St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-01-07

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pulse began to rise until it vas abSo-
lutely regular and normal, and he was,
barring the natural proStratlon which
always attends extreme nausea, as well
man as he has been for many months.
His eyes were bright and
His Color Good.
DIR. Van Reypen, who came in about
this time, applied single mustard leaf
ever the larger curvature of the stomach
to allay any irritation which might pos
sibly remain after the vomiting. No
further contraction of the stomach &C.
Cured, nor was there any indication
that it was likely to occur. A short
time after this DR.. Hyatt arrived and
found the patient in excellent condition,
but from abundant caution prescribed
simple draught of lime water, with
few drops of carbolic acid. The secre
tary then got up and walked to his car
riage without any apparent effort. He
was taken home, and l haven't seen
him since"
DR.. Van Reypen said he felt deli
cacy in talking about the case, bat
upon being inform of the alarming
rumOrs in circulation on the subject,
dictated the following statement:
''Chief Clerk Brown came to my Office
"
to step up stairs and see the secretary,
who was, he said, suffering from an at
tack of indigestion. Surgeon mcclure,
of the navy, was in my Office at the
time and accompanied me to Mr..
Blaine'S office. We found him lying on
the sofa. perfectly rational. He had re-
covered from an attack of nausea, hav-
ing already elected the contents of his
stomach.
Has Good Cook.
"His whole trouble was in cense-
quence of having eaten too much richly
seasoned food for breakfast. He suf-
fered the penalty of having good cook.
After he had vomited his trouble was
over. Iapp!ied mustard plaster to his
stomach to allay any irritation that may
have been remaining, and that was all
the treatment he required. DR.. Hyatt
called just as | had removed the plaster.
| transferred the patient to his care.
The secretary at that time had quite re-
covered from his attack. There were
no other symptoms present at any time
excepting those of an overloaded stom-
ach."
Dr. Van Reypen was asked if there
were Gas rumored) symptoms of apo
pleyy in the case, and ne replied:
symptoms of any trouble other than /
have already indicated"
DIR. Frank Hyatt, who is Mr.. Blaine's
regular physician. stated in the most
positive terms that Mr.. Blaine's illness
today was simply an attack OF acute
indigestion resulting from hard work,
lack of exercise and heavy breakfast.
and nothing else
He said he called on Mr. Blaine about
o'clock this afternoon, and found him
in very good condition the nausea hav-
ing entirely disappeared, his pulse and
temperature being normal. He was
Rot Suffering
in the least at that time, and the physi-
clan added that there was nothing in
his condition at present to require any
further attention at his hands. He
would not call again tonight because he
did not think it necessary, but he pur-
posed. as matter of prudence. to make
another visit to the seer atary tomorrow
about noon.
He expressed the opinion that today's
attack was partially due to cold CON
tracted by the secretary two days ago
while working for some time in room
with the thermometer down nearly to
60 deg. This, together with hard
WOIh dllu ldCh VI HIS customary
exercise, due to the bad weather,
had made him more susceptible
tn indigestion than he otherwise would
have been. DR.. Hyatt said he was very
much encouraged at the manner in
which MIR. Blaine rallied from the at
tack. He went through it, he said. as
well as young and hardy man would
have done.
DR.. Hyatt denied most emphatically
that there were any symptoms of apo
pleXy in the case, and said that OH the
contrary he doubted if person predis-
posed to ap0pleXy could have success
fully stood the ordeal of violent vomit-
ing through which Mr.. Blaine had
passed. He said the fact that Mr..
Blaine had rallied so completely from
this attack was satisfactory proof to
him that his physical condition was re-
markably good.
At midnight it was stated at MIR.
Blaine'S residence that he was much i'm
proved and was resting quietly. He
had been sleeping the greater portion
of the evening. The doctor has not
been with him since late in the after
noon.