The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-02-08
COL. ROOSEVELT
YET MAY FACE
WORST CRISIS
Night Bulletin Seems to Be
More Hopeful Than That
of Afternoon.
EARDRUM Is PUNCTURED
To-day to Determine WAether
Further Operations Will
BE Necessary.
EARDRUM IS PUNCTURED

BE Necessary.
a rather alarming bulletin regarding
the condition Of Col Roosevelt. which
was issued 1t Roosevelt Hospital yss-
terday afternoon AFTER surgical oensui-
tation. was supplemented last aight By
one Of more feassuring character. The
latest bulletin. given to the prsss By the
coloners secretary. Miss Josephine n.
Stricken. q little before p. NJ. follows:
DIR. Martin ana DR.. Dual consulted
ever the condition Of Col Roosevelt: at
o'cloc.s. They found that the active
symptoms from the acute inflammation
e' his internal ear we're subsidin4 with
est any outward Developments They
,eel very hopeful about his progress.
IN, are unable to say positively untn
tomorrow whether further operations
Hi!l be necessary"
More BxDefts called IN.
The first bulletin. carrying An aAmts-
SION that the situation was ssrious wa
put forth at about { O'Clock IN the after.
noon following . two hours consulta.
ton of four opeciAllvts. II read:
"Coi. Roosevelt had an abscsss In both
cars. which were operated on yesterday
wednesday, Afternoon. The Colonel
passed q comfortable night. but tbs
morning Inflammation had developed
from his left ear into his internal ear.
This afternoon It was found advisAc;s
to cali In DR.. Gorham Bacon and DR..
Fred whiting. eye ana car specialists
who went jnts oonsuitatien With DR..
Duel, another eye Ana ear specialist who
performsd the operation ys.terday. and
also Or. Walton Martin. the surgeon
attending Col. Roossvalt. = f,'
ions were indicated at present While
his condition 10 serious. nothing more Is
70 b done than careful observation for
the present."
None Of the surgeons had anything to
say about the cAse beyond the state
ments Of the bulletins. 1t was fndi-
eated. however. that their gravest fear
lay in the possibility that tho inflAm-
NATION In the left ear. resulting from
an abscel8 which was lanced on Wednes-
day. might extend to ths mastoid process
and necessitate IN operation for mas
,oiditis, which, although exceedingly
situatlen Net Critical.
Last nights bulletin suggests that this
possibility 10 somewhat remote and that
there il promise Of the ear heAAng In .
normal and satisfactory manner. Last
night Or. Harold Keyes. house surgeon
AA D.
exclusively 10 Col Roosevelt The faca
that the Other practitionsrs did not deem
IT necessary to return to the hospital
until to-day helped - prove that the
situation was BY no means critical.
Three trained nurses spent the night
in q near tlhs bedroom. Mro. Roosevelt
and the Coloners cousin. w. Emlen
Roosevelt. who II president Of the hos
pitl. took rooms there for the nisht-
Mrs, Nicholas LongWorth and Ars
Richard Derby. the Colonel's daOghters
were at the hospital all day. but late IN
the evening went to the Hotel Lansdon
i"fth avenue and Fifty-seventh street
oonhdent that their father was getting
along all right.
In lancinG the abscess In the left eax
found pus hack of the drum membrana
ard had to punoture the drum ID 70.
move It. Yesterday this condition wa1
relieved. hut . purulent condition Of the
middle ear was discovered. II was ttsil
slppuration. 1t was said. which CAUSED
the surgeons to dhscuss tho possibility
OF further operations in case the infec.
ton spread.
Consult Again To-day.
II II evident that the principal ques.
ton in yesterdays two consultations VA
whcther a moro extended Operation
"onld be required at once, or At all. tha
40 decision as to immediate necessity
Vas IN the negative. and that there vii
''s another consultation to-day. with thu
"artots. AZ they say, feeling ''very hope
,lF' because recent developments havI
h'cr encouraging. Although no one va,
'ncl!ncd to deny tho possibility Of grav,
,Mnpficatlons. tho feeling At the hospata
st night was noticeably opitimistic
a. was felt that to-day will tell the story
Coz. Roosevelt Is on the second floor o.
'e building which bears HE famil,
lame. Mrs. Roosevelt. who has An ad
Joining room. did not leave the floor al
day. Miss Stricker. the devoted secre
fary. also spent the day at the hoapita
'ak'ng caro- OF the many telegrams ant
'e!ephone messages that arrived, bu
won't homo last night. Mrs. Longwortl
descended to the street floor OCCASIONAL,
meet callers. none Of whom was al
owed to see the patient Among thes,
We're ex-Mayor. now Major. Johl
fur'oy Mitchell, who 10 awaiting
,fssnnent to an aviation camp
George W. Perkins. Oscar 8. .Straus
chairman Of the Pubic Service Com
n.lsHon; Jossph q. Bishop. WHOM
resident Roosevelt made secretary o
~" Panama Canal Commiassen, IN,
apt Eddie Burke Of the Police Depart
anen' commander ot ths squad nov
guarding the bridges.
captaln Eddie u . very special frisn
me Colonel. He Joined Sl,o pole
"a"n tho Colonel was q Commits sIopea
later endcared himself 10 his frien
service ~ gunnsr's mate n IN
spanish american war. All the visitor
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