Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-01-16
PHYSICIANS HELPLESS
Patients Constitution is Not strong
Enough to Withstand the Raxases
Of the Disease Which is the Result
Of An Apparently Slight coId--Hulle-
tins Are Pessimlstic In Tone.

New York, Jan. Is. At 10 o'clock
Stanley Field, nephew of Marshall
Field, said his uncles condition was
hopeless and that his death appeared
TO be only a matter Of hours Field
was conscious at that time and all his
relatives in the city We're at his bed.
side by his request.
The Morning Bulletin. =
At 9:15 o'clock the following bulle-
tin on the condition Of Marshall Field
was issued by the physicians at the
Holland house.
Near the end Of the seventh day OF
the disease, Mr.. Fields condition re.
mains critical. There is as yet no ir1s
provement"
When this bulletin was. issued
Fields pulse varied between go and
1O2.
Patient Grows Weaker. "
New York. Jan. 15. ID p. m.)-
There Is no change for the better 10
Mr. Fields condition. He continues
to grow weaker.
Declines Steadily.
Mr.. Field grew worse during Sunday
and shortly before Ill p. M, following
q consultation. the physicians issued
q bulletin full OF suggestive gloom. It
I'M INF Field Field lost ground during
| 4 y sdaz and md sbutlo loss;s \; .s Less ssi1
able. l.s S8i1 ~. ~
Walter B Janaesnp
b. G.. Janeway,
| Frank Billingsy' q
The attending doctors refused to
make any comment. It was apparent
throughout the day that they wished
TO say nothing proving that they had
almost surrendered hope.
Careful In Bulletin.
i They therefore attached saving
clause or phrase to every bulletin en-.
cept the fastest In that they stated
the simple fact that the prospects
were less promising than earlier in
4 the day.
4 Mr.. Field had been sinking gradual
" since morning. While there had
been no decided change, his physi-
clans quickly recognized in the lessen.
ing pulse and the increased tempera.
ture that the patient was making q
losing fight. Ills reserve strength
seemed virtually to desert him late
Saturday night. Since then science,
skill and, Mr.. Fields own will power
have combined to keep him alive.
The doctors have been exerting ev.
cry means known to medicine to com.
bat the malady They have boen IN.
able to get the response from the sick
man they hoped for. Mr.. Field has
been perfectly conscious and doubt.
less has realized his proximity to
4 death. He has been a brave and
tractable patient, and II there were
more vigor in his constitution there
would be some hope for his passing
the crisis safely.
Cold Starts Illness.
| Marshall Fields illness started with
a cold. For three weeks before he left
Chicago for New York he had COM
|plained Of slight illness, but when it
was suggested that he place himself
under a physician's orders he made
light of the attack and said 1t would
soon pass away.
Mr.. Field was anxious to be In New
York, and he informed Mrs. Field
about ten days ago that he desired to
go east the following Monday. His
;, wife protested against his making the
! trip while he was, not feeling well. and
J Mr.. Field repeated the belief that the
, cold would not annoy him long. Ac.
!. cordingly he started Monday forenoon,
: January 8, on the Pennsylvania limit
Z ed. Mr. and Mrs. Field were attended
! by maid and valet.
When the train was hlYf a feu, hourc