Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-09-12

tripled the amount of nourishment
| giving him now three teaspoonfuls 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. l shall be satisfied
| if he can be moved in six weeks
| DR.. Minter said that DR.. Mann had
| taken out the stitches in the wound
| Tuesday night. He described the nee
| eSSity for the action as an irritation of
| the skin is not unusual in such cases
He said that. generally speaking, the
President was doing eXcellently. ale
drank water freely. passed it freely.
| and the condition of his bowels was
| satisfactory.
DR.. Roswell Park who came from the
house. 10 minutes later. gave the most
positive assurances of satisfaction at
| the condition of affairs and in addition
gave TO The Associated Press many of
the circumstantial details at this mo-
ment to allay any apprehension.
What was done. Tuesday night"
| said he. should not be called sec
| ondary operation or any operation at
| ALL as it was nothing of that kind. 1t
| an incision that is called for by the re-
| quirements of surgery. In fact as az
| fecting the patient, it was lite more
| than opening his vest. so the opening
| of the incision should not be given an
erroneous Interpretation. No one Of
us in particular performed the work as
| might be the case if anything in the
| nature of an operation had occurred.
| but all of us assisted in what was done.
| Two stitches were taken out. but it
was not necessary to make any new
| stitches
| At the moment Mayor Diehl drove
| up and inquired of DR.. Park as to the
| real condition of affairs.
| 1T could not be better" answered
| DR.. Park in most positive manner.
The President is doing well and
everything following what was done.
| Tuesday night. has been most natural
| and satisfactory"
Then continuing his replies to The
Associated Press, DR.. Park said:
| No anaesthetics We're necessary or
were even thought of as the course
adopted was entirely too unimportant
for anything of that kind. There has
been no resort to any artificial process
es. The President will be of course
| conscious and calm and there was not
the slightest depression following the
| incident"
| DR.. Park was asked as to the opera
| ton of the bowels. following the first
administration of beef juice by the
| mouth. Tuesday night.
THE results have geen excellent" he
| nd
have increased the quantity of beef
| juice fed by the mouth. The bowels have
moved showing that the natural diges-
| tive processes are operating and the
wounds in the side of the stomach are
not interfering with the proper assim-
| latiOn of food into it."
| The bulletin dated 2 o'clock was Civ
en- out at 9.45 and was considered alto
gether very reassuring. bearing out in
an official way the statements made by
the physicians before it's appearance.
Drs. McBurney and Mann emerged
from the house together at zoos. DIR.
McBurney expressed surprise when in
| formed that alarmist stories had fol-
lowed the issuance of Tuesday nights
bulletin. Il think the bulletin was
perfectly frank
|
character of the situation that had
made the reopening of the incident 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 ev
cry surgeon knows that even when ev
cry foreign particle is removed, tissues
| exposed to conta minatiOn are apt to
show irrita ton. That was SO in this
case. When the stitches We're taken
out the wound opened of ITSELF
Was any foreign substance found
Within
Not a particle he answered en-
pha tically.
THE wound was not again sewed
up he added. ''it will close and heal
by granulation.
rs the opening of wounds of such
an operation unusual he was asked.
Not in gun shot wounds where for
elgn substances can be carried into the
body" he replied. Wherever contain
nation is possible that is liable to &C.
cur. or course in cases of simple OPP
CITATIONS where clean irritation occurs
gus or serum is sometimes found when
the wound is opened"
Was there any pus found in this
} case?"
Not suggestion of it. There was
thin mud exuded as a result of the
Inflammation, as was to be expected"
DR.. McBurney. asked as to when the
President could be moved, said:
IF it We're necessary he could be
moved. today. He could be placed in
an ambulance. taken to the train.
placed on lounge in special car. and
taken to Washington. That is so far
as his condition is concerned But
there is no reason why he should not