St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-01-16
NO RELAPSE SUNDAY.
Mr.. Blaine Passes a Quiet,
ReStfuI and Uneventful
Sabbath.
The Distinguished Invalid
Has Lost No Strength
Since Thursday
Neither Of the Physicians Ex-
pect to Call Until To-
morrow.
The Use OF tpo-Glyeerine IN
Cases OF Heart Fail
upe.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.-The return
of Sunday is looked for with some ap-
prehension in connection with the i'll
ness of Mr.. Blaine, for the severe re-
lapses which he has recently expert
enced have occurred on that day. There
was no development today, however,
other than favorable, and when DR..
Johnston left the house at $3.50 o'clock
he said he would not return during the
night unless specially summoned. Early
in the morning Senator Cameron, whose
house is just across the alley from Mr. Z.
Blaine'S, sent servant to inquire as to
the condition of the invalid. The at
tendant at the door appeared cheerful
and made an encouraging response. The
first callers Of the day, which was
bright, clear and distressingly cold for
this latitude, were Senator Hale and
wife, who came about 1890 o'clock and
remained half an hour. While they
we're in the house Drs. Hyatt and Johns
ton arrived to make their morning visit.
Senator Hale told the reporter that Mr..
Blaine haG passed the
Most Comfortable Night
he had experienced for many days. At
II clock he appeared ana handed the
following statement i'll writing to the
reporter:
MI. Blaine is as strong and as we'll
as he was yesterday"
DR.. Hyatt stated that the condition Of
the patient was such that he would not
repeat the visit today unless called
from the house. The wind was keen,
and but few persons braved the blasts
that swept through the streets. AS a
result the callers at the house were
fewer than usual. After Senator and
Mrs. Hale left no one came until after
noon, when Secretary S. B. Elkins came
over from his house OH Mcpherson
square and afterWard went to the White
house. Senator Washburn was ad-
mitted later for few minutes, but other
callers merely inquired at the door Of
the condition of Mr.. Blaine. James q.
Blaine Jr., with friend. and Miss Hat
tie, went out for a brief walk in the
course of the afternoon. At o'clock
inquiry at the door ELECTED the response
that Mr.. Blaine had rested comfortably
during the day, statement which the
absence OF the doctors confirmed.
The Doctor Arrives.
At5:55 Dr. Johnston drove up and re-
NAMED until 6:25. As he left the house
he stated to a reporter that his patient
had passed quiet. reStTul and unevent-
full day. There had been no apprecia-
bic change in his condition during the
last three days, and none was expected
during the night. In answer to an in
curry DR.. Johnston said that, to all ap-
pearances. MIR. Blaine mad not lost any
strength since his attack last Thursday,
and on the whole he regarded his cOndl-
ton tonight as favorable as cOnld be eX-
bected. Neither Dr.. Johnston nor DR..
Hyatt will make another Visit tonight
unless summoned.
Publication of the fact that nitro
glycerine had been prescribed in MIR.
Blaine's alarming relapses has aroused
inquiry concerning the drug, which, as
such, is but little known. The use OF
nItrO-glycerine i'll cases of heart failure
is rare, indeed. probably in not more
LAtdtl Olt CdSC VI q IIlOQSflllt. L4C NSAlo
remedies applied are tincture OF digitaliS
sometimes used in connection with
spirits of ether and tincture OF StrOpan-
thus. regulation dose OF the former
being fifteen, and of the latter but ten,
drops. When both digitalis and strO-
panthus are used in one prescription
the limit of the dose is eight drops.
NitrO-Glycerine
IS usually so powerful that even the
slightest use of it is dangerous, and a
dose OF it is extremely small, in some
cases One-fOrtieth of drop, and in other
cases loss Of consciousness and alarm
ing conditions were caused by the use
OF about the fOrty-ffth Of drop. Like
nitrate of amyl, nitro-glycerine pro-
duces violent flushing, as though the
head would burst, an excessive move
ment of the heart and a suffering of
muscular weakness. Nitro-glycerine in
a solid form, produced by a process of
evaporation of the liquid, is dispensed
in pellets of three sizes, one tW0-hun-
drpdth. one oue-hundredth and one one
tiftieth of a grain. The latter is the
largest dose used, and 1t is rare indeed
that even so much as a tiftieth part of a
grain is used. The reaction of this
powerful chemical production causes
both muscular weakness and either
partial or complete Inconsistencies.
The use of the drug in the most infni-
tesimal quantities would of itself pro-
duce fatal results after continued adj
ministration for any length of time.
The compromising of the pellets is a
dangerous task, as the yellow liquid,
nitro-glycerine, can be pelIeted only
where the temperature is below freez-
ing point, and even then only with the
most extreme caution.
At midnight all was quiet in the
vicinity of the Blaine mansion, and all
signs pointed to continuance of the
favorable condition of affairs existing
throughout the day. The family had
evidently all retired, as the lights were
burning very low, and no one seemed to
be stirring.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.-At 2 o'clock
this morning the situation at the Blaine
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