The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-04
DR.. Rixey Called Another Ply
stefan in Consultation.
GRIP AND OVERWORK.
Are Considered Responsible for
His Condition.
Another Physician Has Been
Called from New York.

Washington, Feb. 4-Senator Hanna,
who is quite i'll at his apartments, is
somewhat better today. DR.. George E.
Brewer of New York, who was tele-
graphed for by Mrs. Hanna, has arrived
and a consultation of three physicians
engaged on the case followed.
The following bulletin regarding Sen
ator Hannas condition was given out
Immediately after the consultation:
AT the consultation held this morn
ing no new feature was found in Mr..
Hanna's condition. He is suffering from
a recurTent attack of grip with an IN
usual amount of physical depression.
There are no alarming symptoms and
no reason to believe that recovery will
not take place n reasonable time"
Blood drawn from the patient today
will be submitted to a microscopic test
and a report will be made at a consul
tation of physicians tonight Senator
Hanna will be unable to go out of
doors for weeks. The examination of
the blood today did not disclose any
amection of the heart or lungs. The
possible development of typhoid fever
or kidney trouble is the chief source OF
apprehension. The doctors base their
statement regarding the weeks that
must elapSe before the senator will be
able to go out on his extreme physical
exhaustion.
HAD A SETBACK.
Washington, Feb 4.-Senator NJ. A.
Hanna has had a setback which for a
time considerably alarmed his family,
who had been encouraged to hope he
was getting to be himself again, but
the congestive attack which they fear
ed was averted to some extent by
prompt action, and the senator while
not SO well showed excellent rallying
power and improvement over his pre-
Vious condition. The setback came in
the form Of an attack that resembled
sick spells that have seized the senator
on two or three occasions in the past
few years.
He was seized about $50 yesterday
afternoon with a congestive chill, which
heretofore has been marked b va rush
OF blood to the head and of the ex-
tremities. Members of the family We're
on hand at its first outbreak, and by
the prompt application of mustard
plaSters and hot water the attack was
prevented from. becoming so serious as
1t was feared it might become, and la
ter in the evening it was stated that
the senator's condition was again al
most at his normal state of the past
few weeks.
DR.. Rixey, the attending physician,
called in Dr. Magruder and when they
left Mr.. Hannas home, the senator
was sleeping soundly and the physi-
clans said they did not expect to re-
turn again until today. When they left
the senator's pulse was &c. his normal
pulse being 72, and the temperature 100,
or lilo above normal.
A thorough examination was made of
Mr.. Hanna's heart, lungs and kidneys,
and they were found to be all right.
DR.. Rixey said:
Senator Hanna's condition is not
alarming, and I hope he will be out in
a week or ten days"
The illness of the senator is due to
physical and nervous exhaustion caused
by attacks of grippe and overwork.
At the request of Mrs. Hanna, DR..
Brewer, the New York physician who
has attended the senator and most of
his family at intervals for the past
twenty-five years, has been asked TO
come to Washington for consultation
with the other physicians. DR.. Brewer
attended the senator when the latter
was i'll some weeks ago in New York.
His summons here, it is said, does not
indicate any great alarm on the part
of the senator's family but he is to
satisfy their wish that his advice may
be had in the case.
Elener Dover, Senator Hanna's priv
ate secretary, postponed his departure
for Chicago which he intended to make
last night to attend the meeting of the
subcommittee of the national Repub-
lican committee to make arrangements
for the national Republican convention
Mr.. Dover hopes to start today with
Senator Scott.