Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-09-14
THE GAIN is STEADY.
President McKinley's Condition is
Such as to Elate His Doctors
Will Not BE Taken to Washington Until
He Is Well. Which VIII BE Some
Time In OctOber-StOnach
Wounds Healed.

Buffalo, N. Y, Sept. 1.-THE con-
dition of the president continued IA
vorable throughout the day and
nothing occurred to shake the faith
the attending physicians and sur
geons have expressed that he will re-
| cover. The danger from two sources
was pronounced practically over yes
| terday. 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 pointed to
the fact that the beef juice, fed to
the patient Tuesday night, was read
lily digested, as proof of this. Suffi-
cient time has also elapsed to war
rant the doctors in asserting that the
danger of Inflammation where the
bullet lodged has disappeared. 1t is
believed that the ball has now be-
come encysted in the muscles of the
back and unless it's location should
prove troublesome later On there will
never be any necessity 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 the navel. where the
operation was performed. This
wound is progressing satisfactorily.
The fact that the wound in the
presidents abdomen is not healing
by first intention is not a feature
at all unusual in such cases, explained
one of the presidents physicians. On
the contrary it is usual for gunshot
wounds to heal by what is termed
Second intention through granula-
ton. Especially in the case with
older persons, whereas in the case
of young people they usually heal by
'first Intention ''There is absolutely
no Indication of blood poisoning in
the presidents case" said the doctor,
when a newspaper man limited that
the irritation which had appeared at
the exterior wound might have par
taken of that nature.
The president himself showed many
signs of improvement. He was so
CHEEKY that one of the doctors re-
marked that they would let him
smoke a good cigar before long. He
had shown not the slightest depres-
sion from the dressing of the wound.
Mrs. Mckinley had her usual brief
morning visit with him.
DR.. McBurney explained the char
acter of the irritation eh1vh had made
the reOpening of the incisiOn nee
essary. ct was caused" said he,
''just as we stated, by the fact that
a piece of the presidents coat was
carried to the body by the bullet
not far, not over an inch. The bull
let then slipped on through the fat.
The fragment of the coat was, of
course, removed when the operation
was performed, but every surgeon
understands that even though every
foreign particle is removed, tissues
exposed to contamination are apt to
show irritation. That was so in this
case. When the stitches were taken
out the wound opened of itself. The
wound was not again sewed up" he
added; sit will close and heal by
granulation."
The president continues in excellent
spirits, but he confessed to one of the
attendants yesterday that he was get
ting lonesome. He requested that he
be placed in another bed. A depres-
sion had formed in the mattress on
which he has lain since he was taken
to the Milburn house and had caused
some discomfort. Another bed was
provided and yesterday evening he
was carefully moved from one to the
other without difficulty. He has
asked several times if there was any
news which he should know, but in
quiries, especially about public mat
tiers, are discouraged and the rigid
inhibition against the admission of
anyone except his wife and faithful
secretary has not been relaxed.
DR.. Mynter felt more confident than
at any time since the operation had |
been performed. ''But it will be Slow"
said he. 'The president will do well
if he is able to leave Buffalo in six
weeks
Flowers by the wagonIoad.
Buffalo, N. Y, Sept. 12.-Now that |
the president shows so much improve
ment in his condition, the people are
beginning to send flowers to him. |
Shortly before noon a whole wagon /
load of flowers arrived at the Mil |
burn house, the gift of Gov. Gregory, |
of Rhode Island. They were accom-
panied by message of sympathy |
and encouragement. The flowers, |
which were in baskets. were placed
on the lawn and photographed before |
being taken into the house.
VIII Use x-Ray Later.
Buffalo. N. Y, Sept. 12.-Dr. H. A. |
Knoll, the X-ray expert, announced |
that he would return to New York. |
He expressed the opinion that when |
the president had recovered sufficient |
Iy then the X-ray would be used. |
Some of the physicians, including DR..
Rixey, were of the opinion that it |
would be desirable to know exactly |
where the ball is.