is very
short man, and the shot from his pistol
struck about the eleventh rib and
ranged forward and downward. 1t
fractured the rib and was turned from
its course and lodged in the left ,obe Of
the liver. am satisfied that it struck
that portion of the liver not covered by
the peritoneum, and that consequently
there is no danger to be apprehended
from peritonitis. If it now lies in thai
portion of the liver Oh in the rear por-
ton of the abdomen it could not be in a
better place under the circumstances.
by the detection it missed that portion
of the liver containing the hepatic ar
terry and large blood vessels, the lacer-
alton of which would have been almost
instantly fatal. l am under the i'm
preston that it lacerated one of the
smaller arteries without severing it,
If such was the case believe we
need have no further apprehensions Of
hemorrlage. 1t also struck one of the
sympathetic nerves. | was under the
impression at first when he complained
of heaviness, then of tingling, and fin
ally of pain in the feet, that the Rail
had touched the spinal column, but
when found the direction taken con-
cluded some OF the sympathetic ganglia
had been lacerated. The sensory aud
motor nerves were all right because he
had good use of his feet aud legs. / be.
lieve, then, that the only dangers we
have to apprehend are from secondary
hemorrhage and py;emia or blood poi
soning. You knew we consider all dan
gers from the former over by the sew
enth day, and we shall soon know
whether there is any serious lacefatich
of the blood vessels. AS to blood poi
soning, we of course must expect to
meet that anywhere in our course |
am in hopes, however, and believe that
the Presidents vitality is strong enough
to carry off from the system all poison.
ous matter from the wound. His vital
ity is enormous, and it is rapidly re-
cuperating from the shock. We have
made no particular efforts to recover
the ball, for am very strongly opposed
to any more probing than is necessary
to ascertain the direction of the bali.
So when first examined the wound
used a very light probe and only inser-
ted it about three and One-hal tinChes,
merely to ascertain the direction of the
ball, and | have not since touched it. "
WHEN THE REACTION SET IN.
"How has the pulse been 2" asked DR..
Boynton.
"Well, it has ranged pretty high. 1t
ran up to 1876 beats per minute soon at
ter the shooting.
''He came pretty near going, didn't
he 2" said Dr. Boynton referring to the
condition of the circulation, which is an
adjunct of approaching dissolution.
Gle did, indeed. Oh the shock was
terrible, and only man Of strong vital
forces could have withstood it, How
ever, am opposed to resorting to stimu-
lauts in such cases, for | believe the
system has as much as it can do to re-
cover from such shocks without carry
ing the load which stimulant would
entail. If it was to be given deter
mined that it should be given hypoder-
mically, especially as he could hold
nothing upon his stomach. When l
first went to him found the pulse run.
ming az 1856 beats, and was upon the
point of making hypodermic injection
of brandy when felt the pulse fall ten
beats in minute and ordered halt,
for the reaction had set in.
From that time the pulse has gradnal-
ly fallen, increasing again at certain
times, but it is now about normal. AS
to the treatment, we have kept the
wound clean and given the usual treat
ment for gunshot wounds. A tube has
been kept in the wound to carry off the
discharges, but these have about ceAsed
and believe the matter is being taken
up by the blood and carried Oft Which
gives me great hopes of his resistance to
pymmia. As to abcesses, | believe we
nave nothing to tear from them, and
have no apprehension on that score. l
am inclined to believe that the ball pass
ed clear through the liver and lodged in
the back wall of the abdomen. am
inclined to believe this from the fact
that there has been some soreness and
evidences of tumefaction in that portion
of the abdomen over the liver. If it
has gone there, there will be less likeli-
hood Of abcesses."
| LAST NIGHT AT THE MANSION.
The heat and oppression Of the after
noon were overcome this evening by II
cool and refreshing rain, accompanied
by tlurder and lightning. To the pros
trate President the change was bene-
fetal. The artificial means taken to
cool tho sick-room were by no means
successful, and the water in The lit lie
troughs and woolen cloths became warm
and useless. The electric disturbance
in the atmosphere did mere good than
all the artificial devices in CEristendom.
The thermometer fell oerceptibly and
the patient, remarked, chow refresh,
ing" At eight o'clock, half an hour
previous to the announcement OF
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