The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-08-02
FIRE OUT. SAYS
HARDING'S DOCTOR

HARDING'S DOCTOR
Just after hts final nights exami
nation. DR.. Charles T. Sawyer said
Ills temperature now Is normal.
as Il has been practically all lay
This VIC take 10 mean that the fire
Is ont. 80 FAR as the fcbrile condition
IL concerned. We do not say ths,
II VIII stay out. II may not, We
hope IL will.
sawyer said ihe presidents gen
crai condition vas about the same
as when tho lns, official bulletin
was issued. shortly before p. m,
yesterday. This bulletin said Mr
Harding was resting comfortably.
after restless day. and that tho
lung condition was slightly i'm.
proved
The physicians settled down 20
day 10 what promised to be a LONG
period of vigilance over their pa.
tlent. Lieut.. Com. ]. T. Boone re.
NAMED with him during the night
While all Indications furnished by
Mr. Hardins's condition pointed 20
uninterrupted proEress toward com
pletc recovery. his doctors. headed
hy Sawyer. warned that "upa and
downs undoubtedly would occur.
and that some days tho proslden,
might not be 70 well
Even a, tho best. sawyer empha
sized. thu recovery win be
slow. ard Mr.. Harding viii for some
days 20 come continue to be a very
sick man.
There viii be many dayR." said
Sawyer early this morning. just be-.
fore he went 10 bed. when there
viii b. no big news on tho prcsl.
dents condition. There win be days
when there viii be no apparent
change. or only very slight
change. We have now ue,,ied down
10 slow. gradual. and. We hope. un.
Interrupted process Of rebuilding
the exhausted system Of our patient.
l will say 10 sou what sai1 TO him
that things arc. 80 much better
than they might have been. that We
all have cause for the deepcs,
thankflinens.r
CONSULTATIONS
TO CONTINUE
For tho present AZ least, the
twice daily consultations Of doctors
Will continue a little later. when
the presidents progress seems 10
warrant u, some OF the doctors
may discontinue their attendance.
merely standing by 10 lend their
aid II u IL again needed.
DIR. Sawyer and his colleagues
have been careful and viii continue
10 avoid making definite predictions
concerning the probable time OF
any particular development IN the
case. such as the abandonment az
the two consultations.
The immediate present "a all tha,
the doctors dare speak OF In terms
of certainty. Sawyer made plain
In one OF his frank talks about the
case. No matter how skilled. he
said. no medical man can foreteil
Ut what UouF or what uAy Harding
can be considered to have passed
definitely out OF danger. There Ia
danger 80 long MS the president re.
mains subject TO any complications,
no matter how slIght.
These complications. which are
common 20 all sick persons. Or.
Sawyer said, might include anything
from an liberated tooth to nervous.
ness or indigestion. Such develop.
mcnts. he explained, would be dan.
gerous only in the sense that they
would constitute danger signals"
warning the doctors that there was
some interruption in the march
towards recovery.
Facing the almost certain pros.
peot that some slight complications
or side shows as Sawyer called !
them. would occur. the doctors all |
said II would be the height Of alb.
surdty for them to try to set a
date when II would probably be safe |
to move Harding 10 Washington. |
They were impatient over pub. /
lished report that he might leave |
san9FrancIsco on Sunday.