The Washington herald., 1919-10-05

him confined to his bed much
longer.
The President passed most OF TN,
day In easy. natural sIeep, Dr..
Grayson said last night. and h.
deemed the rest and relaxation
most encouraging feature.
Because IL was Saturday, and Tn,
President relaxed so completely.
there was recalled at the Whit,
House a story told on him durins
'he early part OF his frst adminis-
tration. The President was asked
IL he was going to see q certain
man the next day.
'Tomorro~?'' he asked. No. To-
morrow is Saturday. You must re-
member that I'm . schoolnaster and
Saturday is my day OF rest"
So II was truly the P-esident's day
Of rest
Grsyse. More Confident.
Dr. Grsyson- who lie looked upo,
as human barometer as far as he
physically portrays the condition Of
the President was in better spirits
himself today. and had lost much
! OF the worried look that has char
acterized him the past few days.
/ With the return OF Or. r. y. Der
cum from Philadelphia. and the ap-
pearance Of Or. George E. de Schwein-
Itz. an eye specialist. Of the same
, city. there are now five physicians
in attendance upon the President
DR.. de schweinitz is the Presidents
oculist He was in Baltimore TIM
morning and Rear Admiral Cary T.
Grayson, the Presidents personal
physician. took advantage Of his prox-
unity to summon him to Washington
to make an examination OF the Press-
dents eyes. His test deveIoped IN,
fact that the Presidents eyes yer,
in the same condition they wer, ri.
months ago-the date Of me last er.
animation.
1t was merely as q preoaution.y,
measure that Or. Grsyson called the
eye specialist. and the same reason
holds good for DR.. Dercur's .eeopd
visit DR.. Dercum simply hooked
over" the President. il was said. and
agreed with the bulletin which pr.
Grayson had prepared for publication
1t was released shortly before IL
o'clock in the morning and read a.
follows:
The Morning Bunetfn.
The President had q GOOD psrrffs
rest and his condition is NOR, favor
able
DIR. Dercum had nothing 70 add to
this bulletin and the best explan.-
ton given Of DR.. de Schweinitz's ex-
animation was that it was a part ot
the diagnosis OF elimination In
other words, the physicians attend
ing the President are satisfied that
he is suffering from nervous ex-
haustion, yet to make absolutely
certain there are no symptoms Of
impending complications they are
investigating all the probable weak
parts Of his human mechanism.
II was recalled yesterday that for
the last ten days OF the Presi-
dents interrupted nation wide trip
on behalf of the league Of nations
and the peace treaty he suffered
much pain because OF an intense.
headache, and Il was suggested his
eyes might have been responsible
for this. The examination. how
ever. dispels the assumption and
puts the headache in the category
Of an III attendant upon his gen
eral exhausted condition.
The President is channg AZ his
confinement but his resentment. n
1t may be called that brings him
no sympathy from the doctors.
They are a unit in declaring for
absolute rest and quiet" and their
prescription will be the order Of ths
day for some time to come. a. the
President has hard sledding-
ahead before he may call himself a
well man. q
Balks nt Word --Crtsts.-
The ups" and downs" Of the
Presidents condition represents the
concern felt by his physicians. yet
DR.. Grsyson does not like to term.
the present period q -crisis." he
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