Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-07-14
SECRETARY BLAINE's HEALTH.
His Physician Says That Only Rest and
Quiet Are Needed.

! The Boston Globe today prints a dispatch
from Bar Harbor. Me-, about the condition OF
! Secretary Blaines health. After speaking OF
the beneficial effect of the treatment of Dr. J.
Madison Taylor of Philadelphia upon Mr..
\ Blaine's condition, the dispatch continues:
The following interview. after being tran
| scribed. was read by Emmons Blaine and the
doctors, who made a few light corrections. II
can. therefore, be accepted as the first official
statement coming from the family and it is
printed with their full knowledge and consent.
Dr. Taylor said; Il suppose you want to
know how Dir. Blaine is and what / think of
him. L can safely say that Mr.. Blaine is i'm
proving very rapidly; that he is very much
better than he was when he first came here:
hat am very well satisfied with his progress
and that MIR. Blaine now is also satisfied with
his own improved condition.
What Is the matter with Mr. Blaine?"
MIR. Elaine has simply broken down. partly
from overwork and partly from not having
taken proper care of himself He is not a ma n
who has abused himself in any way, but he has
been careless.
He has been Indifferent about his meals
and Irregular In his daily routine He has
worked too necessarily. In other words, the
candle has been burned at both ends and the
usual result has followed"
Has Nj. Blaine any serious organic derange-
Iueut OF chronic ulseaSsY
Most emphatically not. assure YOU in all
candor that every one of the vital ORGANS is
practically sound. There is no truth in the
various statements that have gone out that Mr.
Blaine Is suffering from Bright's disease. or
.hat ms heart Is especially weak. As said be-
lore MS illness Is due to overwork and the
o'her causes which have already mentioned"
linen the statement that he is threate ned
with paralysis and that his legs are weak is
probably an eIaggeration?''
IL IS more than an oxaggeration. 1t is an
untruth. Mr.. Blaine has been sick man and
a weak man. but he is in no peril Of paraIysis.
lie walks as well as you or l do, only he is not
so strong as are.
Mr. Blaine Is as sound mentally today rs he
ever was He takes An interest in everything
tnat goes on around aim and he keeps in touch
Win current affairs. He is taking no me aicine.
with lew exceptions he 10 allowed to eat every
thlng ne may fancy. What Mr.. Blaine needs
now, In fact, all that he needs rest auie reg
uiarlty IN his diet and sleep and to have his
mind diverted. so that he will not think of his
condition. Mr.. Blaine's trouble has not been
mental, but nervous His symptoms caused
himself alarm and his weakness made him
nervous. but he has now reached the stage
when he voluntarily comments ON the I'M
provement he Is making. and that is a very en-
eouraging sign. His confidence in himself is
Would any sudden strain or mental ex-
cltement be attended with disastrous conse-
quences!
The unforeseen might, of course, be disas-
trous, but undue stress ought not to be laid upon
mat Mr. Blaine is now at the pivotal age.
lie Is not a young man any more. neither is he
an Old man. With ordinary care there Is no
reason why he should not live for MANY We ars
TO come OF course, if he agaic overworks
himself, and does not pay proper attention to
ordinary rules which any man ought to follow
Il Is impossible to tell what may happen but
with his health fully restored and in good con-
iltion again he ought to be able to stand good
ieal without danger
p, How lorg, in your opinion, before Mr..
Blaine will be a well man?''
Il couldn't say 1t may be two. three or fou:
months: but L do not care to give any opinion as
70 that"
80 lar as you can now see. Mr. Blaine is.
teadily improving and his complete restora-
ION to health is merely a matter of time>and
areful nursing?''
precisely: his improvement is marked and
teadiiy upward all the time. His case is at
ended with no complications. There is no
hidden danger to be feared and guarded
galnst Considering every thing, see no reason
Why he should not be in a sound state of health
~ fall.