Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-07-15
DRAWING NEAR THE END.
Morris Adler Himself Losing the Hope
Which Has Buoyed Him I'm.

The direct rays Of the sun never penetrate
the apartment in which Morris Adler lies wait
ing for death TO release him from the torturing
and helpless monotony Of existence, but darker
than the shaded room are the forebodings Of
Adler, who is now satisfied that the end Is
drawing nearer day by day. There are
changes that, for little time, seem
TO be laden with hope, but there
is continuous weakening of the
vital organs-a weakening which can have but
one result. The remarkable changes, almost
extremes, in the patients condition, have made
1t difficult for even the most experienced med
ical men to express an opinion that, to the
public, seemed to be of any value but there is
no room to doubt the correctness of the conclu-
sion arrived at on the day after the shooting;
L e., that the case
COULD ONLY HAVE FATAL TERMINATION.
Yesterday morning Adler's pulse was beating,
with fair degree of steadiness, at the rate Of
SO to the minute; last night it jumped to lis
and was hard 10 find. The temperature also
varied more than usual. In the morning il
was 81 degrees-below normal: at
night it rose to 102 degrees. More
than once during the past twenty-four hours
has DR.. Wagner imagined, and with good res
son, that his charge was slipping away from
him. Ate O'Clock this morning Adler's tenn
perature was precisely normal-9s.6 degrees
while his pulse was 10i. If these variations
mean anything, they point to continued loss
OF strength. Adler's respiration has also
been subject to remarkable changes, but
1t has always been labored it was considerably
80 this morning when DR.. J. W. Bayne arrived.
De found his patient with a temperature Of
80 1910 degrees and his pulse beating
at ITO, but weak Up to o'clock this morning
the wounded man was very uneasy, but at
that hour he dropped off into a doze, from
which he awoke in a little more cheerful mood
than usual. To the doctors experienced eyes it
was plain that only temporary will be any re-
lief that may come to Adler. There was, lust
at about IL O'Clock,
RETURN OF THE NERVOUS TwrTcHINo
which caused 30 much apprehension a week
ago. The attack was not a severe one, and it
can hardly be said to be a symptom of tetanus.
but the doctors Immediately treated it with
hypodermic injections. The absence of
that bright demeanor which was such
wonderful feature of Adlers case has
done much toward convincing those who have
hoped for his recovery that it is impossible
Up to the commencement of the past week
Adler took considerable pleasure in seeing his
more intimate friends. Now he does not want
to see any of them. His appetite. too has
failed completely, and he never takes any
nourishment without first having to be coaxed
into swallowing it. A week or so ago he used
to call for food. Frequently he would say: Il
want my rations now, or You can't cheat me
out of my beef tea," Cor milk, as the case
might be.)
THE DOCTORS.
DR.. Wagner, who is in the Adler house all the
time and in the sick room for eighteen hours
out of the twenty-four, has good deal OF work
to do. When Ader's temperature is high he
has to sponge him. and when the pulse weak
ems he has to stimulate him; it keeps him busy
all the time.
The doctors no longer visit the house TO-
gether. Yesterday. Ford Thompson was in;
to-day DR.. Bayne received DIR. Wagner's re-
port; tomorrow DIR. McBlair will be at the bed
side. This arrangement was made because
three doctors could do no more than one. No
medicines can be given to improve Adlers
condition and none have been given unless il
was little bismuth and opium to stop weaken
ing diarrhoal discharges. This was necessary
to aid in preserving what little strength re-
mains in Adlers paralyzed form. The paraly-
Sis remains just it was. life only being ap-
parent in the left foot