The Wilmington daily Republican., 1891-11-30
BLAINE A WELL MAN
This Is What DR.. Taylor, the Sec.
retary's Physician, Says.
THE DOCTOR MAKES A STATEMENT.

He Says Mr. Blaine Is in a Great
Deal Better Condition Than He
Was Six Months Ago, and Enjoys
Better Health Than He Did Three
or Four Years Ago. -...7 ...
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 3O.-"Mr. Blaine
Is a well man."
This is what DR.. Madison Taylor, the
physician to the secretary of state, said
yesterday in an interview. DR.. Taylor
thoroughly examined Mr.. Blaine during
the latter's visit to this city, and he makes
this statement to put stop to the many
reports to the contrary which have been
going around the country since Mr..
Blaine's severe attack of illness last
spring.
'Mr. Blaine is in better condition,
great deal better condition, than six
months or year ago" added Dr. Taylor,
''and SO far us l can definitely say from
careful observation of his condition
and what has been told me Of what it
was before l began to attend him, Mr..
Blaine enjoys better health than he did
three or four years ago. Six months
hence he will be even better than he is
now.
Mr.. Blaine Is a Well Man.
81 assert that Mr.. Blaine is well
man. For his years he is sturdy. When
began to attend Mr. Blaine last spring
he was suffering from an acute illness.
He was in very bad condition, and
completely broken down by over work.
did not know what the outcome would
be. Now there is no doubt in my mind,
for Mr.. Blaine's health is excellent. He
Is back to his normal weight, which is
1856 pounds. Very good weight, that.
Last spring h AY,.as only weighing about
l75 pounds. 11e mas u good appetite.
Mr.. Blaine has been cured by the ex-
ercise of common sense, not medicine.
Al Bar Harbor he went out riding so far
per day, walked certain distance and
played haHdball fixed length of time.
In short, he conscientiously observed my
advice in the matter of exercise, and
now we are both very much gratified.
Before his illness Mr.. Blaine was not a
man who would take much exercise.
Now he is the opposite. He has grown
to like exercise. Mr.. Blaine wrote me
couple of weeks before his visit here
that he walked about two miles every
day. Very often, he says, he walks
mile at stretch.
Tho Secretary's Future.
''If Mr.. Blaine continues to take care
of himself, as he is doing now, l see no
reason why he should not live many
years longer. He has catered upon the
ripe age, being 81 years old, and he takes
pride III his present strength. When /
examined bin he Immediately pulled up
his right arm and felt his muscles. They
were good and large. 1t is very gratify-
ing to state that his limbs and his arms
are more muscular and larger than they
have been for years.
This is a matter of some little pride
to Mr.. Blaine. When l saw that he will
be even in better health in six months
from now, state as a reason that per-
son, say one who has been i'll with ty-
phoid, will not recover all his former
strength Immediately upon recovery.
He will have Il heavy feeling in his
limbs, etc. This will gradually work off
day by day nntil he finds himself sturdy,
quick and full of bright health"
His Mission to Philadelphia.
What Mr.. Blaine learned on his visit
here may be great factor in the next
presidential campaign. A close friend
of the secretary said yesterday that Mr..
Blaine hesitated in his candidacy and
was seriously counting the cost to his
health, knowing the arduous character
of such contest and doubling whether
he was physically able to stand the
strain. These doubts, it is said, were
removed by what his physician told him.
To consult his medical adviser was the
prime reason for Mr.. Blaine's trip to
Philadelphia.