Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-08-24
sICK ROOM NOTES.

fair inference from the official data
given.
sICK ROOM NOTES.
The Appearance Of this Prssident-Mrs.
Gsrfsld's Courage.
Special to N. Y. Paper.
In order that the air in the room
might be kept 40 pure % possible the
door opening into the corridor had been
opened and q screen OF stats about six
feet high wheeled partially In front OF 1t,
but over which one could look by stand
ing On tiptoe 80 as to catch the reflection
OF the Presidents face as be lay there.
| talked with one OF the family visitors
TO. night who had taken advantage, as
Others had; of this opportunity to see
the patient, and, to quote his words, "l
could not believe he was the same man
saw in health less than two months
ago. 1t was incredible TO me that such
change could have taken place, and
Started Back In Horror,
The eyes were suuken, the cheeks
sunken and paid and the lips abs olutely
without shade of fcolor. looked again
when recovered myself, and saw that
he lay on his back and that his head
was raised on two pillows with third
inserted between the two at the side
nearest me so that the pillow sloped
toward the window. He looked like
ghost. OF course | did not pause to
take more than glance. We were fear
ful that he might catch sight OF Us him
self and be annoyed, and so We passed
or. But by that glance saw General
Swain sitting at the foot of the bed and
DR.. Boyuton standing near a table on
which there were some medicines and
dishes"
There are indeed
But Few People Who Come Near the
Patient.
They are the four attending and two
consulting surgeons, General Swain,
Colonel Rockwell, DR.. Boynton, Mrs.
DR.. Edison, and of course Mrs. Garfield,
who comes always in the morning and
fits in and out at intervals during the
day and comes in regularly at night be-
fore retiring. She has, however, never
remained in the room when the wound
was being dressed.
Already speculation has taken the
form OF the inquiry, "How long can he
last?" And the answer given, except by
those who continue to hope for recov-
cry is, that
Two Weeks Must End It.
OF course no medical man or surgeon
here gives such rtply as Professional
opinion or for the purposes OF having It
published in interviews; but half a
dozen whom I have seen to-day say that
ILUro 10 but httfo hVPo VI the patent
lasting longer. 1t will be readily un-
derstood that some of these opinions,
coming from men who are in almost
daily professional contact with one or
another OF the physicians in attendance
upon the President, have a peculiar
value not to be passed over slightly.
Her pastor, Rev. ]. ID. Tower,
Called on Mrs. Garfield
Sunday. He says she seems rather
cheerful, more so than he had expected.
She did not evince any alarm at the con.
tents OF the late bulletin, and explained
that the vomiting that occurred this
evening was attributable TO the effort
on the part Of the President to clear his
throat Of the phlegm of secretion that
has lodged there caused by the swollen
gland. Mrs. Garfield said that while the
President was aDle to articulate distinct
ly he was prevented from speaking as
freely as he was inclined to do by the
trouble in his throat. Several times he
has expressed his
Anxiety to Be Able to Get Away from the
White House,
as he fears malaria, and he seems to
have preference for sea voyage. Sew
eral times to-day he has referred to 1t,
and Mrs. Garfield thinks he favors the
idea of going to Long Branch. While at
the White House DR.. Tower saw only
one of the Presidents children, and that
was the older boy, Harry. He Is
source OF great comfort to his mother IN
her trying hours, as, indeed, all the
children are. II Mrs. Garfield enter
tains any fears OF her husbands not
recovering she conceals them wonder.
fully, for there was not the slightest ap-
pearsnce of extreme anxiety in her
manner this evening. She speaks hope
fully OF the President being able TO stand
the fatil us of q removal from the White
House at not far distant day.
Some evidences have been obtained
to day OF the
Very Great Concern
which the Presidents condition is caus-
ing the inmates OF the White House. Ii
is so great that COL Oorbin, whose pres
ence in New York on Saturday was a
matter OF very considerable Importance.
WAS satisfied tina. it would not do for
him to leave Washington just yet.
Marshal Henry has gone to Ohio, and
the impression exists that he has gone
for the purpose OF bringing the Presi.
dents mother and the two yourg
children irom Mentor to Washington.
The Cabinet also beyond question are
satisfied that the Situation 10 Very Critical
and Attorney General MacVeigh is be.
lieved to regard it as almost hopeless.
He, however, has been more desPond-
ent from the start than the Other men,
bers Of the Cabinet, aud he has been
especially so since Monday last. DR..
Agnew has speat every spare moment
that he could get in the Medical Mu-
scum Library, studing with intense ap-
plication some Of the cases recorded in
the medical history of the war. Il is
believed that he is deyoting himself to
an examination OF the medical side OF
the recorded cases, rs if the Presidents
case has passed for the time at least be-
youd the domain OF surgery.