The sun., 1919-01-07

from oyster bay OHCc more 10 the ROosc-
welt Hospital. 1t was thought at nrs;
that he was suffering from scia,ica bpt
Or. j. H. Richards, who attended hin,
diagnosed his case as one OF inflamma.
tory rheumatism. Concerning hts STA.
at the hospital Or. Charles H. Grlmshav
superintendent of the institution. YES.
terday gave the following account:
The Colonel was attended by two
nurses and his physlcians, During All
the time he was here he was absolu,a,v
his old self. The pain that he sur,~,d
internationally could not subdue his vita
spirit. IIe was cheerful even In lis
suffering, which he TESTED about
'lIe spoke in/his usual emphatic man.
ner, choosing his words carefully, usually
avoiding political discussions, although
no did talk with some of his mary cal.
ers about the European trip Of Pres!deu,
Wilson. His main topic was thu war
and the problems growing out Of &C.
"Dr. Richards had put the Culone, q.
diet, and this was the occasion ~
many lively debates in which the Colonel
described many dishes that he SAID h,
wanted but which he knew ne could not
have. lie was an exec lent patient. how
ever. He joked with his attendants, nu.
he obeyed.
"a week before Christmas the ,>,',-,t
announced that he had decided tn sp,al
the holidays at home at O,.~trr Ba,. uo
was advised to stay tp" - lo7go-.
but his condition was not dangerous O..
any way at that time and the point was
not insisted upon.
Every hour or so he suffered severe
pain, in which he seemed to take an al
most impersonal interest. making il
game to guess how long the pain would
| last When the first twiner came lie
would look at the clock and say:
"'Thls pain will last two minutes or
| three minutes, or four. and he wouI
congratulate himself as a good eueac-
When he hit II about right, which he
| frequently did.
| "He ioked, too, about the way the vain
shifted from place to place, now in tina
left knee, now in the right great toe
Always he was cheerful
| con Christmas Day, true 70 the mo-
gramme he had made for himself, Re
arose and dressed. Instead OF calling 4
| taxi he walked out OF the hospital wont
to the subway, took a train to the Penn
! sylvania station and then train to
oyster Bay.
There was nothing in his condition
when he left the hospital tina. could 'ava
caused anxiety concerning his sury.ya'"
The Colonel himself told those ava.
the hospital that he felt "buily." So J.,
passed into history.
| II became known shortly after in
announcement that Col. Roosevelt fg'.
cred similar emholism which anos.
| cost him his life while he was In the ,os-
pital The seizure attacked him in me
chest and he was in great pain for TWEEN.
ty-four hours. Howevr. the Colonel came
through this safely physicians uscr'h.
ing this to the fact that the blood .'ot
in this instance was much smaller than
that which ended his life.
No Way TO Combat 'lct
| DR. Richards and DR.. Hartwe,l were
of the opinion that the embolism might
develop again. In such case they real
lied there would be nothing that medical
science could do except to trust to tho
course of nature and hope that the ciot
of blood would not provo to be So iarr'
as TO be fatal. Nothing could be done
to check the course OF the clott wiz
IL was explained. was caused by Il thron.
bosis OF the veins.
The clot. physicians said. caused IA
Colonel no pain whatever when he d.'A
The blood clot passes instantane ously
from the thrombosed vein to tine lung
and the patients death is immediate
| DR.. Richards Classed the case wiz
the ordinary type Of inhammatory r'eu
mat!sm. though pulmonary embolism e
such type is not usual 1t is found
however, usually in childhood. and a NJ
jority of jersons do not develop embol'r.
as a result of infammatory rheunaiisr
at Col. Roosevelt's age. The numbcr
times that the embolism may be p
peated before it brings death varies
nr. Richards, II was learned. express
1 fla .
I South America experience nor the lu'e-.
. ton that brought about his opers''-.
last year contributed to his death u
end, he believed. was caused srP'v y
the common variety of rheumatism