The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-08-02
SERIOUS ILLNESS
SEXES PRESIDENT
Continued from Page One)
Condition Acute

be necessary for him to have com
plete rest during the period of hi
acute symptoms"
President Harding will be rushed
back to Washington by special trair
as soon as he RECEIVERS from his pres
ent illness sufficiently to travel, prob
ably within two weeks.
TheNtwo San Francisco physicians
who were called into consultation by
Brigadier General Sawyer Sunday
night were again in conference with
DR.. Sawyer at 9:20 o'clock Sunday
morning. The two local doctors, Ray
Lyman Wilbur, president of Stan
ford university, and Charles M.
Cooper, a heart specialist, had spent
the night in the hotel where the
president is i'll.
Secretary Work of the interior de-
partment, a former president of the
American Medical association again
met with the consultants. Prior to
the meeting none of the physicians
would make any statement.
OtdTtGQ WIN Il koIldinG
The real cause of the executives
illness as explained yesterday by DR..
Sawyer, lies in some crabe he ate
aboard the naval transport Hender-
son just before reaching Vancouver,
B. c.. These crabs, in the opinion of
DR.. Sawyer were "copper" tainted"
or, like sea food taken from several
small areas of Alaskan waters had
become i~mpregnated with copper
from the deposits of that mineral
along the coast lines. Eating these
crabs gave the president a touch of
ptomaine poisoning from which he
seemed to be recovering since his
visit to Seattle Thursday.
The heat Saturday as the presiden-
tial train travelled through southern
Oregon and northern California also
worked to hinder recovery.
More Favorable
Palace Hotel, San Francisco July
31.-President Harding during Tues
day maintained the ground he had
gained since Monday night and in
general was more comfortable and
resting better at A p. M, according
to an official bulletin issued by his
physicians at that hour.
The text of the bulletin follows:
"The president has maintained the
ground gained since last night. His
temperature is 100; pulse 100; respi-
ration Al and regular.
"Nourishment is being taken reg
ularly, and the laboratory findings
indicate elimination is improving.
In general he is more comfortable and
resting better.
Barring complications, President
Harding has reached the peak of the
Brig.-Gen. Charles E. Sawyer
said late Tuesday, after the formal
consultation of five attending physi-
clans. DIR. Sawyer stated that Mrs.
Harding is well, despite the strain.
President Harding has passed the
and is on the road to recovery,
according to a statement made late
Tuesday to the Associated Press by
.htarles E. Sawyer, the presidents
personal physician.
DIR. Sawyer said: "Since we have
our toxine well under control, l feel
;afe in saying that we have passed
he peak load of trouble. I don't
want to be too emphatic, because we
face complications. But I
eel the crisis is over and that the s
PRESIDENT is well on the road to re-
overy." |
Must Remain Indefinitely :
DR.. Sawyer said it was impossible :
D state at present how long it would Z
e before the president would be well !!
nd strong enough to return to Wash :,
.
ri can't say now when it will be !:
ossible to feed him solid food" he :
aid, "but / do feel that he is now
out of danger. I don't know .
but I feel it." :
July 31.-President Harding ap- .
cared Tuesday to have won the first ::
reliminary skirmish in his fight =
broncho-pneumonia and at :
complications. "
An official bulletin issued by the =
physicians attending him said =
here had been no extension during !.
he night and earlier part of the day !
f the pneumonia condition and the =
cart action was definitely improved. :
t added that he had also been bene- =
tied by a fairly comfortable night !
nth considerable restful sleep. ;,
The president, the bulletin said, =
ad expressed himself as feeling bet
er and less exhausted. His tempe
ature at 9 a. m. was given as 100, J.
bout a degree less than that of Mon :
ay; pulse IL, a drop of 5 from Mon =
ay, and his respiration 40 and regu- =
ar. =