The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-09-01

slower recovery, so that in case ol
such hemorrhage there might be
suffocation. The President Welded
easily to the anesthetic, and the sur
geons began their task Of awful re-
sponsibility. The operation did not
require very long. but it entailed the
cutting away of considerable part OF
the upper jaw bone upon one side,
the instrument boring through the
bone and tissue as far as the orbital
plate.
The operation was thorough The
| physicians believe that they have re-
moved all Of the diseased tissue and
bone, although in doing it the re-
moval of SO much of the jaw as that
was entalled OF course in doing
this teeth were extracted. so that the
| physicians were truthful when they
afterward said that the president had
had some teeth pulled out while he
was on Mr.. Benedicts yacht.
Such an operation as this entails
profuse hemorrhage, and after the
DISEASED TISSUE WAS REMOVED
the surgeons speedily dressed the
wound and then, to use a profession
al term. plugged it. That is to say,
they packed the cavity made by the
knives and saws with antiseptic cot
ton, so that 1t might be healed speed
ily and so as to prevent great loss of
| blood. 1t is the truth to say that
there were suspicious that the disease
might be of that malignant type which
Is called sarcoma, another form of the
same disease which brought General
Grant. with beautiful pathos, to his
deathbed. There is now encourage
ment that it may not be that trouble.
that the complaint, whatever it is, is
not beyond the power of surgical
science to control.
Mr. Cleveland recovered from the
shock even better than the physicians
had dared to hope he would. He
was kept in bed, so treated that he
slept most of the time and after four
days absence, during which the coun-
try was wondering where he was, ii
was deemed safe and advisable to per
NIT him to land at Gray Gables. The
treatment indicated was absolute rest
and such mental diversion as Mr..
Cleveland's favorite recreation. fish
ing, afforded.
1t became necessary, however, for
the president to return to Washing
ton, and that journey and the neces-
sity of living in Washington
during the heated spell gave Mr.
Cleveland's physician very great
anxiety.
PHYSICIANS NOT DECIDED.
1t was, of course. noticed that DR..
Bryant who was constantly at Gray
Gable. accompanied Mr.. Cleveland
on his journey to Washington, and
was with him much of the time there.
1t has been said that the extraor-
dinary and unexplained departure of
Mr.. Cleveland from Washington was
not the act Of president who realized
the desperate situation of the country.
but Mr.. Cleveland did realize it. He
almost rebelled at the command of
his physician. He knew his depar
ture would be misconstrued, but he
also knew that not from him at least
or those around him could the reason
for that departure be set forth.
The physicians, who have been
talking among themselves about this
sorrow, are not yet decided what it
was which, lurking in the presidents
blood, caused disease of tissue and
bone which had eaten up through the
roof OF the mouth to the orbltal plate.
The quick recovery from the opera
ton gives, as each day passes, in
creased hope that it is not that dread
and mysterious enemy which physi-
clans scarcely dare to name. There
have been some fears that it was
there is even now anxiety, which is
daily growing less and less, lest 1t
may recur and require the knife and
heroism again.
But there is more encouragement
this week than there was last, far
more than was the case when the
president, being warned, departed
from Washington to the seashore
again.