The sun., 1910-08-10
x-Ray Finds Bullet 10 Two
Fragments Not Peril
OusIy Placed.
OPERATION IS POSTPONED
Patient Eats Ice Cream and
Sleeps Naturally; condl-
ton Satisfactory.

The Buiiet divided Against the Js~bone,
one Fragment Lodging In the Floor
ef tho Mouth. One Near Its Point of
Entrance One OF the Consulting
surgeons to Be with HIN Constantly
Thought wtsest 20 Defer the Opera.
tion Until His Heart Gets Over the
strain Of the Day NJ sedatI,e. I sed.
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nor 10 doing as well a. could he expected
lie slept some He is perfectly conscious
and has no temperature or evidence of
Infection lie Awoke and asked for water
We have heen giving him brandy and ice.
lie has fine pulse. better than this after.
noon or this morning
p. 4. woLVr. Nj
Health Commissioner I>ederle said at
midnight:
The Mayor is comfortable He has
been resting quietly all the evening. No
unfavorabls symptoms have developed
Mayor Gaynor swoke from a refreshing
natural sleep just before midnight in 81.
Marys Hospital. Hoboken. and entered
into quite a talk with Dr. Arlitz He was
allowed to talk all he wanted to. though
earlier in the day he had been cautioned
against il He told how greatly he en-
joyed his vacations. especially some he
had spen; in the Maine woods
4 had Anticipated much pleasure from
this vacation said the Mayor. This
whole thing is all wrong. I've tried to
do right but have been forced into strife
that was not ~ nv nm making. and this
seems TO be the result
shortly after this talk h. dropped on to
sheep again.
The Mayors condition was so good
that the attending surgeons decided
after an examination Of the six X-ray
plates taken yesterday afternoon that
an operation could I've postponed
safely until to-day. or even later II
necessary. The Mayor had been sleep
ing naturally much 81 the evening and
part of the tim. he was snoring.
that after the bullet entered the back ol
the Mayors neck on the right side It
struck ia. angle of the lower Jaw and then
divided one fragment remaining near th
I'"Int of entrance and the other followinG
down the lin" 81 the jawbone to the floor
uf the mouth. where II lodged on the lpfI
-lia of the ramu- One Of the surgeon,
said that Will. such slight danger a.
there was ~ blood poisoning was doubled
i-'cau~.. of ih. splitting of the huliet tho
hE"hhood Of such a development VA.
NOR" remote than IN most cases becaus-,
of the unusual care IN" Mayor was re-.
c.iving
Dr & woIr. one Of the visiting sur.
geons az ~ Mary's. who had been Af th.
Mayors t-d-,de all day. SAID late last
night
There will lie no operation tonight
because il is not necessary 20 take any
chances while the Mayors heart ~
strong generally the excitement of TIA.
day and the shock have weakened him To-
some extent and It is not necessary TO
take any chances on weakening the heart
further with an anssthetic"
The Mayor bad been conscious all day
and at no time was he IN any pain that
required relief by drugs He fell asleep
early in tho evening and visitors Who
called 20 Sc him and who would have
teen admitted under ordinary circIm.
STANCES did not go to his bedsids because
they did not wish 20 disturb him One
Of them was Commissioner Edwards. Who
remarked while he was there that his own
wound wasn't worth hothering about
Tn. bulletin that made IL certain thA.
an immediate operation was not necss-
sary was tslephoned TO Visiting Surgeon
Arlits from tho house % Dr y W. Cald-
we'll the N-ray expert. az ssO Park ayonue.
where Drs Brewer. Stewart and Dowd
and later DR. Iedsrle had been examining
the X-ray plates This bulIstln vas an.
nounccd both At the hospital and az DR.
& CAidw-Il's house and said.
The photographic examination indi-
Gates that the bullet is divided into two
fragments. occupying positions that do
not demand operative interference at the
present time The condition OF the Mayor
is satisfactory. He IL resting easily
Dr. Arlitz had been Mt the confersnc,
himself for q time. and the Mayors son
Rufus went there With Dr. r.sderls and
looked at the plates. Dr. Caldwell
had brought these plates TO the hous-
early in the evening and with his
assistant went - work developing