Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-30
THE PRESIDENTS HEALTH.
The Statement of DR.. Hasbrouch, Who As.
sisted in the Operation.
He Says the Case Was an Ordinary
There Were no Signs of Cancer.

From the New York Tribune today.
DIR. Ferdinand Hasbrouck, who ranks as
an expert in the use and administration OF
anaestnetic gas, and who administered the
anaesthetic to Mr.. Cleveland, and assisted
DR.. Bryant and Dr. Keen in the operation
performed on the President aboard the
yacht Oneida on July l, does not consider
the Presidents trouble in any degree seri-
ous DIR. Hasbrouck refrained from making
any statement in regard to the operation
because, as he says, he was not the attend
ing physician, and he thinks such state
ment Ii any Is to be made, should come
from Dr. Bryant. To a Tribune reporter.
who found him at his home, No. lf west
126th street, last evening, he spoke of Mr..
Clevelands recent operation guardedly.
Il really ought not to say anything in re-
gard to the matter, he said. "A state
ment of just what was done and what IT
was done for was made out at the time OF
the operation, and if the attending physi-
clans had wanted the matter made public
they would have given out that official
statement. The article in the Philadelphia
paper to me reads very much as II II had
been written by some one who had seen
that official statement, but whoever wrote
the story has exaggerated the matter and
aroused the peoples anxiety needlessly.
THE operation performed on Mr.. Cleve-
land was similar to cases We meet with
every day i'm the course of our regular den
tai practice. 1t was neither more nor less
the President it would not have been no.
ticed. 1t consisted of the extraction of two
of the upper teeth and the removal of
slight portion of the diseased tissue and
bone back of the nose. The disease causing
the operation was not at all in the nature OF
that for which the operation was made on
General Grant; nor were there any signs
indicating sarcoma. The President had
been suffering from liberated teeth and as
is often the case, the liberation had ex-
tended up and back to the antrem. Because
of that it became necessary to remove some
OF the bone and diseased tissue.
THE operation was performed on E. c.
Benedict's yacht Oneida, the day after leav-
ing New York. DIR. J. d. Bryant whom
President Cleveland appointed surgeon gen.
eral of the state when he was governor,
and DIR. w. w. Keen of Philadelphia had
charge of the operation. 1 administered the
anaesthetic, extracted the teeth and as
| mention any other names of those who
| were present DIR. Bryant is the one to
give any statement for publication.
remained at Buzzards Bay three days
with the President. BY that time he was
| out OF all danger. The great anxiety on
the part of the physicians over the Presi-
dents trip to Washington. and their de-
| mand that he return to GRAY Gables as
early after the opening of the extra session
as possible, is all very much overstated in
| the story.
II have not seen the President since 1
| left him at Gray Gables Just after the oper-
alton, though 1 have heard from him What
| l hear is that everything is progressing
| nicely, So far as | can see, there is no
reason Tor alarm. The President has simply
had what any one is liable to have and
what Is not considered at all dangerous
As said, 1 saw nothing that would indi-
cate disease Of a cancerous nature, and /
operation performed"
| ''GrOver Cleveland fs q Well Man,
Concerning the revived stories about
President Clevelands health, ST. Clair Nc
Keiway sa-s in the Brooklyn Eagle that he
has best reasons for believing that Grover
| Cleveland is a well man. Persistent reports
to the contrary are thrust upon the public
constantly. Mr.. Cleveland had the rheu-
matism in the early summer. Its presence
in his right foot and leg was acute at about
the time he summoned Congress in extra
| session. The attack resemblcd those he had
in the winter of 1854 as governor. and in
| the winter OF 1867, when, as President, he
| issued his tariff reform message. AS before
| so last summer. the attack yielded to
| change of scene cessation from absorbing
| whose sea and mountains have health in
| them for him He returned to Washington
too soon. The attack returned also.
| After he had shaped the repeal fight IL
| should be he again went to his summer
| home-O to gain entire recovery: C2) to
| leave Congress free to discuss repeal with
! out interference from or with the execu-
tive; C0 to separate the performance by
any relation to the distribution of patron
| age which the executive is constantly i'm
portuned to make. and "a to be with his
| wife. the condition of whose health at this
| time justifes the interest and expectation
| of the people. and renders the constant
| companionship of her husband grateful and
helpful. The President expects to be
| in Washington this week. Mrs Cleve-
land will soon join him in that city The
| family will remain in the Executive Man.
sion for several weeks Every clear day
since his return to Buzzard's Bay the Pres
ident has been fishing and every day he has
been well. His absolute freedom from
kidney or other organic disease has quite
| lately been demonstrated by conclusive
| tests. His rheumatism has departed and
his strength and spirits We're never better
His physicians and friends have been ac-
cused of mystery concerning his health alb
solutely because ii is generally so good that
the fact Is a commonplace. They have no
story to tell. Those for whom the truth
is insufficient are busily venting substitutes
for it. That is all
Discussed at the Capitol.
The reports concerning the health Of the
President have been read with great con-
Germ in Congress. and the subject is one CT
almost universal discussion at the Capitol
today. There are a number of men in Con-
gress who have been anxious about the
Presidents health for some time Yet TIE
| intimation that the disease from which Re
Is suffering is of an extremely serious char
dcteT comes as q SHOCK, ana, while the most
| sensational turn given to the publications
| on the subject is not credited, there is a
feeling OF deep concern. AS far as can be
learned, not any of Mr.. Cleveland's warm.
est friends in Congress have been Informed
that the President is in a critical concii.
| ton. and they will be reluctant to believe
that this is true. They have thought here
tofore that he was merely run down from
! overwork. and they hardly know whether
to credit the other report.
No Signs of Any Surgical ration
About His Face.
If the President has submitted to the
serious surgical operation which has beer
stated. there are no external signs of tn,
work Of the knife about his face A Wash
tngton lady, who called upon Mrs. Cieve
land at Gray Gables no longer ago than las
Friday. saw the President and talked with
nlln. She says that he looked remarkabl,
Well, and she could see no signs of recen,
Ill health or surgical operation. He seemed
to be in good spirits and apparently ther,
was nothing to cast a gloom over the Cleye
land household. Mrs Cleveland was per
fectly well, with good color and appeared in
an excellent frame of mind