The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-10-27
RIXEYS STORY OF THE
PRESIDENTS LAST
HOURS.
Continued rom Page Nin9)


sleep. Limbs sponged with alcohol. Quiet
and slept from to O'clock" The 1920
a.. m. bulletin said the President had
passed fairly good night. AT 80 a. M.
there was another enema of salt and
somatose. From to 4:SO the patient was
said 10 be confused and very restless"
AT : a. M, complained OF feeling chilly
hut il PASSED in a moment" The patient
was restless and laxative from to 6
o'clock a. M. expelling brown fluid and
gas. There are frequent entries of these
eructations. and before o'clock there
were two hypodermic injections of NOR
phine and digitals. hypodermic of
strychnine was followed at 1890 p. M.
by q saline enema with somatose, which
was not retained and an alcohol rub.
At 445 p. m. the patient was restless
and talkative. and for the first time was
given water by the mouth. At 4:55 an
enema Of sweet oil, soap and water
brought away some slightly colored fluid
and a very little mucus. At s p. M,
there was discharge of water from the
bowel and The patient was set down as
every restless At 500 a great deal of
gas was passed and some fluid
THE FOURTH DAY
On the fourth day, September 9Th, the
patient is recorded as restless from l
to 20 O'Clock" At 315 p. M, as every
restless and mind much disturbed"
Codeia phos., was administered hypoder
mically. After an hours sleep the record
is made at 1909 a. M, Mind clear, feels
chilly" The patient drank water fire.
quently in small quantities At 800 the
bulletin was issued: "The Presidents
condition is becoming more and more
satisfactory" ETC., at 10 O'Clock on this
morning, the doctors began to administer
hourly doses of calomel. Meantime, fol-
lowing nutritive enema of egg.
whiskey and water, there were two high
enemas, one with a soap and water and
OK gall, which brought away a copious
discharge, with gas. At p m, the bull
letin said: 1.-The Presidents condition
steadily improves and he Uncomfortable
without pain or unfavorable symptoms.
Bowel and kidney functions normally per-
formed" etc. At 4:20 of this day, fol-
lowing dressing of the wound of about
an hour, the patient spit up greenish,
bitter fluid. Hot water was given at $50
and half an hour later the patient COM
planned of nausea.
THE FIFTH DAY.
The fifth day, September 10, began at
46 a. M, after a short sleep, with this
entry: Uncomfortable, turning fire.
quently" There are three entries of
sleeping" and then at $40 bulletin
stating that the President had passed the
most comfortable night since the at
tempt on his life. At a. M. bulletin
predicted a rapid convalescence, failing
complications. The bulletin at 1880
said the Presidents condition was UNI
changed and described the removal of
the stitches and the cause therefor
THE SIXTH DAY
The sixth day, treatment was marked
by the administration Of the first food
into the stomach, beef juice, which the
note says, tasted good" There were
seven administrations of this beef juice
between midnight and nine O'Clock the
next morning. The patient complained of
feeling chilly, but is recorded as sleep
ing more than usual and he bulletin
at o'clock said that he rested comforta
bly, and his condition was excellent The
patient complained of headache at 2:15.
and camphor was applied to the head.
The bulletin at $3.50 stated that the
wound was becoming healthy.
THE SEVENTH DAY.
The seventh day began with the adj
ministration OF beef juice, and the liet
was varied this time (the patient COM
planning of pain in the abdomen) by whis-
key and water, and chicken broth. At
80 p. M, digitals and strychnine having
been injected hypodermically meantime.
the patient was given the second piece
of toast and one egg. The entry reads:
Ibid not relish it, and ate very little,
quieter and more cheerful since having
last strychnine."
At 4:45 it is said Mind wandering and
restless" Calomel, whiskey and water
and digitalis were again administered
The skin was moist and cold, and the
$3.50 bulletin reported that the Presidents
condition was not quite SO favorable, and
his food had been stopped. At 9:35 DR..
Rixey writes whole body moist and
cold. Pulse weak and thready. Slept
quietly twenty minutes" AT II O'Clock
of that night normal salt solution was
injected beneath the skin. At midnight
whiskey and water was given, with an
infusion of digitalis. For the first time
resort was had to inhalations OF
oxygen. The bulletin issued at that time
read: "All unfavorable symptoms in the
Presidents condition have improved
since the last bulletin" etc.
THE EIGHTH AND LAST DAY.
The eighth day of his illness
and last of the Presidents life,
September 18th, opened with this
enry at 1920 a. m, Restless and
complains of headache" Whiskey and
water was given, and perspiration was
induced, but at / a. M, is this entry,
Very restless and wants to get up;
tired" The same medical treatment was
continued involving a plentiful use OF
oxygen, digtalis, strychnine and morphia
and peptonoids. Still at 4:55 o'clock the
patients condition is reported as grave.
The oxygen was continued There was
no response to stimulants. Atrophine and
morphia was injected; the patient was
almost pulseless The last entry was
made at p. M, and there was gap of
five hours between that and the end 1t
read Heart sounds very feeble,
Oxygen continued. Slight reflex move
ments. and at 2:15 September IA, 1901, the