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was limited to family circle happen.

was limited to family circle happen.
inGs.
Meanwhile DIR. Lambert had sought
out DIR. Murphy, who gave him first hand
a technical description Of the wound,
and he agreed with the surgeons that 1t
was unnecessary at this time to remove
the bullet In view Of the fact that it ap-
parently was not causing trouble.
When 1t Is segregated from the other
tissue by natural processes 1t can easily
he removed without inconvenience 10
the patient, no said. DR.. Lambert
brought a word Of praise for Mrs.
Roosevelt's courage.
Mrs. Roosevelt's Courage.
"She, is a remarkably brave woman"
he declared. Every one has taken this
dreadful thing as calmly az possible, but
the courage she has shown has been
truly remarkable"
With the exception OF Mrs. Roosevelt
the other members Of the family left
the hospital shortly after noon. They
Will stay with friends in the immediate
vicinity of the hospital. Mrs. Roose-
welt took luncheon with the Colonel.
At 1880 the surgeons issued the fol-
lowing official bulletin:
Col. Roosevelt's pulse was 10 and tenn
perature % 8 throughout the entire morning.
He is breathing a little easier. His general
condition is excellent.
JOIN r. MURPHY. NJ. d.
..-..ssA. ARTHrR d. BEvAN. NJ. d.
s. l.. TERRELL. NJ. d.
Has Medical Callers.
During the early afternoon DR.. Lam
bert. DR.. w. A. Evans. former Health
Commissioner Of Chicago. and DR..
Woods Hutchinson called on the Colonel
In the middle OF the afternoon an
X-ray photograph Of Col. Roosevelt's 8
the exact location of the bullet. The
Colonel dropped off to sleep afterward
and slept for more than an hour On
awakening he made several corrections
in the manuscript of the speech which
Albert j. Beveridge is making at Louis
VILE tonight. These corrections were
telegraphed to Mr.. Beveridge at Louis
Vile. The local Progressive leaders de-
clined to make known just what these
corrections were.
Mrs Longworth and Theodore, Jr.,
called again for a few minutes. after
which the Colonel and Mrs. Roosevelt
had dinner together and they spent the
early evening together alone, only
hurses and surgeons being permitted to
enter the sick chamber.
Another Favorable Bulletin.
At $3.50 the following official bulletin
was given out:
Highest temperature, %; highest
pulse. 10: highest respiration -: blood
count. 1000: II per cent. neutrophiles: 10
per cent. less than yesterday. Less dis
tress in moving; less distress in breathing.
General conditions very satisfactory.
j. B. Murphy, A. ID. Bevan, Scurry Terrell,
Ale exander Lambert
In explaining the meaning Of the bull
letin DR.. Lambert said that the per-
centage of neutrophiles shows n falling
Inflammation. This percentage of neu-
trophies in pneumonia runs as high as
90 or 96 per cent, with the average
about 66 to ~.
He said that in the red blood test
which is the hemoglobin test for color
the Colonel this afternoon showed per-
centage Of 95. which is considerably
more than In the average person who Is
In an apparently normal condition. Theo-
reiically the percentage should he 100,
bt In practically every case It IL around
80 or 9S
In other words. after being shot and
withstanding the shock through which
he has gone the Colonel's red blood av-
| erage is higher than that OF a normal
person. DIR. Lambert seemed to be we'll
pleased with the condition of the patient.
DIR. Lambert said:
Il am struck with the excellence of
Col. Roosevelt's condition after what he
| has been through. There II no question
that 1t Is serious wound with serious
possibilities, none OF which have ap-
peared. and We shall not anticipate or
cross any bridge until we get there.
Il shudder when read how narrow
an escape Col. Roosevelt had. The
bullet struck him from below at an
angle such that unless DETECTED II
would have surely passed through the
middle lobe Of the right lung upward and
inward through the auricles Of the heart
or the arch of the aorta.
THE folded manuscript and the heavy
steel spectacle case checked and de-
fected the bullet so that It passed up at
such an angle that It went outside the
ribs and In the muscles. II this defiec-
tion had not occurred and had the bullet
gone through the auricle OF the aorta
or the auricles of the heart Col. Rooss-
welt would not have lived sixty seconds. "
DIR. Lambert Is expected to remain In
Chicago until the danger point has
passed.