The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1901-09-13
DIR. RIXEY.

in attendance, expresses the opinion that
if the improvement continues it will be
week yet before the president can be pro-
nounced out of danger and cOnvalescent,
and some of his colleagues, like DR..
Mann. place the limit of danger still
farther away.
The president himself is cheerful and
has expressed confidence in his recovery.
Yesterday he asked for morning paper,
but this, of course, had to be denied him.
1t is with some difficulty that he can be
restrained from talking, and Colonel My
ron T. Herrick of Cleveland is quoted as
authority for the statement that he has
spoken at intervals of several things he
proposes to do in the future
Twice during the day and again last
evening the vice president called at the
Milburn residence to inquire as to the
presidents condition. During the after
noon call he met several of the cabinet
officers and Senator Hanna and spent
short time with them in informal discus
sion. On the streets Mr.. Roosevelt has
been center of respectful attention, but
he has met this with dignity and com
posure Despite senseless remarks that
he was going about guarded by secret
service men, he has positively declined to
have anything like guard near him.
One of his remarks, in speaking to two
laborers who greeted him, struck a popu-
lar chord. They had suggested that he
might be afraid to be stopped.
"No, indeed" he replied. "You men
are our protection, and the foul deed Of
Friday will only make you more vigorous
in protecting those whom you elect to
office"
Emperor Nicholas gave happy express
sion to the worldwide solicitude over the
president in a message addressed to the
president, and after expressing his hap
piness at the presidents improvement
adds that he joins with the universal
world in wishing speedy recovery.
DR.. McBurney was asked to compare
| the Garfield case and its treatment with
that of President Mckinley. He smiled
as he replied that to do so would be to
give the whole history of the progress of
surgery during the last twenty years.
Besides" said he, the cases are ut
terly different. Garfeld's wound was an
extremely unfortunate one in every way.
1t was difficult to handle. 1t was i'm
possible to get at the bullet, while the
wound of President Mckinley is in many
respects a lucky one. No comparison is
possible"
Turning to the press correspondent,
| DR.. McBurney said you can assure
your clientele that all goes well. The
presidents condition could hardly be
more satisfactory. Furthermore, you can
impress and emphasize the fact that the
bulletins issued state the truth"
DR.. Mann said that the president was
not out of danger. He said that some
nourishment had been administered
through the rectum, and he had taken wa
fer in the stomach. 1t was found that
! cold water did not agree with him, and
instead water as hot as the president can
| bear it is now being administered. The
presidents bowels have moved freely,
and this is considered an excellent symp-
tom.
DIR. P. NJ. Rixey, one of the presidents
attendant physicians and also the private
musician of the president and Mrs. Nc
Kinley. SAYS regarding the distinguished
patients
81 am not a specialist in abdominal sur
gerry, but from a general knowledge OF
gunshot wounds l can say that the only
nossibility of complication was by blood
poisoning or peritonitis and that | consid
er both now a very remote probability
Peritonitis might set in as a result of the
two apertures in the stomach, but Up tt
This time. time beyond the usual stand
ard record, not the slightest symptom il
manifest. There is also not the slightest
evidence of blood poisoning. As to thu
bullet not yet extracted, | do not believe
we need worry about that. The presump
ton is that it is lodged somewhere in tbs
muscles of the back. Pursuing natura