Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-08-23
DOMESTIC.
Condition OF the President.

DOMESTIC.
Condition OF the President.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, WAsHINGToN, Au-
,,.st 22i-630 p M.-The President has
Continued to take liquid nourishment in
small quantities at stated intervals during
the entire day. and has had no return OF
nausea or vomiting The nutritive enemata
are also retained. The wound is looking
well, aad the work of repair is going on IN
all exposed to view. The pus discharge is
healthy. At present his pulse is ITO, tenn
perature 1901, respiration ~; Signed by
Bliss, Barnes, Woodward, Reyburn and
Agnew. -
WASHINGTON, August 22i-Midnight.-
The White House was closed to visitors at
l1:30. Everything was then wearing hope
full appearance A press reporter calling at
that hour was informed that the President
was resting quietly that he had slept two
hours this evening, and the pulsatlon
was down to 1O4. No examination
for temperature was made after the evening
dressing of the wound. Members OF the CAD
met who came early in the evening lett the
White House at 1880, feeling somewhat more
bopeful than last night. Lincoln said that
while thew were not strongly encouraged they
vera not discouraged This would pretty
closely voice the public sentiment at this
hour. , ,,-n.ucu,
EXECUTIVE MANSION, August 22d-2A. NJ
No material change in the Presidents condi-
ton has been observed by the attendants at
the bedside since IL P. NJ. Since midnight he
has rested well, sleeping most of the time.
A Review OF the Day nj the White House.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, August 22d-10:S0
p M.-rhe President this morning began the
Law in a condition which was considered
LIGHTLY better than that shown by the last
official bulletin yesterday. He had passed a
ouieter AMI more comfortable night than an
Jicipated. There had been no recurrence of
the vomiting which excited so much alarm
awoke at G A. N. was down to SO. This au-
spicious opening OF the day seemed to JUS
tify. or at least make more reasonable, the
heliefs of o few sanguine persons, that
the case was about to take favor
able turn, and when the morning bulletin
up ared, and it became known that the
patent had began to swallow food again
without vomiting or nausea, faint waver-
ing hope took the place of the profCuld
dependency which prevailed everywhere
throughout the city last night At A NJ.
consisting of four ounces of beef extract
with the yo!k of an egg, and shortly
afterward, in compliance with his re-
quest, he was given a small guam
tity of koumiss, which he swallowed
ami rstained without discomfort. Later in
the morning, as there were no signs of gastric
disturbance, the patient was given more
koumiss and milk porridge, and by noon he
had taken and retained ten or twelve ounces.
rT1 A. IS fkn viz
mucus in the throat. seemed to-day to be
absent. The secretions from the infiamed
parotid gland were very scanty, and gave
the patient no annoyance, and the gland
itself caused little if any pain. He
therefore rested more quietly than usual
throughout the day, swallowing liquid nour-
ishment at regular intervals without nausea
or discomfort. Between u and l o'clock an
other enema was given, consisting OF five
ounces Of beef extract and the yolk OF an
egg, and shortly after this the patient went
to Sleep With the exception of the usual
slight rise of the pulse and temperature, his
condition remained substantially unchanged
throughout the remainder of the day
In conversation with a reporter of the AS
ISOLATED Press late this afternoon, DR.. Bliss,
who seemed rather more than ordinarily
cheerful and confident, said The general con-
dition of the President has not changed very
much since yesterday. but what change there
had been was in the direction of improvement.
Furthermore, be said there was a change in
precisely those symptoms which are regarded
with the most anxiety, and which have a
more direct bearing upon the nature of the
case, viz: the symptoms which depend upon
the condition Of the stomach. Zone great
question" he said, sis that of nourishment.
Ii the Presidents stomach will take and as
simulate food enough to meet the strain upon
his system caused by the fever and the con-
slant secretion OF pus, and to retain his
strength until the other unfavorable c0mpli-
cations disappear, and to enable ns ture to
carry on the process of repair which has
begun in the wound, / think there IL every
possibility of his complete recovery. The con.
sequence of the swelling of the parotid gland
or of the slight septic faint Of the blood in
which that swelling had its origin was of SEC
oadary Importance when compared with the
consequences of the failure of the stomach 10
assirnilase food. Exhaustion is, | think,
most to be feared. The patients stomach
takes food to-day very well, and we hope to
have no further trouble with it. The stom-
ach itself was not 50 much in fault yesterday.
The vomiting was caused By the patients
strsnuos efforts to get rid Of the tenacious
mucus in his throat"
Bliss further said: The elandular swell
ing Is too hard and shows no signs subsiding,
althou yh the swelling surrounding the parts
has pretty much disappeared. Whether sup
purati1u will occur we can't yet tell. | am
inclined to think it will. do not, however,
apprehend any serious consequences, even
in that case, provided we can maintain the
patients strength. The pus which forms
is likely to be of a healthy char
acter, and we shall operate promptly
hy an iucision. There has been no pain in
the gland this afternoon, and it caused the
patient little annoyance. In cases of this
kind, where q patient becomes enfeebled by
long-continued fever and suppuration, there
Is always a low, impoverished state Of
the blood. 1t is indeed sort of mild blood
poisoning, but very different thing from
pya mia, and caused by the absorption into
the blood Of the disunited elements Of the
broken-down pus. Small fragments OF
febrius are carried into the circulation, and
wherever such fragment lodges inanimate, the
vessels become the center of suppuration.
The symptoms OF py@mia, such as the
disorganiz alton and peculiar odor OF the pus,
the yellowish tinge Of the skin. odor of the
breath aud increased temperature OF the body,
are all marked and unmistaksble, and none
of them has at any time appeared in the
Presidents case. Septicenis often precedes
pye mia, but pya mia does not by any means
necessarily follow septicse mia. They are dis
tinct conditions, entirely independent of one
another. The President has no symptoms
whatever Of pya mia. The wound is doing
well. The quantity Of pus secreted is daily
growing smaller, "a might be expected, but
it is not Of perfectly healthy character"
Private Secretary Brown, coming from the
surgeons room about 10 tonight, said the
President was resting, and had slept some.
The swelling of the parotid gland was SEN
sibly decreasing.
Agnew expects to leave tomorrow alter
n"oH. and Hamilton will be here tomorrow
night.
Doynt IN wiz watch by the bedside until
o'clock, then General Swain.
Notes ard Interviews Regarding the
President.
CHICAGO, August 22d-3 P. M-The fol-
lowing are from late Washington specials !:
1t is difficult to obtain any news from the
sick-room beyond that which is given in the
official bulletins. bnt it is stated upon author
ity which in every stage of the case hitherto
has been unerring. that last night and the
night before the President was delirinus, and
during portion OF yesterday or the day be-
fore his mind in the daytime was somewhat
clouded. Upon awakening it takes him some
minutes to pick up the threads of conscious
ness, and before going to sleep his mind wan
ders. These are bad symptoms, The physi-
clans seem to make no progress in the attempt
to scatter the swollen glands about the neck,
aud they privately admit that it is a serious
difficulty.
Some army and navy surgeons who were
HI ~,