Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-10-17
THE LATEST REPORT.
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\ out VIII DE allowed 10 neal untfedteu
| as will the wound.
| A description of the wound given.
| tonight, by Dr. w. Is. McCauley is
| the first to be given to the public by
| the surgeons. He said the bullets
| path through the muscles of the
| chest was lacerated to some extent
| by the battered lead, but that there
| was little confusion and no extensive
| area bruised and eXtravasated sur
| rounding tissue.
| "The bullet did not mushroom as
| might have been expected said DR..
| McCauley. For that reason it cut a
| comparatively small hole in the skin
| and did not reduce a large portion of
| the nearby tissues to pulp as is the
| case in a soft bullet that mushrooms
| in animal tissue after it hits bone. l
| think the bundle of papers in Col
| Roosevelt's pocket checked it and the
| spectacle case for some reason failed
| TO spread the bullet much
THE wound is about big enough to
| put your finger in at the surface and
| il does not appear to get very much
| bigger. / would call it a very clean
| wound. The skin is torn at the surface
| in a ragged way, but not badly, and
| there is little hruising.
| There is not sign of suppuration
| in the wound The flesh is in good con-
| dition and seems to be healing without
| complication. II there were pus form
| ing ieep in the wound we would
| know it at once by am unusual rise of
| temperature"
DR. McCauley added that it is now
certain from the X-ray pictures THAT
| the bullet has not entered or injured
the pleGral cavity, removing a grave
| possibility in the case.
He pointed out the normal condition
| of ths patient indicated by the official
chart at 10 p. Nj.
Dr. Mccauleys statement was given
after leaving the colonefs room and
after consultation with the other
surgeons.
He confirmed previous announce
ments that no attempt would be made
ut present to remove the bullet which
| is not expected to hinder the healing
| of the fractured rib.
Col. Roosevelt slept soundly as mid
night passed. The rooms of his suite
We're dark Night Nurse Margaret Fitz-
gerald was exiled from the room. which
she had turned over TO Mrs Roosevelt.
| who was on guard. She said she had
nothing to do for the colonel and would
not go to him unless he rang.
Chicago, ILL.,, Oct 16-After a day
of ceaseless vigil, Col Roosevelts
physicians, tonight, could say no more
than that his condition was virtually
unchanged. Indications, they said, ia
e IL, Of sflsa
President from effects of the bullet
which struck him at Milwaukee, Mon
dap.
a rise in temperature and pulse.
! late in the day, however, made his
condition for the time being some
| what less favorable The colonel's
temperature went to %, but soon re-
ceded to 9SS.
The fact that a rib was, fractured
which was not disclosed until today
and that the precise location of the
bullet had not been discovered, added
| to the feeling of uncertainty. Not be-
| fore Friday, if all goes well, will the
| physicians be prepared to say that
| their patient is out of danger. The
| intervening period will be required TO
| determine whether blood poisoning or
other complications are to be feared.
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., after a
talk with his father and a consulta-
ton with the physicians. expressed
| the feelings of those about the ex
| President. today.
iii will be four or five days" said
| he, before we can breath easily"
Col Roosevelt passed a quiet and
| H. Ia lfylxf
| the least concerned of all He was
cheered by the appearance of Mrs.
1 Roosevelt, who arrived, early in the
| day from New York, and remained
| with him constantly. He felt no pain,
he said, and moved about at will on
| his bed, reading, debating kilograms
| or talking with members of his fam
| lily. In the afternoon he slept for a
| time.
| DIR. John B. Murphy. who is in
| charge of the case; DR.. Arthur Dean
| Bevan and Or. Scurry Terrell, Col.
| Roosevelt's physician, held three con-
| sultations, during the day. Aside from
| the official bulletins. which gave lit
tie indication of any change, they
would say little of the condition of the
| patient. Why it was that the fracture
| VI lit- CGlOiItl IlD was ltpl. tiStiOsNt'
| until today, vas not made known, al
| though it was said there was no
| cause for alarm on this account.
| As soon as Mrs. Roosevelt reached
| the hospital, tins morning, she took
| charge of affairs. She was accompa :
| MED by Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., Mrs.
Nicholas Longworth and Miss Ethel
| Roosevelt. Later in the day Congress
| man Longworth arrived. Mrs. Roose'
| welt installed herself in room adJoln-
| ing that of her husband, and during
| the day seldom left his bedside. Mrs
| Rooseveit's first move was to decree
!, that the colonel must see no visitors
| EXCEPT the members Of his family
| Once or twice. during the day, she
| made exceptions, but otherwise she
| adhered firmly to her resolution.
The colonel was feeling fine and
| ready to receive visitors, but Mrs
| Roosevelt gave him no opportunity 70
| pass upon her ruling for she made 1t
| on her own authority and saw to II
| that it was enforced. She received the
| cards and messages for her husband
| and sent back her replies, with the