The Washington herald., 1922-09-10
FEVER RUNS HIGH
Pain Is Diminished and
Patient Is Able to Take
Nourishment.
VETERANS REQUEST
SPECIAL PRAYERS
President Feels Strain as
He Watches by Wife's
Bedside.

A somewhat more encouraging re-
port on the condition OF Mrs. Hard
ing. wife OF the President was ia
sued at $40 last night. by DR.. c z.
Sawyer. the Harding physician. The
pauents condition. however. con-
tinues critical.
The bulletin, the first issued since
3 a. m. yesterday. follows:
Mrs Harding's condition at 7.so
p. m: Temperature. 1O2.2; respira-
tion' Se; pulse. l12 Excretion BY
kidneys somewhat Increased Lab
oratory findings indicate less auto
intoxication.
Pain In abdomen has dfminished
Patient has been able to take ana
retain some nourishment. Condition
still critical.
.Dr. George T. Harding ir
president Harding's brother,.
Joined the medical council Saturday
morning DIR. Charles Mayo. who
has been called TO confer on surRf-
cal aspects Of the case. viii arrive
IN washington at a. m. Sunday.
(signed) SAWYER
High Fewer Continue..
The high temperature Indicated
made known through callers dur
ing the day that Mrs. aHrdinR,s fe-
yer was giving her physicians CON-
cern.
Just before the Issuance of IN.
bulletin George Christian. secretarv
TO the President. announced thar All
symptoms in Mrs. Harding's case
were most diseouraging. while the
distinguished patient had been
easier and was conscious much Of
the time. her general condition did
not appear to show encourarernent
At times Mrs. Harding. under the
spell OF the high fever, would Iapse
INTO semi-conscious condition ana
tug nervously at the bed cIothing.
/ President Harding. the physicians
and nurses are the only person,
permitted In the siclS-roon. The
President was with her at 7:so at
the time the bulletin was written
by DR. Sawyer.
shows Nc Improvement.
George Christian and Albert n
Laskcr. chairman OF the Unit,a
states Shipping Board who left the
White House shortly after midnight
last night, said that there was e.
couragemnt over Mrs Hardfnrss
condition in that there had besn
no turn for the worse since early
evening
While there had been no i'm
provement. no lowering Of the tenn
perature, which remained about
1O2. the fact that Mrs. Hardins was
holding her own was a hopeful
sign. DR.. George T. Harding. ,r-
the Presidents brother. was hope
fuI for the patient. He told NJ.
Lcsker that he had been Just as
dangerously i'll at one time and had
recovered.
DR.. John NJ. T Finney. Of Johns
Hopkins. returned 70 Baltimore. bu,
was expected TO return to the white
House today to consult with Or.
Charles E. Mayo. Of Rochester.
Mimi. when the latter reachs here.
Reports Of Death Dented.
Senator Harry New. Of Indiana. a
close personal friend OF tn Hard
ings. called last night at the. White
House.
Told Of reports that Mrs. Hard
ing had died. Nv said: That is a
dam lie"
White House officials were kept
busy during the night denying re-
ports emanating from various points
that Mrs. Harding's death hsd
occurred. These rumors began
coming in early in the day.
Mrs. Edward B. Mclean. a close
personal friend OF Mrs. Harding.
sped to Washington last night on
"a speial train from New York.
having left Bar Harbor. Me-. upon
hearing OF her distinguished frie.d's
serious illness. She arrived az the
Executive Mansion around mid