Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-08-02
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PRESIDENTIAL IIEADQUAR-
TIERS, PALACE HOTEL, San
Francisco, Aug. 1.-By the Assoc
ciated Press. Am informal state.
ment issued at a. IN. today by
Brigadier General Charles E. Saw
yer, the presidents personal ply
sician, said that Mr.. Harding had
spent "a very restful night and his
pulse at that hour was la, temperar
ture SO, and respiration 40 degrees.
These figures represented de-
cfeases in the pulse rate and temper
atUre as compared with the last pre-
vious bulletin, the pulse rate being
less by two and the temperature one
and tWo-tenths degrees lower. The
respiration rate given in each bulle-
tin was the same.
An official statement issued at
1910 a. m. today by the five doc.
tors attending the president said he
still was much exhausted, but main
tains his normal buoyancy of spirit"
At that hour the chief executive, ac-
cording to the bulletin, was breath
ing with less labor than previously
and there was but little cough.
Secretary Work, Of the interior
department, one of the physicians in
attendance upon the president, was
one of the first to enter the sick
chamber early today. After a. few
minutes there he returned through
the corridors to his room, coaversing
with those who inquired concerning
the chief executive.
"There is nothing to add to tha
statement General Sawyer has given
you," Secretary Work told the news
papermen, adding that every symp-
tom in the case pointed to "a most
pleasing progress on the part of the
president"
There was an understanding today
among members of the presidential
party that the chief executive and
Mrs. Harding would return direct
to washington, leaving San Francis
co as soon as the physicians would
give their permission for the presi.
dent to begin travel.
May Start in Week
The route east was expected to
be via Ogden, Utah; Omaha, Neb.,
and from Chicago to Washington.
Some of the presidents advisers
yesterday indicated their belief that
it would be best for him, during
time visiting with William Wrigley,
Jr., on Catalina island, off the SOUTH
ern California coast. Mr.. Wrigley
has asked Secretary Christian to
take the invitation to Mr.. Harding
as soon as the chief executive can
be talked to about such things, but
it was understood later that there
was no possibility that the trip to
Catalina would be made.
Railroad officials have given care
full study to the selection of the
overland route east and have recon-
mended that the trip home be made
that way, the train running at q
comfortable speed and probably
stopping at nights in order that the
president might hav ecomplete rest.
They had no idea, however, as to
when the start will be made, and the
physicians attending Mr., Harding
said the time depended entirely ON
the rapidity with WHICH the presi-
dent recovered. In the event i'm.
provement continued and there was
no relapse, it was said, there was
reason to believe the start might
be made in about a week.
"On Road to Recovery" t
Brigadier General Charles e. Saw.
yer, chief of the staff of physicians
on the presidents case, still was
standing by his statement Of last
night that the crisis had been passed
and that the president is well on
the road to recovery" Added to this
was the declaration from an au-
thoritative source that the only rea-
son for concern over the presidents
condition was because the patient !.
was the president Of the United
States and not because of any new
symptoms or likelihood of any,.
'Since we have our toxin we'll I'm.
der control, feel safe in saying THAI
we have passed the peak load OF
trouble" was the way General Saw
yer summarized the situation in an
informal statement last night. "I
don't want to be too emphatic about
1t, because we always face compli-
cations, but I feel that the crisis
is over and that the president is wen
on the road to recovery"
This feeling was manifestly shared
by all Of the other physicians and
by members Of the presidents i'm.
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