The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-09-11

fdence in the presidents recovery than
at any time since he was shot. Every
/ thing is favorable, and we have tripled
the amount Of nouris shment giving him
now three teasp0onfuls of beef juice
every hour instead of one. But the
presidents recovery Will be slow All
talk of his sitting up in a few days and
leaving Buffalo IN a week is nonsense.
I shall be satisfied if he can be moved
in six weeks.
DIR. Nynter said that DR.. Mann had
taken out the stitches in the wound
last night He described the necessity
for the action explaining that an frri-
tatiOn of the skin was not unusual in
such cases He said. generally speak
ing, the president was doing excellent
~. He drank water freely, passed it
freely, and the condition of his bowels
was satisfactory.
DR. Roswell Park who came from the
house two minutes later. gave the most
positive assurance Of satisfaction at
the condition OF affairs and in addition
gave to the Associated Press many of
the circumstantial details of the case to
allay any apprehension
What was done last night" said he,
should not be called secondary op-
was nothing OF that kind. It was just
the ordinary care given to ilcisiOn
that is called for by the requirements
of surgery In fact, as affecting the
patient, it was little more than opening
his vest so the opening of the incisiOn
should not be given an erroneous inter
pretatiOn. No one of US in particular
performed the work, as might be the
case if anything in the nature of an
opera ton had occurred but all of us
assisted in what was done Two
stitches We're taken out, but it was not
necessary to make any more new
stitches
At this moment Nayor Diehl drove
up and inquired of DR. Park as to the
real condition of affairs.
1T could not be better" answered
Do ~.c-s4f
The president is doing we'll and ev
erything following what was done last
night has been most satisfactory"
Then continuing his replies to the
Associated Press, DR. Park said:
No anesthetics We're necessary or
We're even thought of, as the course
adopted WAS entirely too unimpOrtant
for anything of that kind
There has been no resort to any ar
tificiaI processes. The president was
perfectly conscious and calm, and there
was not the slightest depression fol-
lowing the incident"
DR.. Park was asked as to the opera
tion of the bowels following the first
administra ton of beef juice by the
mouth last night
THE results have been excellent" he
replied, "and this morning we have in
creased the quantity of beef juice fed
by the mouth. The bowels have moved,
showing that the natural digestive
processes are operating and that the
wounds in the side Of the stomach are
ilation of food going into it"
The bulletin dated 9 o'clock was given
out a 9:45 and was considered very re
assuring in every way, bearing out in
an official way the statements made by
the physicians before its appearance
Drs. McBurney and Mann emerged
from the house together at l0.0S o'clock
DR.. McBurney indicated not the slight
est anxiety. and he expressed surprise
when informed that alarmist stories
had followed the issuance of last nights
bulletin
II think the bulletin was perfectly
frank said he TO an Associated Press
representative. We all united in the
assurance that no complications could
follow"
DIR. MRURNEY EXPLAINS.
character Of the irritation which had
made the reopening of the incision nee
essary.
1T was caused said he, Just as we
stated. by the fact that a piece Of the
presidents coat was carried into the
body by the bullet-not far, not over
an inch. The bullet then slipped on
through the fat The fragment Of the
coat was, Of course, removed when the
operation was performed, but every
surgeon understands that even though
every foreign particle is removed. It's
sues exposed to contaminati ton are apt
to show irritation That was IN
this case. When the stitches were
taken out the wound opened of itself"
Was any foreign substance found
within2"
mot a particle" he answered en-
pha tically The wound was not again |
sewed up he ADDED; 1T viii close and
heal by granulation."
rs the opening of wounds after such |
an operation unusual2' he was asked /
Not in gunsnot wounds where for /
eign substances can be carried into the |
body" he replied.
Was any pus found in this case2" |
'.No, not a, suggestion of pus. There I
was a thin fluid exuded as a result of /
the Inflammation, as was to be ex !
pected."