The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-09-17

Is that the president should not have
been allowed TO take any food through
the stomach hecause of the wound In
that organ Nourishment therefore
was administer ed by enemas but this
| has become an because Of
| irritation and soreness
"Nourfshmsnt, however, is absolutely
| necessary TO keep VI the strength. So
the cas you see is somewhat compfi-
| Gated. His general condition. notwith-
| standing the specific statement have
next twenty four hours will show q
decided change for the better I'm the
general condition OF the president II
it does not then in my individual opin-
ion there may be cause for serious ap-
prehension as TO the future. The ply
sicians still feel lat the president has
more than an even chance for re-
covery."
PRESIDENT HAS a BACKSET.
The following bulletin was issued by
the presidents physicians this after
noon:
$50 p. The presidents condition
Is very much the same as his morn.
ing His onlS complaint is OF fatigue.
tde continues TO take q sufficient
amount o. o Pulse Ie6: tempera-
ture 1902 degrees.
~ ELGSluCII NOIl1aI4Ol
this afternoon is not quite SO good. His
food has rot agreed with him and has
oeen stopped Excretion has not VET
been properly established. The kid
neys are acting well. His pulse IS nor
satisfactory. but has improved I'm he
last two hours h wound is doing
we'll. He is resting quietly. Temper
allure 1902. pulse 12S."
The slight alarm which was falt
when the afternoon b%ullentin appeared
was increased when the physicians as
sembled Tor their evening consultation
about an hour earlier than usual. The
cheeriness of the morning was succeed
ed by apprehension and n dreary rain
which began TO fall added TO the
gloomy feeling which prevailed. The
bulletin was personally delivered to
the mber OF the press by Secretary
Cortelyou ana the frankness with
which the physicians that
the presidents condition was not so
ood disquiCtng as it was, was q re-
lief. 1t was felt to be additional proof
that nothing was being concealed. It
was explained semi officially to the
Associated Press hat the trouble
which existed was due TO the fact that
h o taken this morning had not
agreed with the president. 1t had not
been disposed of and the rise in his
pulse was attributed to that fact. It
was NoS' ldiSC BOSlllNtlS Thai lHe
consulting Physicians did not believe
that the failure to digest the food was
due to the condition Of the wounds in
side of the stomach. which were helie<-
ed to be practically nealed and so pro-
Inc oy DIR. Burney and his assoc
ciates. The fact that the food would
not agree with the patient could not
have been anticipated. so it was stat
ed, but as Don as it was, the admins
tration Of food by the mouth was dis
continued. The problem which now
confronts the physicians is to dispose
of this undigested food in the stomach.
DR.. Mann, who is considered the chief
surgeon in the absence OF DR.. McBur-
ney, is confident that the undigested
food will pass away during the night
and that the president will be better
in the morning The fatigue OF the
| patient noted in the afternoon bulle-
tin continued during the evening n
several times the president murmured:
Il am so tired: / am so tired"
Secretaries Wilson and Hitchcock
/ reached the Milburn house al 9:35.
They seelred anxious for personal as
urances as to the condition OF the
president I when they left their car
riage hurried into the house.
The spirits of the little coterie which
Secretaries Hitchcock and Wilson join
ed in the drawing room OF the Milburn
house.. were visibly depressed al
though the assurance of DR.. Mann that
the presidents condition would be bet
ter in the morning did something to-
ward offsetting the apprehension they
could not conceal.
UNEASINESS AT MIDNIGHT.
Midnight-Thc presidents condition
continues unfavorable and the alarm is
increasing rather than diminishing. A
bulletin Is expected shortly.
The following bulletin was issued by
the presidents physicians at II o'clock
midnight:
"All unfavorable symptoms In the
presidents condition have improved
since the last bulletin. Pulse 120, tenn
p%erature 1907"
2 a. MIR Cortelyou came out for
a moment shortly before 2 o'clock and
said there was no change In the presi-
dents CONDITION since the last bulle-
tin.