The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-02-17
SENATOR HANNA'S
FIGHT FOR LIFE
It Was Feared He Was Dying But
Powerful Stimulants Saved Him.
ODDS ARE AGAINST RECOVERY
He ID Now Passing Through the Gle
max of HIS Illness and 1t Is Only
Question How Long the
Fever VIII Last.

Washington, Feb. Ex-senator Han
ma is passing through the climax Of his
illness, and Friday afternoon it was
feared he was dying, but Friday night
he rallied strongly, and there is again
some hope that he may yet win the
forlorn fight The odds are much
against his recovery, but the sturdy
physique Of the man, aided by oxygen
and powerful stimulants, brought him
through Friday afternoon, when he was
sinking rapidly and possibly may
again. 1t is now question how long
the climax of the fever will last, and
how many and severe will be any fur
Their acute attacks, for Fridays spell
was SO severe that another probably
would witness the end. Fridays acute
attack came in the form of chill at
about two o'clock, and not long AFTER
ward the senator lapsed into uncon-
seriousness, not to return again until
around six o'clock. His pulse at this
time ran up to 100, and was so feeble it
was not perceptible at the wrist. Three
hours, or so later, however, he had
shaken off the attack to SO great an
extent that DIR. Osler, the Baltimore
physician in attendance, when he came
from the sick room at 9:35 o'clock,
said there had been decided improve
ment, and that the patients pulse was
much stronger and had fallen nearly
20 points.
Ground For Hope.
Miss Mary Phelps, the senator's niece.
was near at hand when the doctor came
from the sick room, and when she
heard the announcement of the rally,
she asked:
''Then you have hope, doctor?"
"Hope!" the doctor replied, "of
course there is hope. When man
rallies from sinking spell such as
the senator had Friday afternoon, and
showed such strength afterward, it is
the best ground for hope"
Powerful Stfmulants Applied.
The first information from the sick
room in the Arlington hotel Friday
showed the fever to have gained the
highest point yet reached, and the doc
tors looked for the senator's tempera-
ture to be at it's worst during the fol-
lowing 4S hours, but it was unexpect-
eddy lowered as-the day wore on and
developments seemed more favorable.
About two o'clock in the afternoon,
however, the high fever was succeeded
by a sudden chill, which resulted in
an alarming complication. Powerful
stimulants were promptly applied. For
two hours and half oxygen was ap-
piled continuously, and later more IT.
regularly as its good effects began to
manifest themselves.
Lapsed Into UAcOnsciOusness.
At one time during the sinking spell
the pulse was scarcely percebtible at
the wrist. The senator lapsed into I'M
consciousness with the sinking spell.
DIR. Carter was alone with him at the
beginning of the attack, but Doctors
0sler and Rixey were summoned i'm
mediately, and on their arrival the
three worked necessarily with the pa
tient until the reaction came late in
the afternoon. Prior to the sinking
spell, saline solutions were given and
saline in 1-30 dozes were administered,
but the more heroic remedies were re-
sorted to during the period of the acute
attack.
News Spread Rapidly.
The first indication outside the sick
room that Senator Hanna's condition
had taken turn for the worse was
when messenger rushed in from the
street to drug store. 1t became
known speedily that he had gone for
oxygen. The news quickly spread
that the senator was in sinking con-
dition, and the number of callers and
inquiries which had come in greater
number Friday than at any time pre-
vious were vastly augmented.
Relatives Sent For.
Subsequently Mr.. Dover, the SEN
ator's secretary, announced to the
newspapermen that he had just sent
kilograms to relatives and some of the
senator's friends announcing that an
unexpected change for the worse had
taken place and that the patients con-
dition was critical. Mrs. Parsons,
daughter, and Daniel Hanna, the SEN
ator's son, both in Cleveland, were
summoned to Washington post haste,
and announced that they would come
at once to Washington.
The Latest Bulletin.
Washington, Feb 13.--At II o'clock
the doctors issued the following bull
letin about Senator Hanna;
cat II o'clock the senator has re-
acted from the chill and depression.
Temperature, 101; pulse, 100; respira-
ton, 80. He is quietly resting.
(signeO "RIXEY,
"OSLER,
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