Evening star., 1925-06-28
COL. COOLIDGE, ILL,
SUFFERS RELAPSE;
CONDITION SERIOUS
Presidents Father Was Sent
to Bed Yesterday by
His Physician.
INFLAMMATORY STATE
IN ABDOMEN REPORTED
Running Temperature, But His
Heart Is Good, Doctor At.
tending Him Says.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PLYMOUTH. VT. June 27.-The
condition of Col. Coolidge. S2-year- old
father of the President, took turn
for the worse today, and he was re-
ported in a serious condition by his
personal physician, DIR. A. W. Cram,
of Bridgewater.
Late tonight DIR. Cram issued the
condition:
There is gas on the stomach and in
the intestines, and an infammatore
condition has set in. Col. Coolidge's
condition is serious, but not critical.
The temperature is a degree and one
half above normal and the heart con-
dition is good
Complications Arise.
Col. Coolidge was unable to get to
sleep on account OF his pain, it was
reported late tonight, and DR.. Cram
planned to spend the greater part of
the night with his patient.
DIR. Cram said that he considered
the condition of Col. Coolidge worse
| than it had been at any time in the
past.
Some little intestinal complica-
said. land this morning Attorney
General Sargent visited Col Coolidge
and was alarmed by his condition.
He telephoned me at Bridgewater,
and I came right over. This after
noon he was fairly comfortable. and
the heart and pulse were both normal.
He developed a slight temperature.
around 100. I have sent for a special
nurse to attend Col. Coolidge. and we
ha fch
In the absence of DIR. James F.
Coupal, physician to President Cool
idge, who was expected here from the
Summer White House in Swampscott,
Mass. DR.. Cram declined to enter into
the nature of Col. Coolidge's condition
in more detail.
At the time of making his statement
DR.. Cram had just arrived here from
Bridgewater for an evening visit to
Col. Coolidge. He said that another
statement would be issued when his
animation was concluded.
Mrs. May johnson Of Rutland, who
at one time nursed President Cool
idge's stepmother. was called from
that city and arrived tonight to care
for Col. Coolidge.
The Presidents father took to his
bed for the first time this morning
He had formerly been we'll enough to
Z,
but last evening he was seized with
severe pains in the abdomen while
sitting in an easy chair. So great
was his pain that he could not rise to
go to his bed and spent the night in
the chair. He got up as usual this
morning. but the pains set in again
and he went to bed.
President Alarmed.
The condition of Col. Coolidge has
caused the President some alarm since
his father came to Boston May l, at
his express wish for an examination
at the Massachusetts General Hospital.
Drs. Paul D. White and Arthur L.
Chute the specialists who went over
him. diagnosed his condition as heart
block" which was characterized by
slow pulse.
DR.. Cram, who accompa anied his pa
tient to Boston, said at the time that
the aged mans condition was not Sc
rious.
Later in the month the Colonel was
reported to have suffered a fainting
spell, but the next day jocularly told
inquirers that If he had been i'll he did
not recall it. At the same time DIR.
Cram said that Col. Coolidge's pulse
and blood pressure were better than
for weeks.