The herald., 1893-08-31
CLEVELAND'S MALADY.
A GROWTH IN THE BONE OF THE
UPPER JAW.
A Surgical Operation Successfully Per-
fOrmed-The President and Mrs.
Cleveland Returning to
Washington. 5E

New YORK, Aug. 30.-The publication
OF. the story concerning q surgical
operation on President Cleveland which
was currently rumored two months ago,
has brought out a statement from DIR.
Ferdinand Hasbrouck, dentist. DR..
Hasbrouck consented to talk for publ.
cation and said:
II have read an article which pur-
ports to give an account of President
Cleyeland's disease, and the operation
performed on him. The publication
calls. I think, for an authoritative state
ment. The Presidents disease is or was
for the operation may have been sue
cAssfuI in removing tia growth in the
bones 6f his lett upper jaw and adjoin-
ing the bones of the nose. The opera
tion consisted in removing the diseased
portions Of the bone, and was performed
at about 10 80 o'clock on the morning of
Saturday, July lst, while the president
was on board Mr.. Benediet's yacht, the
Oneida. / want to say that / do not
think the disease ia the same as that
which caused the death of General
Grant.
"Dr. Bryant. and another doctor whom
I will not name, and myself went on
board the yacht at this city on Friday
night, the night before the operation.
1t is not true, as has been published,
that the president went at once to bed
on coming aboard that night. He sat
on deck for time smoking cigar, and
seemed perfectly composed and at ease.
The next day at about 10 O'Clock the
president prepared himself for the knife.
He was entirely composed and cheerful.
| He lay down and announced that be was
ready, and administered ni:rous-oxide
to him. He responded to the anesthetic
promptly, and was soon unconscious. In
order to enable the tigeons to cut away
the bone which was the seat of the dis
ease, extracted two bicuspid teeth from
| the left side CT the upper jaw. The sur
geons then took charge. There was no
external incision in the flesh OF the face,
the operators working entirely within
the cavity of the mouth.
ssThe seat OF the diseased growth was
in the lower bones of the nose, in the
adjoining bones of the nose and in the
adjoining bone tissue on the left side of
the upper jaw. This diseased bone was
cut away, piece by piece, and perhaps
an inch or more OF 1t was removed
While the operation was in progress the
president revived from the effect of the
anesthetic and he was obliged to have
it administered to him second time.
Mr.. Cleveland stood the oxide very well,
and no bad effects were produced by it.
He rallied very quickly. The operation,
go far as / could see, was an entire cue.
cess. The loss OF blood was not great"
DR.. Hasbrouck was then asked: rs
1.-THE disease of the president curable?"
To this he replied: II have no doubt
pitt, provided it is attended to in time,
and that was the object OF the operation.
| Enough of the bone tissue was cut out
to make certain, that the extraneous
growth had all been removed"
SIS the disease cancerous in its ma
ture ?"
"That will not say" replied DR..
Hasbrouck "that is for DR.. Bryant to
say, and it could only be determined by
q miscroscopical examination OF the
diseased bone removed. What the
microscopical examination has disclosed
have not definitely heard. l under
stand, however, that the president is
progressing as well as could be expected.
/ have had worse cases, and 80 far as I
know they are all living. 1t only re-
mains now for DR.. Bryant to state what
the microscopical investigation reveals
concerning the character OF the NAL
ady."
BuzzARD's BAY, Mass, Aug. 30.
President and Mrs. ClevelandNeft for
New York on the yacht Oneida this
afternoon, on the way to Washington.