The Washington times., 1923-08-01
SAWYER
JOYED BY
STEADY
GAIN
President AWoke Only Ones
and Temperature Is Near
Normal Today.
BY GEORGE r. HOLMES,
International News Service.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. IT,
President Harding had q restful
night obtaining an appreciably re-
lfreshing sleep, and continued to
show Improvement this morning,
it was announced BY DR.. Charles
E. Sawyer, his chief physician, at
8 o'clock.
Temperature Near Normal.
The Presidents temperature this
morning, after his restful night,
was SO degrees, a drop from 100.2
degrees, reported in the last medi.
cal bulletin at IL o'clock last night.
His pulse this morning was Ia a..
compared with 116 last night and
his respiration was unchanged
at 40.
DIR. Sawyer declined to make any,
specific comment upon the Presi<
dents condition until after the
usual forenoon consultation with
his colleagues, Doctors Wilbur
Cooper, Boone and Work, but prom.
ised a medical bulletin at 10
o'clock.
Confidence Apparent.
The optimism that has been sol
apparent since yesterday, and the.
confidence on the part of the ply
sicians that Mr.. Harding has passed
the worst of his illness were still
apparent this morning, and the
belief prevailed that nightfaH will
see the President considerably prog
ressed on his road to recovery.
The long restful night which was,
passed in the sick room last night
was source of great qualification
to the attending physicians. They
have continually dwelt upon Hard:
ing's need for restful sleep as a:
cure for the nervous exhaustion
and extreme weakness which fol-
lowed his attack of ptomaine pois-s
oning. This sleep, they indicated
did the Chief Executive more good
than any other single thing.
Awakened Only Once.
The President got in SEVERAL
hours of sleep before midnight. Hell
awakened after midnight for al
short period and then went back to
sleep until nearly o'clock this
morning, when the sun of another
bright California day began to-
He sent for his valet and Dr.,
Boone and they found him cheer
full and rested.
The physicians, all of whom spent
the night in the hotel. as they have
every night since the President
came to San Francisco, assembled
shortly after o'clock for the
usual examination and consulta-'
tons.
May See Daugherty.
The President may see his first
visitor today since his illness be-
came Serious" Attorney General
Harry NJ. Daugherty, his longtime
friend and intimate political as
sociate, is due to arrive in San
Francisco this morning, and it is
see the Chief Executive.
The steady gains that have been
recorded in the history of the case
have been more pleasing to the
medical men than rapid improve
ment. The steadiness of the Presi-
dents recovery, they say, proves
that the natural vigor of Mr.. Hard
ing and his fundamentally sound
constitution have begun to assert
themselves in a normal way.
While the latest medical bulletins
from the sick room have not spe-
officially mentioned the pneumonia
patches in the right lung, the APP
pearance of which late Sunday
night was the most alarming factor
of his illness, it is understood that
these are clearing up, and most Of
the fears the doctors felt on this
score have been dispelled.
The oxygen tanks which were
placed in the Presidents sick room