Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-07

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Colonel Roosevelt was visited twice
last evening by DR.. j. A. Fuller of this
village. At 1890 O'Clock, when the
second visit was made, the patient eX-
planned to the physician, II felt as
though my heart was going to stop
beating DR.. Faller had no reason to
believe, however, that Mr.. Roosevelt
was in any immediate danger. SO GER
tain was he that this was true that
Mr. Roosevelt and the nprse retired.
One of Colonel Roosevelt's New
York physicians visited him Friday
but although the former president
was suffering some pain from the
rheumatism he made light of it, laugh
ing and chatting without restraint,
Colonel Roosevelt called to Saga
more Hill yesterday village barber
whose work he liked.
Pm feeling bully, john he said,
but ! sent for you because / don't
feel like shaving myself today, so get
ready.
Colonel Roosevelt's final illness dat
ed from last February 1t was on the
fifth of that month, that, following
an operation on one of his ears he
was removed from oyster Bay to the
Roosevelt hospital in New York. He
remained there until March 3, mean
while undergoing two more operations.
Two months later he insisted on keep
ing speaking engagements arranged
for him in many cities and until the
fall continued to give from the plat
form his views on international at
fairs
In November he was forced to re-
turns to the hospital for treatment of
rheumatism. Today, through an an
nouncement by his physicians, con-
corning the cause of his DEATH 1t be-
came known that three weeks before
he left the hospital to return to Saga
more Hill on Christmas day. he had
suffered a pulmonary embolism which
nearly proved fatal.
III Almost Year.
New York, Jan. 6.--Colonel Roose-
velt's last illness may be said to date
from last February. On February 5
1t was announced that he had been
removed from his home in Oyster
Bay to the Roosevelt hospital In this
city, following an operation on one
of his ears. Soon after his arrival at
the hospital he underwent two more
operations for the removal of dis
eased tissue in his infected ear and
it was admitted at the time that he
was seriously ill., He remained at
the hospital until March g.
During May and June the colonel
made number Of addresses, speak
Ing at Springfield. Mass, and in New
York. In June he made a tour of
the west during which he suffered
slight attack of erysipelas in one of
his legs but refused to give up his
engagements. Early in November,
the colonel was taken to Roosevelt
hospital in this city for the treat
ment of rheumatism and sciatica.
While in the hospital reports became
current that the colonel was more
seriously i'll than his physicians
would admit. Colonel Roosevelt re-
turned to his home in oyster Bay on
Christmas day, remarking as he step
bed to the porch that he was feeling
bully!" q
On the day before Christmas when
Colonel Roosevelt left the hospital
here to spend the holiday in Oyster
Bay, Miss Stricken, in speaking of his
condition, said he was in slight pain
at intervals. but apparently was far
from being seriously i'll. On the Sum
day previous to his departure for his
home he had dictated articles for
the Kansas City Star and other pub
LEGATIONS from II a. m. until 2 .. m.
He ate well and slept like a child
SO marked had been his improve
ment at the hospital that Mrs. Roose-
welt. who at the beginning remained
with her husband continuously was
importuned by him to rest. She went
to Oyster Bay, returning two or three
times a week to visit him and bring
him table delicacies of which he was
especially fond. Il