Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-08-26
BLISS INTERVIEWED.

Executive MANSION, august Zo.-lu
an interview with reporter little be-
fore 2 O'Clock this afternoon, Dr.. Bliss
said the condition of the President was
substantially unchanged. His pulse at
the noon examination was higher than
at the same hour yesterday, bat the pa
tient was 50 weak and debilitated a tran
sient fiuctuation of pulse to an extent
OF six or eight beats has
.... No Great Significance.
Any slight disturbance or excitement is
sufficient, he said, TO cause it. 81 have
seen his pulse quickened four or
1--WE beats merely by turn
in9 him over in bed. His
pulse was taken this noon, when it was
the highest. Just before came out OF
his room, ten minutes ago, it was back
again 10 104. That will show you how
uncertain a single observation OF the
pulse is, as an indication OF his condi-
ton. AS far as his temperature is con-
cerned it is about the same as yesterday
noon"
"Do you think he has gained any
strength since yesterday"
"No, l cannot say that be has, but l
think
He II Holding His Own.
He is taking nourishment very nicely
to-day, quite as we'll as yesterday. 1t
was the opinion o. his attendants and
of Mrs. Garfield that he seemed q little
brighter this morning."
'sWhat is the condition OF the in
famed glandf'
"It has not changed much in appear
snce and is one of the most troublesome
features in the case. We got little
more pus from it to-day. but the swell
ling remains about the same"
"How long will it be before 1t will
probably begin to subsidep
at may be lour or five days. You
see the area of Inflammation is perhaps
two and half by three and half inches
and pus has formed in this area at
number OF POINTS. We might puncture
the swollen gland almost anywhere and
get az much pus as We got from the in
cision made yesterday. The pus is IN
many little cells or pockets, and the
walls between these will have to be
broken down before all the pus can be
drained out through the present in
cision."
In conclusion, DR.. Bliss reiterated his
assurance that the condition OF the pa
tient is no worse to-day than yesterday,
although it cannot be said that there has
been any Improvement.
DR.. Boyton's Opinion.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, August 25, Noon.
DIR. Boyton in an interviev with re-
porter at IL 40 this morning, replied to
questions as follows:
How is the President to day, Doctor,
in your judgement?
l do not think he is any better.
But does he hold his own?
Well. cannot point to any particular
symptom and say that it is noticeably
worse, but the impression which his
general condition makes upon me to-
day is little less favorable.
"I Don't Feel Quite as Much Encouraged
as l did yesterday"
"What are the features OF the case
which seem to you most disquletlngr
THE condition of his blood and his
extreme weakness"
"He has not then made any gain in
strength since yesterday morning.
81 cannot see that he has"
"Does he not take his food as we'll as
yesterday"
"Yes, quite as well. His stomach
seems to maintain its improved condi-
ton"
"Then, il the stomach performs its
functions properly and nourishment
continues to be well assimilsted, will
not the condition OF the blood change
for the better2"
ain time
The Poison Will be Eliminated from the
Blood
il the patients strength and vitality
hold out. It is a question OF time and
endurance"
"The wound continues to do well,
does it not?"
"Yes, but l don't think the condition
OF the wound is so important consid-
Grafton now. The President is very
weak, and is as yet gaining strength
very slowly, il at all. The great ques'
ton is can he be sustained through this
period OF prostration. II he can, Think
he will eventually rally from the depres-
sion caused by the septic faint in the
blood and finally recover.