New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-30
INTERVIEW WITH UR HASBROrCk.
HE DOES NOT CONSIDER THE PRESIDENTS
TROUBLE IN THE LEAST sES1ors

HF DOES NOT CONSIDER THE PRESIDENTS
TROUBLE IN THE LEAST sEs1ors
DR. Ferdinand Hasbrouck. who ranks az an
expert in the and administration OF an9eshet'c
gas and who administered the anaesthrtlc 10
Mr. Cleveland. ana assisted Ir Bryant ana br
Keen in the. operation performed on the Presi-
dent aboard the Yacht oneida on July ]. docs
not consider the Presidents trouble In any de-
ore. serious Dr. lIasbrouCk RETAINED from mar
Ing any statement in regard 10 the operation
because. rs he says. he was not Tie Attending
musician. and he thinks such statement. II
any Is 20 be made. should come from Or Bryant
To Tribune reporter. who found him at his
home no AZ West one -hundred-and-twen
sixth-st.. last evening. he spoke Of Mr.. '"N"-
lands recent operation guarde'lly.
Il really ought not to say anything In REGARD 10
the matter" ne said. A statement OF Just what
was done and what II was done for was made ont
at the time Of the operation, ana II the Attending
physicians had wanted the matter made pubic
the, would have given ont that official statement.
The article In the Philadelphia paper TO me reads
very much 40 if it had been written by some one
who had seen that official statement. but whoever
wrote the story has exaggerated the matter ana
aroused the peoples anxiety needlesSlN
..The oueration performed Mr.. Cleveland was
e,roiIar 10 cases we meet with every day In the
course Of our regular dental practice " was
neither more nor less than that, and on any IeSs
, rotson than the President il would not have
heen noticed consisted OF tn" extraction OF TWO
of the upper teeth and the removal Of slight
nortion of diseased tissue and bone back or the
nose The disease causing the operation was not
AZ all I'm the nature OF that for which the opera
lion was made on General Grant; nor were there
any signs Indicating sarcoina. The President han
hA4n suffering from liberated teeth and as Is often
the case the liberation had extended ny AMI back
IA the antrem Because Of that II became nec"s-
sarv TO remove some of the bone and diseased
tissue.
'Th- operation was performed on j. I. ifthr-
diets Yacht Oneida the day after leaving New
York Or =. -. BRYANT. whom President tl"V"-
land aprointed Surgeon General Of the State. when
he was Governor and Dr. ". ". Keen. Of Phil
adelphis had charge OF the operation. admin
,stered the anaestheiic extracted the teeth and
oe.isted DIR BRYANT and DR.. Keen. ! can't mention
any other names Of those who were present. lpi
BRYANT is the one 10 give ANY h'i'rIheht I"'
publication " TN,
II remained at BuZZard's Bay three days WIN
the President Nv that time he WAS out OF All
danger The great anxiety on the part Of the
NJ over the Presidents trip to Washington
ana their demand that he return 10 Gray Gable
rossible is all very much diversified In the story
Il have not seen the President since l-it nm
at GRAY Gables Just after the operation. though
I have heard from him. What hear is that
everything Is progressing nicely. SO far as can
- ',bar, f. no reason for alarm. The President
whs, is not considered 1t all dangerous. As said
/ saw nothing that would Indicate disease 81 a
cancerotIs nature and don't think there VIII hav"
TO be another operation performed