Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-08-30
UNDER DOCTORS KNIVES
That Alleged Operation on the
 Presidents Jaw.
IT IS CONFIRMED AND DENIED

Dr. HaSbrouck, Who Administered the
 Anscsthetic, Gives the Details of the Op
 eratIon on the Yacht-Mrs. Cleveland
 Did Not Know Denied at Gray Gables
 NEW YORK, Aug :n The Advertiser to day publishes an interview with pr. Has brouck concern!ug the operation performed on President Cleveland at Gray Gables The article says:
 The operation wH~ performed by Drs Bryant tNvho is still at Gray Gablesl, Fer dinand Hashrouck, the eminent dentist oi this city, and third surgeon whose name for professional reasons has 90 far beeI withheld. The statement made was by Dr. HashrouCk. the dentist. who was called into the case because of his skill in the ad ministration of nitrous oxide gas, which was the anUsthetic given to render the president unconscious before the surgeons began to Use their knives and saws,
 The truth concerning the president : condition has been concealed for nearly two months. although Mir. Cleveland himself announced publicly just before he last left Washington for his summer hom" at Bug yards Bay that his health was seriously threatened Dr HaSbruuCk said:
 The president s disease is or wHs-fot the operation may have been successful in removing it-a growth in the bones of his left upper jaw and the adjoining bones of the nose. The operation consisted in rr- moving the diseased portions of the bone and was performed about lo;30 o'clock on the morning of Saturday. July 1. while the president was on board Mir. Benedict : yacht. the Oneida.
 The diseased bone was cut away piece by piece and perhaps an inch or more of it SC removed. While the operation was in progress the president revived from the ef fects of the anHsthetic. and was obliged to administer il to him second time.
 MT. Cleveland stood the nitrous oxide very well. and no bad effects were pro duced hy it. He rallied very quickly. Tn, operation, su far AS could see was an en tire success. The loss of blood was not great"
 Another Confirmation.
 The Press also prints today an interview with Dr Hasbrouck. in which he gives the details of the operation. The article says:
 Dr. Hasbrouck's stay on the yacht wa. of two days duration. It was thought that n second u3craI ion might be necessary, pro vided a secondary hemorrhage occurred which seemed extremely probable on ac count of the excessive flow of blood during the operation. In this event another oper atiou would have been necessary, so tha Dr. Ia~hruuck and his RnHsthettc had t' be kept al hand ready for the emergency which fortunately did not occur.
 Gas instead u ether had to be used il Mir ClrNrluud'> case. as severe hemorrhage were anticipated, which might pOsSihl! lead tu flow Of blood into the windpipe In such event suffocation might easily Oc cur before the effects of the ether ha' passed away. whereas one recovers iron the ra~ very quickly and by coughing III | !,
 Mrs. Cleveland Kept In Ignorance. While the presidents jaw and moutl were swathcd in surgical handages tw weeks after the operation, the physicians by Mr. Clevelnnd'S direction, conceale' from Mrs Cleveland the nature of the or | cration which had heen performed and tn awful malady which it was hoped to uT root.
 ] Outdoor exercise and sea air have pow | crfuI effect on Mir Cleveland at all times | and Dr Bryant has been with him out in | boat much of the time for two months i the hope of huldng up his system and 1T | Crea>inG hte vitality \ healthy healin of the wound m the inside of the uppe | jaw is all that k necessary tn make hi | complete recovery probable. aud that | now believed t0 he assured
 S>eCrrrarv Lamont tS sand tc be the "nl memls-r ot th" 'ahinet Whc W aS taken mt | the confidence of the president and D | physicians. and II ,vas Secretary Lamont | remark % politician, quoted in The Pre-. | vesteTl4y which gave tLe New Nor friends ot Nr Cleveland the Grst !n'im ton ln-; bis hfe was in peril
 E ., -lWaris the well known lorr | spondInl o4 'ht Philadelphia Press, mac | public lAe la. o1 the operation wilhol confirmation from Dr. Bryant or pr. Ha
 brouck
 The Worlds Denial.
 The World. on the other hand, has tn
 dispatch from Gray Gables:
 | There i~ absolutely no foundation for Il
 current revivals of old stories that M
 Cleveland k suffering with cancer or aI
 other serious ailment. Boston newspape
 which have reached Buzzartls Bay conta
 the statement sent out from Philadelph
 that an operation is now being performs upon Mir. Cleveland. The World corr
 spondeut had at Gray Gables a long tea
 with Mir Cleveland and found him in C
 cellent health, cheerful and vigorous.