Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-10-19
ROOSEVELT IN C0NDl-
|TI0N To LEAVE MONDAY
Confined from page ~
The Day Yesterday.

Improvement III merry upsPitaii Nhcic
he was taken after being shot, has
been so steady that he likely will be
taken to his home in Oyster Bay on
Monday or Tuesday. 1t is calculated
that he will be back in the campaign
again the last week before election.
Bulletins issued by the surgeons in
attendance upon him at Mercy hos
pital last night and early today show
that the colonel's pulse and tempera-
ture are normal. His improvement
was SO pronounced yesterday and his
spirits were 80 high that he was per
mitted to sit up for the first time and
to plunge into the campaign with Gov
ernor Hiram Johnson. his running
mate on the Progressive ticket, who
| paid him a visit.
An hour later when the surgeons
called for the early afternoon exami-
nation the colonel did not show the
least fatigue al his condition was so
favorable that the doctors decided to
omit the usual bulletin and granted
him permission to sit up for an hour
again in the afternoon. The evening
examination, despite that 1t was the
most exacting the colonel had put In
since arriving at the hospital, showed
even further improved condition.
Danger Of Tstanus.
In his talks with the doctors the
colonel insisted hat he was well
enough to 60 home Sunday. but the
surgeons would not listen to this early
departure. They were willing to con-
was probably passed, but they said
there was still danger from tetanus. a
full eight days being the medical time
for lockjaw to develop. The doctors
have guarded against possibility Of
lockjaw by administering antitoxin.
There Is still danger from this source
however. ------
DR.. Murphy also told the colonel that
there Is danger of poisoning developing
In any open wound though 1t may be
healing rapidly. Barring any possible
setback. the %colonel's wound will not
be completely healed for two weeks
or more.
Governor Johnson arrived at the hos
pital shortly before noo yesterday
and he left the sickroom with this
parting injunction from the colonel:
Keep the fight going full blast,
Johnson; do not let our boys slack up
In their work because / can't be with
them for a few days. Tell the people
you speak to | wish | could be out
there working with you myself and
that | certainly will be as soon as my
doctors will let me-" .-u.,.~
johnson Tells of Visit.
"He looks fine" said Governor John
son. 81 told him so, and 1 also told
him not to worry-that we are doing
fine; that the people were awakening
tt he fact that our work was not a
voice in the dark calling idly. but a
challenge to them to arise to their own
responsibilities.
"He laughed and told me l was max
ing an argument to him in so speak
ing and suggested l save that to give
to my audience.
, 81 suggested that he be In no hurry
to get away from the hospital and
hat be had better see that he did not
spoil his chances Of regaining health
quickly by attempting to get up and
around too soon. l tried not to excite
him. but when We talked we got to
feeling pretty strongly and Mrs. Roose
welt and Mrs. johnson nad to stop u.s.
During the visit Colonel Roosevelt
sat up In bed. for the Arst time since
his removal t. the hospital.
The afternoon was spent quietly
only members Of the family circle
being admitted to The sickroom. The
colonel took a couple Of maps and read
until the doctors came In the evening
Chief Surgeon Murphy and his az
sociates issued the following bulletin
on the condition Of Colonel Roosevelt
at 6:45 last night:
"The records show the pulse to be
76. temperature 81. The colonel Is
entirely free from pain. He sat up
two hours without fatigue or Distress -
When this report vas read 20 him
the colonel again insisted that be
would be able to leave the hospital by
Monday at the latest. Late in the
afternoon while the colonel was sleep
Ing Mrs. Roosevelt and Mrs. Long
worth went motoring. 1t was the
drst time Mrs. Roosevelt had stepped
outside the hospital since arriving.