New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-16
fines to Hospital After
Acute AttaCk--ReSt-
ing Quietly.
WIFE REMAINS
AT HIS BEDSIDE
Surgeons Issue Two Bul-
letins Giving Assurance
of His Safety.

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yesterday afternoon. The operation
was pronounced highly successful by
pr. Charles II. Peck, who performed it.
He said late last night that, while the
Msyor had had an acute attack, his
eopdition was entirely satisfactory,
and that because of his good health
otberwise he rallied quickly from the
operation and no complications were
expected.
l:45 o'clock this morning it was
stated at the hospital that the Mayor
was sleeping soundly and that his gen
eral condition was all that could be ex-
reeted. II was said that DR.. Peck
would remain in the Mayors room all
night
The Mayor was stricken early yester-
day morning at his home, in the Peter
Stuyvesant. at Riverside Drive and
Ninetv-eighth Street. He had been in
excellent health recently. He had
mild attack of appendicitis last spring,
but it passed without serious results.
Or. Peck, the Mayors family physi-
eian. was summoned at noon. The Mayor
had previously telephoned his secre-
sry. Theodore Rousseau, at the City
Hall, and told him that he would not
be able TO attend the hearings before
the Board of Estimate in the afternoon.
He told his secretary that he was suf-
fering from severe pains in his abdo-
men.
DR.. Peck soon diagnosed the Mayors
trouble as appendicitis, and called in
DR.. Woodruff L. Post, of $40 West
Tinety-third Street, and DR.. George z.
Brewer. of 16 East Sixty-fourth Street.
They decided that an operation was
necessary. The Mayor was taken to
the hospital in q private ambulance az
4:3O .. m. His wife and mother, Mrs.
John Mitchell, accompanied him.
Operation Success.
The Mayor was taken to Room 4, in
the west wing of the hospital, overlook
ing Tenth Avenue, and prepared for
the operation. He was taken to the op-
Grating room at $50 o'clock. DR.. Peck,
who is chief operating surgeon at
Roosevelt Hospital. was assisted by DR..
Post At 6:04 the operation was pro-
nounced complete and successful.
The patient was taken back TO his
room and four nurses placed in attend
ance. Mrs Mitchell and the Mayors
mother had reserved Room 2, adjoin-
ing the Mayors room. The Mayors
aunt Miss Purroy. joined the family
at the hospital The women remained
al the patients bedside until he had
recovered from the effects of the an@s-
thetic. The Mayors mother and aunt
left the hospital later. Mrs. Mitchell
remained by her husband all night.
It was recalled at the hospital that
four years ago DR.. Peck operated upon
Nrs. Mitchell for appendicitis. DR..
his distinguished patient throughout
the night, though he did not anticipate
any unfavorable developments. He
said the condition of the Mayor was
following the usual course Of success
ful operations.
The Mayor was unconscious from
the an8sthetic for some time follow
ing the operation. His wife and mother
sat by the bed for more than an hour
before he began 70 recognize them. No
one else was allowed in the room.
While the anesthetic still held the
patient in its grip, DR.. Peck came down
stairs smiling and chcerfuily verified
the report Of a successful operation.
New Bulletin Early To-day.
''Yes, the reports that the operation
was very successful are true" he said.
Up 20 this time Mr.. Mitchell is still
under the influence Of the anssthetic.
He is in Room T. on the second floor
Of the hospital. This room is large
and well lighted. II adjoins room in
which the Mayors wife and mother
will spend the night"
The official bulletin issued after the
operation read as follows:
Mayor Mitchell was taken iii with
acute appendicitis early this morning.
The symptoms increased in severity,
and after a consultation between Drs.
Brewer. Post and Peck, he was re-
moved % Roosevelt Hospital, where he
was successfully operated upon at $3.50
D. m. The case was sharply acute,
but he has undergone the operation
well and his condition is satisfactory.
"DR. WOODRUFF l. POST"
"DR. CHARLES PECK"
~ II o'clock last night the surgeons
Issued another bulletin, as follows:
Mayor Mitchell is resting easily and
ms condition is satisfactory at this
time. His temperature is 9S.2, pulse
100, respiration q.
CHARLES II. PECK.
WOODRUFF l.. POST"
u vas said that the physicians would
rot issue another bulletin until 8
o'clock this morning unless the pa
iients condition should take a turn
iof the worse, which was not looked
for.
Had Attack Before.
The Mayors sudden attack came as
shock % his associates In the city
s'sernmept and his personal friends
v9tide. George AcAneny, President
~ ne Bosrd-of Aldermen, presided az
ne motor bus hearing before the Boa ID
LHiimate In the Mayors place. Mr.
,..ehneny viii be acting Mayor in
"Ayor Nitchels absence. II is not cx-
.f,ff that he vii return 20 his Office
City Hall for several weeks. Tn.
hysieians a. the hospital said he
you'd probably have 20 remain there
" 80 weeks, and that he would be
,,nyaieseent for probably four or FIVE
FsekS longer.
5osi before the Mayor went West,
80 ~ May. 70 the ranch Of A. A. An
iron, fouy-hye miles northwest OF
,ot' Wyo., On 4 hunting trip-in fact.
20 days before he stsrted-he com
~bsd ~ slight pains in his abdomen,
H'9 Dr PEEK vas called in 10 examine