Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1912-10-16

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Chicago, Oct. 17.-Co1onel Roosevelt,
his family with him and satisfied as to
his condition. 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 and
making complete clinical examina-
ton found his pulse, respiration and
temperature closer than it had been at
any time to the normal, and so nearly
at their usual points that concern over
his condition vanished and the ex.
tremely conservative conduct gave
way to a desire to establish public as
surance that no complications now
were looked for to stand in the way OF
rapid recovery.
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.
"Hello!" shouted the colonel gaily,
when Mrs. Roosevelt appeared in his
doorway laughing. She had been told
on the way up to his floor that the
colonels condition had been found ex-
ceptionally good in the. examination
just concluded and her apprehension
had vanished.
Extends CHEEKY Greetings.
When the other members of the fam
lily appeared the same CHEEKY greeting
met them at the doorway and he
asked them to draw up chairs to his
bedside and gossip" with him.
Dr.. Lambert stopped only long
enough to wave cheerful salute and
then went into an adjoining room,
where the attending physicians went
| over the situation with him in tech.
| nical detail. The colonel ate his usual
hearty breakfast and before the ar.
rival of his family appeared anxious
| that his room be tidied up to point
where he felt it would meet the ap.
| prevail of the critical eye of Mrs.
Roosevelt, whom he proudly described
as good housekeeper.
II don't want to be scolded for care.
lessness," he explained, laughingly.
At the examination made while the
wound was being dressed he again
looked down at it and discussed its
apparent good condition with DR.. Muir.
! ply. He was shown the bulletin is
sued by the physicians, and merely
grunted satisfied approval.
| Mrs. Roosevelt has been provided
an apartment adjoining and connected
with the patients room and she will
remain there during his stay at Mercy
hospital. She was of the opinion the
others of his family would stay with
friends here.
~Awoke "FeeIing Fine"
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at $40 feeling f1ne," as he expressed
it to his night nurse, who prepared to
take his clinical record. At that time
the colonel had had more than three
hours of unbroken rest and his con-
dition showed marked Improvement.
The clinical record showed Colonel
Roosevelt's temperature to be 98.6, his
pulse "a and his respiration 20. This
indicates decrease in his tempera.
ture of 2, ten beats in his pulse, and
two counts in his respiration in, ten
hours.
| 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 of Macaulay's Essays which he
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 start and re-
sumo his reading.
| Up to 2 o'clock in the morning his
clinical record was regularly taken,
but shortly after that time he fell into
| a deep slumber from which he did not
awaken until long past daylight. That
the long, deep sleep had been benef.
cial was at once apparent and it hard.
/ ly needed his expression of feeling
fine" to confirm his general appear
ance.
! AS soon as the colonel awoke he in.
sisted upon having his breakfast
which he had ordered before midnight
for Z o'clock. He was dissuadcd, how
ever, from having it at this hour and
was told he first must have bath.
it Would Keep.