The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-07

WASHINGTON, July 6.-s3at- ting bravely against the rayages of the septic poison which has swept his slight body, Calvin Cool idge, IT,, son of the President, was admitted after a consultation of physicians at Walter Reed Army hospital late today to have made no gain, and if anything, to have slipped back.
 Close friends of the family were advised that the boy could be no worse and that his life depended upon the strength of his constitu- ton after the many days fight against the disease.
 Another consultation of physicians has been called for tonight. The, sole sign of encouragement has been q slight check in the fever and the ability of the 16-year-old youth to keep the poison away from his vital organs. paftient recovered from Il 4 .ff- keetg 0f 4AaestfetSSA | In cred last night when be submitted to an opA eration in an effort to cheek the dis ease, but his general condition, at first better, then became slightly worse. En- couragement grew, however, when dur ing the day he began to rest a little easier, but late in the day a less Optim- istic view was taken.
 Parents At Bedside
 President and Mrs. Coolidge, who went to the hospital yesterday, re- mained there today, except for short time when they returned to the White House. They were back at the bedside at once, however, and arranged to remain there throughout the night. Frank w. Stearns, personal friend of the President, and B. T. Clark, per- sonal secretary to the President, also visited the hospital during the day as did many others in official life.
 Tonight the only word from the White House was that President Cool idge and Mrs. Coolidge were no more discouraged than they had been early in the day. The doctors had in no way given up hope of saving the boys life.
 Gravity Not Allsvlated
 The operation performed last night was on the left leg below the knee. Strangely enough, to the lay mind the infections blister formed during a tennis match last Monday-began on the right foot. The efforts of the sur geons were pronounced as having ac- complished all that could be expected, but the gravity of the situation was not alleviated.
 The mother and father are taking the illness of their son much in the fashion that the average American par ents would act under similar circum- stances. President Coolidge has en- deavored for the past several days to carry on his work as far as possible but ever with an eye on the sick room. Mrs. Coolidge has been at the bedside constantly.
 A constant stream of messages of hope tor young Coolidge's recovery came today to the executive mansion. At the hospital numbers of friends called.
 Slender Hope Remains
 Every resource of modern medical science has been used in an effort to reinforce the boys young but frail constitution in the battle with the sep ticaemia. The situation has left a slen- der but definite hope for his sur vival, although the grave nature of the malady has been indicated by the speed with which it has spread.
 Specifically, his physicians with their laboratory instruments found what they had presumed from the start, that the infection was due to introduction ot some minute spore of the pus-form- ing germ staphylococus into the insig- nificant wound. Multiplying there with deadly fertility the germ colonies
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