The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-10-23
WOUND IS HEALING
EXRAY SHOWS BULLET FRACTUR.
Ed THE FOURTH RIB
WOUND IS NOT SERIOUS
Surgeons Make Statement Concern.
ing Colonel Condition After Thor
ough Examination ard First Sue
cessful X-Ray Picture-BuIlet Ap-
parently Imbedded in Broken Rib.

parently Imbedded in Broken Rib.
The bullet wound inflicted in Col.
Roosevelt's chest at Milwaukee Mon
day night, it officially was announced
Thursday for the first time, is healing
normally without infection. The
statement that no complications have
shown themselves was made after
day during which the first successful
X-ray picture of the wound in the
Colonel's chest was examined by the
surgeons.
The fact developed that the would
be assassin's bullet fractured the Col
onel's fourth rib. The missile re-
mains imbedded, apparently, in the
bone. The fracture, however, it is
stated, will not affect the treatment
in any way, but will be allowed to
heal untreated, as will the wound.
A description of the wound given
Wednesday night by DR.. w. B. Nc
Cauley is the first to be given to the
public by the surgeons. He said that
the bullets path through the muscles
o! the chest is lacerated to some ex-
tent by the battered lead, but that
there was little confusion and no e1-
tensive area Of bruised and extraVa-
sated surrounding tissues.
''The bullet did not mushroom
as might have been expected" said
Dr.. McCauley. t'For that reason it
cut a comparatively small hole IN the
skin and did not reduce large por-
ton Of the nearby tissues to pulp, as
Is the case in soft bullet that 'mush-
rooms in animal tissues after it hits
a bone. I think the bundle OF papers
in Col. Roosevelt's pocket checked it
and the spectacle case, for some rea-
son, failed to spread the bullet much
"The wound is about big enough
to put your finger in at the surface
and it doesn't appear to get very
much bigger. 7 would call it a very
clean wound. The skin is torn at the
surface in ragged way, but not
badly, and there is little bruising."
The impression grew Wednesday
that Colonel Roosevelt would be able
to do little or nothing more in the
campaign. Although he expressed
the hope of leaving for Oyster Bay
Sunday, it is probable that he will be
compelled to remain in the hospital
for at least a week longer, and that
after his arrival to plunge into the
again.
There was little in the appearance
Of Colonel Roosevelt to indicate that
he was not in his usual health. His
face has not lost its color, and, as he
sat propped up with pillows, he NOV
ed about easily and apparently was
free from pain. AS he talked he used
his characteristic gestures, although
with perhaps less vigor than is usual
with him, and at times his laugh
could be heard in the corridor out
side. He seemed to enjoy his relief
from the cares of politics and seem
I'd determined to make his stay in the
hospital an enjoyable vacation. His
three children who are in Chicago,
dropped in to see him three times
during the day, talking for an half
hour each time. Mrs. Roosevelt
wouldn't permit them to remain lon
ger, lest her husband tire himself.
Messages of coincidence continued
to pour in to-day from all parts Of
The world. Among them were cable
grams from crowned heads Of Eu-
rope. One of the messages was
from Samuel Gompers, president Of
the American Federation OF Labor,
reading:
upon learning Of the outrageous
attack upon you, was too much
shocked to find expression. I join
with the men of organized labor in
common with all our people who are
profoundly hoping for and expecting
your speedy recovery"