The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-09-30
SENATOR LODGE
UNDER KN|FE Of
THE SURGEONS
Operation Performed Last
Friday and News of States
mans Serious Condition
Kept From Public.
VITALITY LOW AND
PATIENT VERY WEAK
Condition Pronounced Salts
factory, but the Physicians
Agree That He Is Not
Yet Out of Danger.

NAHANT, Mass, Sept. 29-United
States Senator Henry Cabot Lodge,
senior member Of the Massachusetts,
delegation in congress, who was
operated upon Friday for a gastric
ulcer. according to his physicians to-
night, was "not entirely out of
DANGER
News of the senator's illness leaked
out by accident today. Then it was
| learned that for twenty -four hours fol
lowing the operation his life had been
despaired Of The operation itself, his
physicians said, was successful, but the
patient, weakened by his labors at the
extra session of congress, did not have
the vitality to rally promptly from the
shock. His recovery, according to DR..
F. B. Harrington, one Of his physicians,
largely is matter Of vitality, in which
his sixty-four years and the fact that
he was a very tired man previous to
the operation, must be taken into con-
sideration According to DR.. Frederick
Winslow, another of the physicians, the
senator's condition late tonight was
"e1cellent.'
Secretary's Statement.
The silence of the Lodge household
at Eastern Point was broken for the
first time since the senator's return
from Washington, by his secretary, E.
T, Clark, who gave out the following
statement tonight:
"Senator Lodge was operated on
last Friday for gastric ulcer The
senator had been suffering for some
days with what was thought to be an
attack of Indigestion, but his condition
| became so critical that the physicians
| found an immediate operation neces-
sary. DR.. Harrington and DR.. Winslow,
! who are in charge Of the case, today
pronounced the senator S condition en-
tirely satisfactory.
Even some Of the senator's most
intimate friends were surprised to learn
of the serious nature Of his illness. He
had returned from Washington ten days
ago, complaining that he was tired and
wanted to rest.
Doctor Called In.
In the seclusion of his estate On
Massachusetts bay he took many short
strolls, but on Wednesday he com
| plained Of the increasing severity OF
his indisposition, Thursday he called
in the family physician, DR.. Laurence
Cusick, who found the senator suffering
from an ulcer of the stomach. The
growth was acutely developed, he said,
and he advised an Immediate operation.
This met with the opposition Of
Senator Lodge, who thought such step
unnecessary, and believed that he was
too weak to 90 under tho knife.
The family, now greatly worried,
called in Drs. Harrington and Winslow;
who confirmed the diagnosis of DR..
Cusick, and said that an operation was
| necessary to save the patient IS life.
PRAYERS to the DOCTORS advice and the
senator submitted to their will.
Rally Not Satisfactory.
Dr.. Harrington performed tho opera
ton Friday, assisted by DR., Winslow,
A slight rally on Saturday was not
satisfactory to the physicians, and an
other consultation was held Sunday. By
this time still further gain, though
slight, offered more encouragement, and
DR.. Winslow's report on his condition
late tonight as excellent" indicated
additional improvement.
Hundreds Of kilograms and telephone
messages poured into the senator's
home tonight when news of his illness
became known. Secrecy had been main
| tanned at the request of the senator
| himself, it was said, and two police
men maintained guard around the
| estate.