Waterbury Democrat., 1901-09-11
STILL IMPROVING.
The President Now Allowed to
 Take Nourishment.
VISITED BY HIS WIFE AGAIN.

The President Is Very Cheerful and
 Happy-The Second Operation Per
 formed Last Night-Left No Bad
 Results ts-Roosevelt Left Buffalo For
 The Adirondacks- City Is Grad
 ualiy Regaining Its Normal Condition
 As The President Continues To Inn
 prove.
 Milburn House, Buffalo, N. Y-, Sept 1.-The president has passed very comfortable night" said the o'clock morning bulletin of Drs Rixey and Wasdin, the two physicians who re mained at the presidents bedside throughout the night. A few minutes later DE Rixey, the presidents regular physician, was seen by an Associated Press representative. He displayed no evidence of anxiety and was emphatic in his characterization of the sensa- tionally alarming reports put in circu- latiOn in the early hours of the morn Ing as a result of the bulletin dated 1O:30 D. m-. but not issued until q few minutes before midnight.
 Dr Rixey was asked about these re- ports and he replied earnestly and without any hesitation whatever: Those statements are not true. The president is not in serious condition and there is no alarm felt over him. The facts are just as stated in the regular bulletins of the physicians who are anxious that the public shall be fully acquainted with them.'
 The scare caused by even the faint est indication of trouble in connection with the presidents wound, coming on the heels of steady and continued inn prOvement was only natural under the circumstances. There is absolutely no reason. however, to doubt the frank ness of the official statements of the physicians that the opening of a few stitches of the wound last night tcan- not give rise to other complications" and Dr Rixey this morning was flat footed and emphatic in his insistence of the complete truth of this state ment. The opening of the wound was in no sense an operation, it was more in the nature of a redressing of the wound, an antiseptic dressing to allay the irritation that had appeared
 
 Between l a. m- and daylight when one of the nurses came out for q breath of air and stated that the presi- dent was sleeping peacefully there were no evidences about the AIilburn resi- dence of the least trace of excitement. Indeed it was more than usually quiet. The lights were kept burning through the night very low and no one appear ed to be stirring in that portion of the house where President Mckinley lies No callers appeared and no one emerged therefrom.
 Secretary Cortelyou and MT Milburn came over to the press tent at 1 o'clock to assure the newspaper men that there was no occasion for alarm
 The fact that the wound in fhe presi- dents abdomen is not healing by first intention" is feature not unusual. m such cases, explained one of the presidents physicians. On the contra ", It IS usual for gunshot wounds to heal by what is termed second in- tention." through granuIation. .Es- peclally is this the case with older persons. whereas in the case of young people they usually heal by first in- tention-''
 There is absolutely no indication of blood poisoning in the presidents case" said the doctor. when a news paper man hinted that the irritation which had appeared at the exterior wound might have partaken of that nature.
 As the morning advanced and the usual activities of the day began the feeling of confidence began to grow stronger. The day was bleak and cheerless, the sky being overcast with promise of rain.
 The scene about the house was much as it has been for the last four days. The military patrol was shifted at o'clock and the sentries who had paced before the house throughout the night gave place to fresh men,
 At S:3O o'clock the physicians began arriving for the morning cbnsuIta- tlOn- Dr Mynter was the first to ap- pear, followed by Dr Park, Dr Me Burney and Dr Mann They had not been sent for and came in accordance with the usual understanding that a consultation would be held at S:3O. preparatory to the 9 o'clock bulletin.
 Hhe consultation was over at 9:2o
 the doctors began coming from f1e house Their reports were gener- ally favorable
 Dr Mynter says that all the news was favorable and that the action of last night had proved beneficial He felt more confident than at any time since the operation had been perform ed. But 1t will be slow" said he. eThe president will do we'll if he IS able to leave Buffalo in six weeks
 The stay of the doctors was rather longer than usual, but this was fo be expected after the course taken last night. There was intense anxiety to learn the first announcement of the morning. as this was looked forward to as an index of the day.
 The conference broke up at g:15. and five minutes later Dr Mynter left the house.
 Tt is all good news" said he, as he reached the rope barrier where half hundred newspaper men were congre- gated. ssThe action we took last night has proved beneficial. and 1 feel more confidence in the presidents recovery than at any time since he was shot Everything is favorable, and we have ffi11ed the amount of nourishment. giving him now three teaspoonfuIs of beef juice every hour instead of one. But the presidents recovery will be slow All talk of his sitting up in few days and leaving Buffalo in a week Is nonsense. l shall be satisfied if he can be moved in six weeks