Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-08-09
nor our or DANCES.

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Twice has the platoon OF eminent
physicians and surgeons attending the
wounded President pronounced him
..ou, OF danger" and on the high road
10 robus, health. There are six OF them
nov. whose names are attached to the
regularly Published bulletins. instead OF
four. % formerly. a. though the ofacisl
opinion expressed needed more profess
siopai support. They have managed to
get rid Of crump. the major domo Of the
White House. Who used to 90 complsi-
sanity STUFF the reporters with bis latest
opinions and deductions a. to the Prssi-
dents condition and prospects. there
fore w have now to rely for ofaeial In
formation upon the of,oial bullstins from
the Executive Mansion. to which are
now appended the names Of all si1 Of
the doctors. And what have those bul.
lstins amounted toI "Ths Presidsnt
passed . quiet night. slsspins most OF
the time. and another comfortable day
IL anticipated. The wound continues to
discharge = satisfactory amount oil
healthy pus. Pulse. -; Temperature.
-; respiration. -. Progressing finely.
constantly Increasing 10 strength, spps-
lite Improving" aud all that sort Of
thing.
Some weeks ago they pronounced him
''out Of danger" yet directly there vss
. change for the worse; an unexpected
$40 or pus cavity developed itssli to
their vision. which they simply cut .
hole into and relieved Of Ito contents.
Since then their patient has improved at
q wonderful rate. Last Wednesday he
held . bi, Of meat on . fork and hun
srily asked how much he could eat OF II.
Il was then that Dr.. Bliss made his
memorable remark in reply: ''Dou't
bite % any more than you can ohsw.
Mr.. President" Last Friday his spps-
tits had increased 20 that be ate "nine
or ten splendid strawbsrriss' all at one
meal. Indeed. 70 finely was he pro-
srsssing that all the doctors felt Bliss
fully jobilsnt and neglected the profss.
sional rsticencs they had assumed since
the unexpected setback In the Presi'
dents condition. They issued cheerful
bulletins. talked about his taking . sea
voyage presently. etc.. aud DR.. Hamil-
ton, one Of tbs two wise reserves. even
wen, 90 far as to say. only last Thurs.
day. 10 reply to . direct question: ''You
may quote me as saying that the Prssi.
den, will certainly 60, well. I consider
him out Of danssr."
And yet directly comes another crisis
In the Presidents condition. It was .
complete surprise to the six doctors.
They busily and plausibly account for
II nos. hut did not proeposticsts or an.
tieipsis its coming. They have per.
formed another grand surgical operation;
simply taking . knife and cutting the
wound larger. to give the obstrustsd dow
Of pus . better chance to get out. They
pretend to have definitely asesrtainsd
the place where the bullet 10, which 10
In altogether . different place from
where they at drst diagnosed. not hav.
ing passed through the liver a all. But
the electric machine. which has 90 dem.
iisly located The present position OF the
bullet. 10 . very delicate. spproIimstivs
an.ir. newly invented and constructed.
and therefore not altogether infsllibls.
The President even imsginss that he
can feel the bullet just about where II Il
thus designated to be. yet. according 10
Doctor Bliss. he 10 10 too feeble . con-
dition to we'll understand and b sure Of
his own local sensations. Psrhsps. sf-
ter be 10 dead. the ball may be found In
totally different location. II 90. the
variation will Be scientifically and pro-
f~sssionslly accounted for.
In the foregoing remarks there 10 no
disposition to bslitls the efforts Of the
eminent physicians and surgeons who
have charge OF the Prssidsnt's case
bu, merely . desire that they should be
understood aud appreciated at their true
worth and upon their square merits.
''oply this and nothing more" Twice
have they pronounced the wounded
PRECEDENT tout Of danger" yet he ha,
proven not to Be. but on the contrary 10
noss probably more In danger today
than ever. In their Official bulletins
they have simply officially represented
the osss to safety the general public.
bu, the real facts and inside truth in
this important national matter has all
the time been drawn from them. and
sthsrwiss sscsr,ainsd through private
sources and thus published. The
chances are that with all their official
builstins. unless the bullet In the Prssi-
dent 10 extracted be will die. he 10
anything bat out Of danger.
II 10 strange that the New York
Graphie. or some other wide awake illus
trs,sd paper In the East. has not - yet