Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1902-10-03
ANOTHER OPERATION
President Roosevelt Again Submits
to Surgeons Knife.
BONE OF LEFT LEG AFFECTED

Doctors Give Assurance Thai There
lie No Cause For Alarm. and Say
Area ATected Is Very slight.
speedy Recovery Looked For.
Washington, Sept s0.-Another op-
Grafton was performed Sunday on The
abscess on the left leg OF President
Roosevelt. In the former operation
a simple needle was used to relieve the
trouble, but Sunday the surgeons
with a knife made an incision into lne
small cavity, exposing the bone. which
was found to be slightly affected. The
presidents case has been progressing
satisfactorily, but it is believed by the
physicians that the further operation
made Sunday will hasten his COM
pIete recovery. While none OF the doc
tors is willing to be quoted they give
the most positive assurances that there
is not the least cause for alarm. and
say that on LIE contrary there is every
indication of a speedy recovery. that
the area of bone effected is very slight,
and will not result in any impairment
of the presidents limb. and that there
is no evidence whatever Of any matter
that would produce blood poisoning
They confidently expect that the presi.
dent will be on his feet within a rea
sonable time and will have his robus
constitution to aid in his recovery.
I DR.. Shaffer of New York, who lonl
has been acquainted with the Roosevelt
J family and has attended the president
3 children at various times. and who ais
r is a well-known bone specialist. joine
A the presidents physicians in their con
1 sultation Sunday. 1t wGs notice
n that there had been slight rise in tn
T. presidents temperature and an increas
in local symptoms ard the physician
thought his recovery would be aided b
making an inclsion to drain the wouni
The president stood the pain very we
u and expressed his satisfaction at II
result DR.. Rixey, the surgeon-gener
e of the navy. performed the operatio
IS assisted by Dr. Lung. the president
ID regular physician. Dr. O'Reilly, wi
y also was present with the other phi
r sicians. is the surgeon-generaI of Il
Il army. Drs. Edward R. Stitt, anoth
N of those present, is in charge of the n
lie val museum of hygiene and medic
r. school
It, The physicians took a roseate vie
ly Of the presidents prospects for getti
IN out again. He has become somewh
w. FESTIVE because OF his close confneme
III and the physicians are considering t
10. ACCESSIBILITY of permitting him to ia
tn ride in a few days. The physical
Of say the question now is simply c
,ct of the healing Of the wound and
tic iterate that this will be FASTENED
the operation performed Sunday.
A Mr.. Roosevelt passed an unevent
re day yesterday, spending the time in
"a wheel chair, by which means he v
No able to be moved to various parts
1s. the room. Last night he was repor
he to be progressing satisfactorily. Tn
"a were no visitors except DR.. Lung,
oir regular White House physician, v
- made his usual call DR.. Newton
arc Shaffer, the New York bone special
"A who came here Sunday at the pr
nc dents request and Joined the OF
80 physicians in their consultation pl
,eD to the operation, returned to \
ora YORK yesterday afternoon. No
! = rangements were made for anot
,oD visit from the doctor.
aco Misses Alice and Ethel Roose
joined the president and his wife
the White House last night. the
mer coming from Tuxedo Park
the latter from Oyster Bay I
Re- Ethel is TO attend school here.