The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1901-09-13

although this foreign substance was re-
moved, o slight disturbance developed,
which made necessary the opening OF the
wound. The doctors seek to allay all
apprehension by the positive statement
that this incident can not give rise to
ether complications, and their frankness
no reason to question their entire good
faith. The further fact communicated
in the bulletin that the president is now
well enough to begin taking nourishment
in the mouth in the form of pure beef
juice was, of course, gratifying. but to
the laymen the mere mention of COM
plication. however. slight It might be,
naturally created alarm.
But the most positive assurances were
given that the only effect might be TO
delay slightly the healing of the wound.
of a suggestion of blood poisoning, the
physicians declared over their own sig
natures that it could not result in COM
plications. The opening Of the wound
was in no sense an operation. Several of
the stitches were simply taken out, and
after a thorough antiseptic washing Of
the infamed tissue, the wound was again
sewed VI. No anaesthetic was neces-
sary. Considerable delay was caused
by the fact that a certain dress
ing desired by the surgeons was not in
into the city for it, The first time the
messenger returned he did not have what
was wanted, and he had to make another
trip.
DR.. McBurney, who had intended TO
leave for Stockbridge CT, at IL 20, miss
ed his train. and decided to remain over
until Wednesday night. But the doctor
himself did all he could to dispel the
idea that the change In his plans por-
tended anything serious In fact, he
took occasion to announce as an addi-
tional evidence of the Improvement of
the president that it had been decid, d
( to begin to give the president nourish-
ment through the mouth Tuesday night
instead Of waiting until Wednesday, as
had been Intended Beef extract had
been preferred, DR.. McBurney announced,
and il was being administered as the
who listened TO Dr. McBurney's state
ment assented to it, and then all entered
Milburn House, Buffalo, Sept. 12.-At
a. m. Thursday morning everything was
quiet at the Milburn house. All the lights
| are burning very low and no one is stir
Buffalo, Sept. 12.-The condition of the
president continued favorable through
out the day and nothing occurred to
shake the faith of the attending sur
geons and physicians have expressed that
| he will recover.
The danger from two sources were pro-
nounced practically over Wednesday.
The holes in the stomach proper, caused
by the Perforation of the bullet, are now
considered healed by DR.. McBurney and
| his associates, and the eminent surgeon
| LOinted to the fact that the beef juice,
fed to the patient Tuesday night, was
readily digested as proof of this. Suf-
| fcient time has also elapsed to warrant
the doctors in asserting that the dan
ger of Inflammation where the bullet
lodge had disappeared. 1t is believed
that the ball has now become encystei
in the muscles of the back, and unless
| its location should prove troublesome
later on, there will never be any neces-
sity for removing it.
The attention Of the physicians is now,
therefore, mainly directed to the care
and treatment Of the wound caused by
the incision made in the abdomen above