Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-17
Physicians Indicate Desire
to Establish Public AS
surance That No Compll-
cations are Looked For.
MEMBERS OF FAMILY
ARE AT BEDSIDE
Mrs. Roosevelt and Daugh'
ters at Hospital and Ad'
joining Rooms are Pre-
pared for Their Use.

CHICAGO, Oct. TO- The fourth
rih on Colonel Roosevelt's r'9ne
q side was fractured by the ou''e'
that struck him at Milwaukee,
This became known today a'ser
members Of his family had visited
him. Il also was learned that ene
x.ray photographs taken IN NIL
waukee failed to reveal the exact
location Of the bullet. A minute OK
animation of the plates VIII %
made this afternoon. The fractured
r,n Il WAS exclaimed, had caused
the patients pains In breathing
previously noted.
Milwaukee, Wis.,, Oct. 10 O.
There was no poison in the bullet
fired at Col. Roosevelt by schrank.
This was announced this after
80, hv she chemist who made a
test of the bullets still remaining
in the revolver.
chicago, Oct, 16.-Not until friday =.
win IL he definitely known whether
Colonel Roosevelt is in serious danger.
ii was said today that all condl'
tions were favorable to the patients
recovery so far as indications have de-
veloped thus far.
If al the end Of two days more, no
symptoms of blood poisoning nave ap-
reared, Colonel Roosevelt Will nave
nassed the critical period and Will be
ON the road to full recovery, according
to the attendants.
The hourly record Of temperature,
pulse and respiration were wl!nheld
TODAY and it was said that no lnforma-
ton would be given as TO the colonel
rase except the surgeons signed pull
letins.
The following bulletin was issued at
1880 o'clock by Roosevelt's physl-
clans: ~
pulse 80, temperature se.6
throughout the entire morning.
Breathing a little easier. Gen.
eral condition excellent.
Although the bulletin issued by
Colonel Roosevelt's physicians shoWed
4 pulse Of 80, which was 10 counts
higher than that given in the morning
bulletin, it was said that this cnange
was not regarded as a cause FOR un-
easiness.
Col Roosevelt, his family with him
satisfied as to his condition, To-Day
rests at greater ease than at any time
since the hand of John Schrank was
lifted against his life in Milwaukee
Monday night.
Physicians. examining his wound
today. and making complete clinical
examination found his pulse, respira-
tion and temperature nearer normal
than at any time since he was shot,
and so nearly at usual points that con-
Germ over his condition vanished.
Their extremely conservative conduct
gave way to a desire to establish
public assurance that no complications
now were looked for.
Mrs. Roosevelt, Miss Ethel and
Theodore. Jr, arrived early in the
day and went at once to his apartment
with Mrs. Alice Longworth and DR..
Alexander Lambert, the family physi-
clan in New York.
Awakes Feeling Fine.
Col. Theodore Roosevelt awoke at
$50 O'Clock this morning feeling
fine, as he expressed it to his might
nurse. who prepared to take his
clinical record. At that time the
colonel had had more than three
hours of unbroken rest, and his condi.
tion showed marked Improvement.
The clinical record showed Colonel
Rooseyelt's temperature to be 9S.6, his
pulse "A and his respiration 20. This
indicates decrease in his tempera'
ture of Q, ten beats in his pulse and
two counts in his respiration since 10
o'clock last night.
During the early hours Of the night
Colonel Roosevelt's sleep often was
broken and for long periods he was
awake, Willing away the time with a
copy ofg Macauley's essays which lie
had brought to the hospital with him.
Often the volume would fall from his
hands and for short space he dozed
only to awaken with a start and re.
sumo his reading.
Up to Q O'clock in the morning his
clinical record was regularly taken,
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