, 1881-09-20

| Ann WELL 1T NIGHT rE.
| Special Ufspdteh 10 The E&teaon Tribune.
| LoSt' BRANCH, y. j.. Srp. l0.-1t h,ls been
n very gloomy .lay at EIberon. Tile night
llas been ono Uf comfort. The chill which
occurred last cyonlng, although 1t lasted but
ten or twelve minutes, left tile President In
stlcll nh exhausted condition tint tllere were
fears tliat he could not rally, but nu did, md
tho physicians w1r0 surprised to find tllat
| there was II reserved vitality w,Icl, they
| Feared yesterday morning Ind bccu exhaust
| cd. The pulse and temperature both indi-
Gated fover, which would hnve been llnposst.
bio Ind vitality brun exhausted.
| TIE rI,EslpENr SANK INTO A sLEEr,
which WAS really moro like stupor than like
steep, nnd for tho greater part of tho night
| was I'll that condition. Tlloy aroused lin
about midnight Fur the purpose of CIV
linz lin nonrishMcnt. For time he
refused to tako any. but after tho
blood enelneta lad l'ccn given HIN
lle WIS 1tlitU rcudy TO tnke tho nU,lrisnlent
that was oflercd. The niglit, after midnight,
passed without incident, a,tt III tho morning
tho pllysicinns thought that the President
WIS ltttle better. Lie seenled to t,aye sons
appetite and no indication Of my chill or
any disturbance was noted.
TIE 1SstDIuus NATURE or THESE ATTACKS
was ngalm nlndc manifest soon nfterso'ctock.
Tho l'rcsitteutllad hccn very q1tot, and sco,r-
ingly comparatively comfortable. Suddenly
he complained Of chill!ness, ni,d, although
his botty WAS wrapped in warn, 1laraets, ami
| within l,aIf Ill hour l,e tlad been butlsetl
Ill hot alcol,ol, It WIS found tint Ills
feet and hands wore cold, and,
IN u moment, there was marked
rfgor. lie shfyercd a'!d every muscle In his
body VIII rigid. T].o pulse went l,p to l4o,
and eyon higher, but 1t was SO throady and
feeble ttlat 1t WIS impossible to count the
beats. After IL had passed that figure tllero
was great danger TINT he would sink Into n
coinatoso stato after tho rigor had passed, and
EVERY ExENTIoS MAS atAnE
to induce reaction. '.'Iiot tunnels were an
piled to the fost. and poultices Of raw onions
cut fine and stepped In alcohol wore placed
upon his stomach. In addition cooling lotions
were applied to tic hoad, and tho arms
ai.d lmlls were rubbed vigorously. The
result wus that reaction wns ,cstnb-
| ltshed much sooner than the physicians
expected. After fifteen minutes Ind elapsed
! Dr. Bliss noticed increasing warmth III the
feet, Illd nt tho sane time the rigld!ty OF thu
muscles was observed to be relaxing. It was
evident that the rfgor WIS passing uyay in
about half the ti,ne which tho ttrst one had
fastcu. Tint one, III spite OF the ulnst yig0r-
OILS treatment, lad only yielded under half
I'LL hour.
THE VITALITY OF THE PRESIDENT
once more astUulsEled the p!lysiclans-so
much 10 that Dr. Agllew sa1d, wllon l,e came
from the sck-chalnbcr, ms lie las snia boforo:
"Tl.e vitality Of tho President Is something
moro remarkable than l haye ever met with
In all my practlcc." This was said to AIRS
Garfield aud Private Secretary Brown,
anu the great surgeon also added thai
| ii it WAS not for his wonderful cvldencc of
constitutional strength, he should feel US
though 1t WIS folly to Indulge In auy hope"
After the rigor had pusse.t the President fell
aslcep, md, although Ills pulse was still
beating lbaye l20, yet his temperature had
not decreased more than tenth Of degree
or 10 below tho normal point,
LIE AwoKE
in about twenty minutes. alld the first words
,ts suitl sl,ows,d that thu mind was more act-
I've than his bodily strength. IIo suld 10 Dr,
Bliss: F." Doctor, feel yery comfortable, but
Il also fcel dreultully weuk, I wish YOU
woull gIyo me the hand glass a.,d let mo
look ut nyself."
Con. Swain said; "Ol,, no, don't do TINT.
SIr. President SEQ it you cannot Get some
niore Sleep"
NJ WANT TO SEE MYSELF"
the President replied, Mrs, GARFIELD raye
him lla,lti.glass, Ilo hold 1t In q position
which enabled linn to SEQ his fuce. Mrs.
Garfield, Ur, Hiss. DR.. Arnuw. GEN. Swntm
il,ul Dr., lI0ynton stood around tin he'll
SAYING not word, but looking ut tha
President, Ilo stu,lIod tho reflection OF hIs
own features at Iength Ilo wcarljy lot tic
Rluss fall UPON tho counternane, mud will, q
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