Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-06-02

WASHINGTON, June $50 severe was Gen.
eral Sheridan's relapse, that Father Chap
ellie was summoned TO administer extreme
JUNCTION. Only by rapid work was the
crisis tided over. The sick man might
have died at any moment.
The Post says the situation had become
so serious that the army surgeons, who
have been in charge of the case, determined
to call in civilian aid Ii is a matter of
opinion if their action in calling in outside
assistance was not due to despair. They
had reached the end of their rope, and their
patient was dying. Under the circum-
stances they perhaps were not sdverse to
dividing the responsibility.
At this point a little inside history may
not be out of place. Several days after
General Sheridan's first attack, physician
was called in whose name has never ap-
peared on any bulletin. He found that
digitalis had been given in large quanti-
ties and to dangerous extent. He ordered
its suspension and substituted strychnia, n
powerful neryine He, too, suggested the
use of oxygen. The result of this course
was seen in the long rally which followed
the attack of Sunday morning.
and which lasted until Wednesday night
Having given directions as TO the
UCtthgbt, bc fCliCuf ihbIhtuldbSiy
other complications arose. The oedema of
the legs grew 50 intense that the patient,
who had been lying on a reclining
chair in a half-sitting posture, was trans
ferred 10 a bed and placed fiat on his back.
The strain on the legs being thus reduced,
aided perhaps by bandages, the oedems Of
the legs disappeared, but the matter which
produced the edema was not entirely
eliminated from the system through the
kidneys. Like a bottle on its side, the
fluid. as suggested by the Post, penetrated
the abdomen Then, instead of penetrating
the heart sac and producing death, it found
its way into the lungs, producing conges-
ton and the cough. The congestion and
the cough increased and the relapse of yes
terday followed.
When Dr. Lincoln came his keen insight
disclosed the difficulty and suggested relief.
While indorsing what had been done, he
had no hesitation in changing the treat
ment. To relieve the pressure on the lungs,
the General was boistered up in bed, and TO
carry OF the water which had consested
the lungs, cathartics were administered.
This treatment seems to have keen follow
ed with q measure of success, but no
great encouragement is now held out by
anv one.
The scenes at the house yesterday were
about the same as usual. The windows
were opened about the usual time and the
servants went through the routine duties Of
preparing the premises for the day.
DR.. Pepper, of Philadelphia, who was
summoned by telegraph, reached Washing
ton. He was met at the station by Colonel
Blunt, with carriage, and driven direct to
the house, arriving there about siI o'clock.
The ether physicians, with the exception
of DR.. Lincoln, were waiting for him, and,
upon his arrival. all Immediately proceeded
to the e.,sick chamber, where DR.. Pepper
made q careful and thorough diagnosis OF
the case.
That the results of his examination were
not of an encouraging character is clearly
shown by the breyity and evident alarm
expressed in the bulletin signed by him.
He remained in consultation with the
physicians and then drove away with DR..
OReiliy. They went to the Pennsylvania
railroad station and DR.. Pepper returned to
Philadelphia IL was impossible to obtain
an interview with him before his departure,
but it is understood that he will not return
to this city for several days at least and
not then un.ess new and other dangerous
symptoms are developed in the case. None
OF the other physicians would give any in
formation about the case this morning in
addition to the meagre statement contained
in the bulletin.
No material change in the patient occur
red during the day.
General Sheridan's physicians in their
nine o'clock bulletin, say: The situation
remains about the same. Through the day
General Sheridan's mind has been lucid.
There has been nc renewal of yesterday 5
attack, thought there ia but an incomplete
recovery from its effects. No new unfavor-
able symptoms have developed. The un-
avoidable excitement connected with his
promotion has had no deleterious effect
whatever. He has slept quietly through q
great part of the day"
The General Receives the News of the
New Honor Conferred Upon Him.
WASHINGTON, June 2-The House, after
much palayer; took up the Senate bill re-
yiving for General Phil Sheridan, the rank
general of the army, and passed il.
The President signed the bill and sent
the nomination of Phil Sheridan to the Sen
ate for that position.
General Sheridan's nomination was re-
ceiyed by the Senate and the body immedi-
atively went into executive session and
confirmed the nomination.
Senators Hawley and Manderson drove
up to General Sheridan's residence with
the commission which the President had
just signed making him general OF the
army. They were at once admitted and
we're io;ned bv Mrs Sheridan. A. she en-
t.red the room Senator Hawley handed
her the commission with the remark ;
aM.d.me hand Won this with gre.t
niaasure" |"
Ms Sheridan was mucb moved and ex-
claimed . az know he will now Oct we'll +"
She thanked the gentleman with much
aarnestness and retiring said that she
would AT once he nd the Commission TO the
genera. She hau previously oeen .oid ina :
the senate
General Sheridan woke a few minutes af
Tar tbr.e His wife told him the new, and
IN. .;ck man seemed yreateIy pleased