The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-13
GkYNOR BULLETINS
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Continued From Firs, Page.

| remove tho bullet, a. they have now
determined it, position. would he no
more serious an operation that extracting
! a back tooth was the added bit OF IN
| formation that the secretary gave out.
I 4 do not believe that they have yet at
! temptei ~ make AN observation OF the
bullets location through tho use OF
mirrors. but from what ! gather they
] are much pleased 20 learn that the bullet
- where n - and they do not anticipate
! having 20 perform a serious operation TO
J remove. ~ when tho time comes
Mr. AdamSpn was then asked whv ~
/ was that u IN" removal Of the bullet did
not involve serious or delicate opera
: 'ion and the continued presence Of the
| lead among IN" delicate tissues OF the
throat was admittedly constant poten-
tial Gauss. IT infection the physicians did
not Immediately remove tho lump OF
metal To that question the secretary
replied that he had not been taken into
the confidence of the surgeons sum-
: clcntly to knnw tho reason for their pres
! ent determination not to operate. except
that they felt that therr was less cause 10
attempt an operation now with the eN-
act situation ~ tho bullet known than
there WAS IN Tuesday and "Wednesday
when " was believed that the slug had
split and Iay IN Tia" neighborhood Of the
rimns 1t the jaw.
N was Mr. Adamson = word that there
had l,een no decision 20 consider an I'M
mcdiat" operation. Although the Mayor =
strength was advanced materially yes
tsrdav and therr WAS no sign Of s"pii-
CTma 10 aggrIvat' the after effects ~
such an operation as would be necessary
90 lift IN" bullet from its present resting
plaC" IN TN" vault of the harynN the de-
ctsron u ~" ma iority of the number 81
physirlau- in attendance may he taken
- haV" prevailed The fact that there
had h.,.n a difference Of opinion among
those called To- treat the Mayor on the
n.cessity for operating and that the con
s"ryatIvo opinion had prevailed was
borne out hy Yesterday developments.
rwo pASyERs ~ Az oIgPAII1S
Those who have been watchers of the
Mayors progress at the hospital learned
Yesterday that despite the announcement
81 the seeming simplicity of the operation
necessary , D rsmov" the bullet there might
h. "A good reason why the surgeons hest
tatad 80 gropa tor the hit ~ lead
II the doctors should learn Ivy a pre-
hmiuary observation that the bullet il
not embedded in the tissue@ 81 the arch
81 tho pharynJ Itself hut has sunk into
tho substance II IN" skull at that part Of
IN. uaEs II the skull just above tho arch
! and supporting IL. IL would he no simple
thing. ~ the reporters were told Ia re-
NOV. the missile IN would he difficult
/ for the physicians to determine by the
! radipgraphs whether the bullet simply
/ lay along tho surface ~ this part ~ the
skull structure or had penetrated II to
any extent
! In DISCUS, ing what results the radio
/ graphs mad" IN Thursday had shown,
! tho Mayor = secretary said that the bullet
apIaarCd - hav" been twisted into an
angie hk" IN" crook 81 An elbow. He was
askod Il the phvriCians deduced from
this that N" lead had come IN contact with
th" bono - the skull and had thus heen
smashed ont - share. Adanson said
that Nv. had not heard the doctors pass an
npiniOil on this point He also said that
the photographs could not ~ necessity
give th. physicians any aid in trying TO
trace tho path - tho bullet because only
the fracture, of a b0ne would appear IN
the shadow prints Of tho N-ray. and IN
the absence, II indications such ~ this
: the "NJ-Dr'- could only conjecture what
course th.. bullet had taken after entering
the Hc-h e the Mayors neck
DO the physicians believe that in the
, event Of IN" Mayors complete recovery
+ th.rn will n.' any permanent impairment
81 any IT tho nerves Of hearing or speech
wa, one, uf he questions asked Of the ply
/ sIrIan~' pok"-rnan
They do not anticipat" any such re-
suit ~" sad II the Mayor RECEIVERS
( they look to So" him IN A. good physical
& condition a. h" WAS h"for" he was shot
INV MAYORS NERVOUS STRENGTH
Nlr Adamson commented upon the re-
marknhl" exhibition 81 resistance and
nerve force which Mayor Gaynor had
shown and In doing 80 he revealed a fact
about tho Mayors physical makeup
which j. not generally known
You know. his Honor - not what YOU
would call = strong man physically. said
Adam-ou III" only weighs about 80 ar
i5n pounds His j. a nervous strength.
however "" has unusual reCuperativ"
power have very often seen him
leave ~" ofrice in IN" CITY Hall 50 tired
that doubted II he would he down the
next day and vet on the following morn
ing he showed up ~ bright and fresh rs a
daisy mere -setlN 10 Ne a very uturual
bower ~ resistance 20 nervous drain in
his physical capacity
The secretary continued that the doc
tors had attributed the Mayors rapid
gains IN strength 20 this fact a. well as 20
hl- mental attitude. which u on" Of con-
c.utrat,ou on tn" determination 10 re-
cover Mayor Gaynor - certain that he
j. going 20 get well
one favorable sign in the Mayors con-
,ditton which ~" doctors noted yesterday
was ~" added amount ~ sle"p over
that II the two other days which their
patient enjoyed II. slept practically
all night after mldn ght. and when hs
awnke ~ O'Clock h" seemed much re-
frc-h"d Breakfast was served To him
shortly after his awakening " cor
SISTED &c one soft hoil"i egg. a bowl Of
chick"n broth. and a cup Of cpre". which
NIrs t,ayrur breV"i herself. as shs did
ON Thursday morning Every two hours