Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1901-09-13
EVERY HOUR BRINGS
STEADY IMPROVEMENT IN
pREsInENTsS CONDITION

MILBuRN HOUSE. BUFFALO, Sept.
1.-The doctors arrived for the morning
consultation az s:so DR.. Park said before
ne entered the 1nIburn residence that II
alarming stories had gone abroad as a re-
suit Of last nights operation they were en-
tfrelv unwarranted. Everything, he de-
clarsd, was going satisfactorily. The tax
ing cut OF few stitches. the redressing
or the wound. he said, constituted an IN
important incident and gave not the slight
est ground for apprehension OF complica-
tions
The president has passed a very com
Portable night" said the 6 o'clock morn
ing bulletin OF DIS. Rixey and Wasdin. the
two physicians who remained at the pres
dents bedside throughout the night.
The fact that the wound in the presi-
dents abdomen Is not healing by first
intention IS not q feature at all unusual
IN such cases, explained one OF the pres
dents physicians on the contrary Il
Is usual for gunshor wounds 70 heal by
what n termed second intention %
with older persons. whereas in the case
Of young people they usually heal by
first intention"
NOTHING BUT GOOD NEWS.
1T Is all good news" said one Of the
physicians as he reached the sidewalk,
where half a hundred newspaper men were
congresated
s4The actions taken proved very benef-
cial and NE are more confident In the
presidents recovery than at any time
since he was shot Everything Is favOra-
bic and We have tripled the amount OF
nourfshment. giving him now three tea
spoonfuls Of beef juice every hour instead
81 one But the presidents recovery viii
be slow. All talk Of him sitting up IN a
few days and leaving Buffalo in a week Is
nonsense i shat be satisfied II he can
be moved In six weeks"
Dr. Park was asked as to the operation
OF the bowels following the first admins
tration Of beef Juice BY the mouth last
night
The results have been excellent" he
replied 'and this morning we have in
creased the beef juice fed BY the mouth %
DIT, McBURNEX DESCRIBES WOUND
Drs- McBurney and Mann emerged from
the house together at 10soS O'Clock DR..
1 MaBErney indicated not the slightest
anxiety and he expressed surprise when
Informed that alarmist stories had fol-
lowed the issuance OF last nights bulletin.
-s-f-think the bulletin was perfectly frank %
said he 10 an Associated Press represen-
tative- I'VE all united in the assurance
that no complications could follow"
DR.. McBurney then explained the char
acter OF the irritation which had made
the reopenIng Of the incision necessary
1T was caused" said he Just as we
stated by the fact that a piece OF the
presidents coat vas carried into the body
b the bullet. not far over an inch. The
bullet then slipped on through the fat
The fragment Of the coat was. OF course
removed when the operation was perform
- but every surgeon understands that
even though e-cry foreign particle Is re-
moved. the tissues exposed 10 contamina-
ton are apt to show irritation. That was
50 IN this case. When the stitches were
taken out the wound opened Of itself"
was any foreign substance found with
AfnT'
Not a particle" he answered emphat-
#f~afIy The wound was not again sewed
up~ he added at viii close and heal
E by granuiation-"
Is the opening Of the wounds in such