Morning journal and courier., 1881-09-17
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS.
 A SUDDEN CHANGE. ALARMING SYMPTOMS IN THE PRESIDENTS CASE. TWO FEVERS IN TWELVE HOURS. Bed Sores and Other Septic
 Poisoning. Anxiety For The Result. A Crisis Believed to be
 Impending.
THE PRESIDENT.

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 tion-A Second Febrfle Rise in Tw elvl
 Hours-His Pulse FIuctuating Wildly
 It Runs Up to 135-Temperature anC
 Respiration Also High-Bed Sores ant
 Blood Poisonfng-The Gravest Fears fo1 | the Result-Dr. Bliss Less Buoyant tha r UsuaI-He Admits the Serious Aspect O. the Case--A Fair Statement From the I Surgeon.
 LONG BRANCH, N. J., Sept. 16.-The mos
 exaggerated rumors have been circulated to
 day that have been current since the Presi
 dents removal to Long Branch. The various
 allegations were reported to be based on the
 morning bulletin and the Respondent tone ot
 Dr. Boynton's statement. The facts as stated
 in the bulletins are true, but there is no foun l dation for the sensational stories that incl
 sions into the main channel had started pro
 fuse flow of bad and watery pus, nor that
 the parotid gland was again troublesome and
 emitting pus, nor that bed sores had broker
 out all over his body. As to the latter Dr.
 Boynton simply stated that bed sores had re- l appeared. The responsible surgeons
 admitted during this afternoon that the
 present was not one of the Presidents best
 days, but stated positively that there was no
 foundation for the sensational reports and
 that the bulletins told the entire story. All
 that there was no serious change, but that to- 1 days symptoms were merely the result of | fluctuations which must be expected until | the President had entirely eliminated from his | system the septic condition of the blood, that ! the parotid gland and face were decidedly
 better. Dr. Bliss said the febrile rise came on earlier than usual and lasted about an 1 hour. At o'clock this aftern oon the Presi- | dents pulse was 10S temperature and respi-
 ration normal The President requested | then to be placed in his easy chair, but was persuaded by his physicians that it was bet ! ter to wait until later. Attorney General ! MacVeagh denied that crisis had come, and ! said this was only one of the ordinary fiucu- ations which were expected during the Pres ! ident's present septic condition.
 SUDDEN CHANGE FOR THE WORSE.
 The President is admitted officially to be ! worse tonight, and the situation is grave. The case is serious that the greatest state of alarm exists at Elberon that has arisen since the removal from Washington. After the issuance of the evening bulletin every body connected with the case refused to speak, and referred the question to Dr. Bliss All the reporters were assembled in Private Secretary Browns cottage adjoining the Presidents, and at S:3O Dr. Bliss came in, and after a long drawn sigh made the follow ing statement without any preliminaries There has been another febrlle rise in the Presidents case this evening, and it is now on. This is the second febrile rise which has occurred in the past twelve hours. Such thing never happened before in this case This rise occurred with extreme suddenness.
 We had finished the evening dressing and ex-
 animation. We had noted the febrile rise at
 II o'clock, it's continuation and it's complete
 subsistence at 2 o'clock. We had noted
 gradual improvement between and o'clock
 and period of favorable conditions thence
 to o'clock. We were writing the last sen-
 tence of the evening bulletin, in fact it had
 already been written. It stated that there
 had b en, the whole day taken together, a
 perceptible improvement. Then change
 in the President was noted. He was exam
 ined and it was found that another febrile
 rise had suddenly shown itself, and that it
 was rapidly running up the pulse, tempera
 ture and respiration, which had gone down so favorably since noon. The last sentence
 in the bulletin was at once changed, the
 statement that there had been. perceptible
 improvement being stricken out The what 1t was three or four days ago. He is worse than he was. The change may not have any special significance I don't know that the weather has had much to do
 with it, but the weather to-day and yesterday
 has not been favorable for anyone disposed to pulmonary trouble. If the weather had been pleasant to-day and yesterday, 8 condi- tion the opposite of that which exists might be present. The signal service bureau has promised pleasant weather for tomorrow, and such weather, if it comes, may have a good effect. During the afternoon clot of blood of some size came out from the chan nel, which previously it had clogged some- 1rb n10 0f had fho retarded it's flow. After it was removed the original color was restored. The clot did not otherwise interfere with the character of the pus. The wound is not healing now. The healing process has been arrested. Suppura- tion of the parotid gland has been percept- ibly renewed. This is attributable to lack of nutrition If nutrition increased suppuration would diminish. The discharge from the wound is fully as free as it was the day be- fore yesterday, but is not as healthy as we would like to see it at this time. This is not dangerous in itself, but is 8 symptom of an unfavorable condition.
 THE PRESIDENTS MIND WANDERING.
 There are also mental disturbances or hal lucinations. Those hallucinations are only occasional and not marked. I never wit messed but one of them. Once when I en- tered his room the President asked me 8 question which I do not now recall, but the nature of which showed that at the time his IT, me that he noted a milder occurrence 0nce. He does dream unnaturally and sometimes in the day time. The febrile rise is an evil dence of a want of nourishment of brain. The stomach is extremely well. There was an easy and natural movement of the bowels during the afternoon and the President took more food during the day than he did yes- terday and relished it. He took no solid food He was not lifted into the chair to day. When we suggested it to him after we had previously dis suaded him from it, he said he guessed he would not care to be moved to-day. He subsequently said he would like to be put into the chair, but then we thought better to dispense with the lifting and he consented. The figures to day were not greatly different from those of any of the periods of fever. If anything, the increase in pulse, tempera- ture and respiration were slight to-day com- pared with many of the fluctuations. His s.Yes, the record showed several periods of 8 respiration of g and some of 24." "How was the Presidents mind today during the examination ?" T can best tell you by de- scribing his conduct. It takes about ten minutes to get the figures, the great est trouble being in getting the temper ature. To-day while waiting for the indicator to complete it expressed some Impotence and remarked that I believed the instrument was not recording as it should. The Presi- dent said, Doctor, you have full minute. , was amused. couldn't see how he knew. He couldn't see my watch because it was in my hand below his person. looked at the watch and saw that the President was right to the second, that I had been just nine min
 utes engaged. I asked how in the world he had made such good guess. He pointed to miniature clock on the top of the gas burn CT some distance from the bed. He had | been noting the time on that. I did not know the clock was there, It had been placed there during my absence,
 and is the same as was sent by the, five in terested children of Boston. That is how clear his mind really is, and shows how he
 notices things, what an interest he takes in | his condition and how perfect his sight is. D ssDoes he inquire as much about the indica- ! tions of his condition as he did formerly ?" ssNo, he does not.'' Docs the situation to ! night furnish ground for public alarm 9'' 'I | wouldn't like to just use the word alarm. It | furnishes good ground for grave public anx- | iety. short time ago there was going on l an almost impereeptible process of reform. The lesions of all the wounds were healing. The blood was so far normal that it was fur