Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-08-12

morning. he IL taking his nourfsh-
ment well and is steadily improvfnx.s
HOBoKEN, Aug. 12-"Barrins acci-
dent. Mayor Gaynor's recovery is prac-
tically assured" This statement was
made this afternoon by the nayo4ss
son, Rufus Gaynor, who said that he
had the attending physicians assur-
ances to that effect
II was announced this afternoon that
the mayors physicians had decided To
issue four bulletins daily On the
patients condition. The first OF these
will be given out at a. m. to be fol-
lowed by others at 1890 D. m. sp N
and midnight
Up to this Afternoon Mayor Gayuor
passed the greater part Of the dav in
a natural, restful sleep, his attendants
said. No one was Piinwed TO disturb
him, not even the members of his
family and party Of officials from the
New York City Hall who visited the
hospital
On the mayors awakening refreshed
from his sleep and giving every ev.-
dence of steady improvement, the air
OF cheerfulness which had made ITSELF
manifest during the morning become. II
anything. more pronounced, the evident
confidence Of everyone eliminating ia
the optimistic announcements ofas he
mayors son. previously auoteds
DR.. George r. Sullivan, assistant "a
DR.. Ariitz. took a specimen OF, sfse pa
tents hleod and has made an analysis
which resulted in the important an
nouncement that blood poi-oning ha5
not developed as yet.
There Is no longer denial made of the
fact thar an operation win be per-
formed on Mayor Gaynor at the first
sign Of f-uncombatable blood poisoning
In the first place, the physicians in
attendance conceded that in the case
Of bullet wounds where the shot re
mains in the body. 1fhs forty-efehth
hour following the inf1ictiea- of the
wound actually began the crisis which
would reveal whether or not blood
poison would set in. This crisis, Il
must be understood, is not met ana
passed with the arrival OF the forty
eighth hour. II means simply the be-
ginning of the danger period And this
danger period will last fully week
This is admitted by the noted physt-
clans in attendance on the mayor.
Bullet Must BE Removed.
The idea that the mayor may so en-
tirely recover and his wounds completes
ly heal with the scraps of his assas-
sins bullet left in his neck and throar
is not seriously entertained by his med
ical and surgical attendants A bullet
in a leg, an arm or a merely fIesh1y
and muscular part of the body may re-
main in such places indefinitely wifk -
out any great danger. But the COM
monest knowledge of physiology, not
to say surgery. makes 1t plain that par
ticles of lead may not be safely re-
tanned in so fragile a region as the
throat, with it's delicacy OF veins, ar
teries and membrane.
The physicians were not willing to
supplement the early bulletins with
even informal statements as TO the
patients condition. evidently assuming
that the reassuring tenor of the officiai
announcements would be all that was
necessary to aIlay any fears that had
found expression late yesterday and
late last night 1t was commented.
however, that the temperature, pulse
and respiration given indicated a prac-
tically normal condition for the patient,
and the news brought from the mayors
chamber by his lay attendants was Of
decidedly cheerful nature.
Begins the Day Well.
The mayors secretary, Robert Adam
son. coming down shortly after
o'clock, said that the mayor had break
tasted about 7:45 o'clock with his usual
good appetite. Mrs. Gaynor. who had
been near her husband through the
night. again prepared his morning cof-
fee. The mayors color was better than
it had been at any time since he was
shot and there Was little in his appear
ance to indicate that in his throat was
lodged bullet. which, however, favor
able as all Indications may be. still re-
mains an ever present menace. the
best manner Of dealing with which has
seemingly not yet been decided by the
surgeons
There was no attempt today TO leave
vague impression regarding the
radiograph examination made In the
search for the bullet Secretary Adam
son commented On the interest the
mayor displayed in the mechanism OF
the X-ray apparatus. which comment
In itself indicated clearly enough that
second set of photographs had been
taken These showed the presence OF
the bullet in the vault Of the pharynx.
or in other words, In the wall OF the
throat just behind the palate
This much was shown in the late
bulletin last night which however. left
doubt as TO whether the bullet was
still intact or as had been fret re-
ported, split in two sections 1t was
generally conceded today. though, that
the physicians were row in agreement
that there had been no splitting OF the
missile and that the apparent fragment
shown by the first x-ray examination
TO be separate from the main portion