The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-08
LADSDEATH ENDS VIGIL OF PARENTS President And Wife Re- rnained Constantly At Bedside BLOOD TRANSFUSION IS OF NO AVAIL Oxygen Is Resorted To In
 Latter Days Of
 Illness BOYS WILL TO LIVE HOLDS BACK DEATH Faint Spark Of Life Per. sists After Watchers
 Abandon Hope
BLOOD TRANSFUSION
 IS OF NO AVAIL
BOYS WILL TO LIVE
 HOLDS BACK DEATH
(Rv Asaociafed. Press.

WASHINGTON, July 7.--Calvin Coolidge, Jr., son of the President, died tonight at Walter Reed hospital of blood poisoning.
 The end came after the boy had battled with the utmost bravery and fortitude for five days against a disease which had racked his body with pain and sapped the reserve strength of his frail con. stitution.
 President and Mrs. Coolidge, who had maintained constant vigil at the hospital, were at his bedside, hopeful and cheering and comfort ing their son to the last. S
 A sinking spell, 1t vas said. had .oc- cured which every effort was made to check through the use of restoratives and stinaplaIts. @ .Ss For sonI6 tilne ieaFs of such s ds. velorraenf he'd been keit a flt the Pteaf- dent and gfs Eo0fidge not Ieft ;t.se hospitsI i6s dinner. Ihe report was the most serious which had yet come from the sick room.
 s With what success the collapse was combafted was not imn1ediatelt J appar- ent, no indication coming from the sick room. He survived sinking spells last night, however, and this gave . faint hope to anxious watchers.
 The spark of life still was in the boy at 7'::30 Q clock, it was announced, and he was partly conscious under How of oxgen:
 Six physieians worked over, him while tha FrSsff1Ark and Mrs, Coolidge were at the bedside Scarcely any hope, however, was held out for his survival.
 Tn the face of repeated requirements of treatment today the doctors found themselves constantly assisted by the boy himself and they also found a re- fusal on his part to weaken under the pain of the manipulation and injections.
 One of the observers said that 1t had never been necessary to do anything but to inform young Calvin, who has chung to consciousness, of the time and place where a given operation would orins
 The end came after the boy had bat tied with the utmost bravery and tortl- tide for five days against disease which had. racked his body with pain and sappAd the reserve strength of his frail constitution. eE
 President and Mrs. Coioidge, who had maintained constant vigil at the hospital, were lat his bedside, hope ful, and cheering and comforting their son to the last
 A sinking spell, the fourth he had suffered in 24 hours, brought death. Notwithstanding the use of oxygen and other restoEatiyes, the courage which had withstood crisis after crisis and had beaten death off repeatedly, was unable to meet the attack. The eol' lapse, began at 6 80 o'clock and he gradually sank into eternity. He died at 10 80 o'clock. r.
 Every resource of medical science was brought into play in the vain ef- fort to save young CaIyin's life, An operation was performed on the left leg last Saturday night to drain off the poison and blood transfusions and oxygen were resorted to in the later days of his illness.
 The natural strength of a boy of 10, however, which was counted on as the most powerful resisting force to the creeping poison was unable to meet the issue, and after having fought q brave but always losing fight. he sue cunabed. @ ssy HH
 One of the final complications and
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