New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-17
BEST TO LET BALL STAY
Local Authorities Agree on Wis.
dom OF COIonel'S Physicians.
CONDITIONS AUGUR WELL
Point to Speedy Recovery-No
Comparison with Garfield's
Case, Says DR.. Dawbarn.

Local surgeons and medical authorities
agreed yesterday In declaring that the
decision OF the physicians I'm attendance
on Colonel Roosevelt not TO probe for
the bullet indicated that the patient was
In the best possible condition. Although
they RETAINED from discussing in detail
the individual case. from lack Of personal
knowledge OF particulars, they united I'm
asserting that everything seemed 10 point
70 speedy recovery.
'If reports arc substantiated,' said Or.
! Robert Able at his home, AZ the Hotel
Buckingham, last night, that Colonel
Roosevelts attending physicians have an
nounced their intention Of letting the bull
let remain where It IS, It would point
20 an excellent condition Of their patient.
There Is nothing In the bullet itself TO
causr worry, and It's presence I'm the body
| in future will not mean much more than
souvenir Of an unpleasant happening
Colonel Roosevelt seems 10 be In excellent
condition physically, which will help tow
ard q speedy recovery. He could not
he Is now receiving"
DR.. Robert H. NJ Dawbarn, attached to
the staff OF the Rebeau Hospital and for
merry associated with the governments
medical forces, expressed similar sentl-
ments
"The reports from the patient are very
satisfactory" he said. "I would heartily
approve OF such a step as has been taken
! I'm allowing the bullet 10 remain where Il
has become embedded. Judging from the
coloners condition as reported. Instead
Of there being Increased danger from such
a move, as some might think. II is the
best thing that could be done, I'm the
light Of the new fact reported that the
pistol used was new one, instead Of an
old weapon, as at first thought. II was,
Of course, wise to make use OF the anti
! toxin as an early preventive OF danger
from tetanus however.
I'm the case of Garfcld's Injuries N
which Rooscvelts have been COMPARED
| the treatment was an entirely different
| matter There the victim was shot In \
dirty railroad station. and was imme-
diately surrounded by a sweaty mos
which kicked up enough dust 10 stlfie a
man. DR.. Bliss. who was near by, was
rushed to the scene, and on the spo,
where Garfield fell, with more or less
dirty instruments which he had In his
pocket, he probed for the bullet.
He wanted to show that everything IN
, the power Of medical aid was being done
| for the President. but II Is unqucstionab,,
! true that the wound became infected A
! that time. An examination OF the BODY
| afterward showed the presence through.
out II Of small masses OF infection, which
must have come from the dust and dir,
Of that early probing.
But In the present case the treatment
the patient has received has been OF the
most admirable sort. He is being attend
ed by the best of surgeons, and their de-
cislon TO allow the bullet to remain would
apparently indicate the most satisfa Glory
| progress OF the case"
| Indications are that Roosevelts con.
| dition is not serious" was the statement
| OF DR.. c. Thompson. house surgeon oil
the Polytechnic Hospital. This is due e
the announced intention 10 give up prob
| ing the wound. There is nothing in tho
human body to cause a chemical chang,
in the lead OF the bullet which would bt
harmful. and unless the bullet interfere,
with the action Of the muscles there will
be no Inconvenience from It"