Evening star., 1961-06-22
KENNEDY
Patient May Resume
Some Duties Tomorrow
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q broad spectrum antibiotic"
and that she also had stepped
un injections of corticostroids
which the President receives
finn time to time fore adren-
dl4 insufficieney. The medi- .
cfhe, the doctor said, was nor
NAL treatment.
DR.. TraveH said the President
called her at 1880 am. and
told her that his throat was a
,zlittle sore, that he did not feel
|, well and that he seemed to
. have some temperature.
Dr.. Travell came to the White
HeuSe about 2 am. and called
in her associate, DR.. George G
. Butkley, a. Navy doctor anci
: assistant White House physi.
clan.
+. She said the President was
given an intra-muscular in
I. lection Of IL million units Of
penicillin which she described
. as, "a fairly large Dose"
! She said Mr.. Kennedy then
. had a temperature Of 101 de-
1 grees and that there is, mo
! harm in giving larger rather
! than a smaller dose"
I Took Throat Culture
DR.. Traveh said that in ad-
t. dition to the medication and
taking his temperature she
and DR.. Burkley took throat
and blood cultures around 3
am. She said the the President
had received a blood check on
Tuesday which was normal.
She said this was a normal
expectation in what she called
"a htprobable mixed bacterial
and virus infection"
sc At 7:30 am. the Presidents
temperature reached 101.6 de-
cgrees. At $3.50 it had dropped to =
l00.2 degrees. at 9:25 am. it
registered 99.2 degrees and at
cthe --latest reading was normal.
~, If the temperature remains
flat today. and does not go up
this afternoon. Dr.. Trayell
said II think it's quite likely
that the President can resume
part of his schedule tomorrow.
mo Stomach Involvement j
DR.. Travell. said there was !
only "a very little trace" of any b
stomach involvement in the Il
virus infection. !.
The doctor was asked if she u
and her associates had ruled {
Nut any more serious condition
involving the Presidents back. a
4y,SsWe think we have-as far h
assyou can anything in nledi-' Il
sOine," she replied. r.
a Dr., Travell said she had DR.. a
Wade fly down from New York 81
for consultation as a precau- c
tlonary measure. {
y didn't know exactly what h
was brewing" she remarked. v
Asked how she related the Il
virus infection to the Presi- c
dents back ailment, DR.. Travell tt
said:
'"Well, we're just always look
4fg for trouble"
yasThe White House physician b
Raid she did not rule out the p
possibility that the Presidents ri
Temperature might go up dur e
41ag7the afternoon. She pointed b,
out that the temperature drop il
ped to normal ten hours after q
the antibiotics were admin
1stefed and she said this is tc
&hnat what you would expect" B
rr Quizzed on Specialist
Dr.. Travell was questioned n,
at length about why she c,
Thought it was necessary to ss
stimmon the New York spe- g
@aIfst. a
She said she did so because q
heie patient is President of the m
United States and because DR.. T
Wade is: ian extremely COM
petent physician in whom I b
have great deal of conf pl
6ence.." - 80 Il
She said that DR.. Wade saw h
Mr.. Kennedy four or five years el
ago, soma time after the Presi-
dent had undergone. the. last d.
of his serious back operations. b.
She said Mr.. Kennedy had n
been feeling much better and II
had what she called, "a very g
S0od day" yesterday. She said =
he had walked quite a bit
without erutches," held for
maj lunch at the White House
dofs Prime Minister Ikeda of
Japan and then had taken a
boat trip down the Potomac
with the Japanese leader.
In addition, DR.. Travell said.
she examined the President
between 2 and 7:3O pm. yes
terday and that. he was "in
very good spirits"
4 Long Rest Not Needed N
2 However, DR.. Travell saw no q
heed for any extended rest A
period for the President away a
from Washington and the de- el
mands of the White House,
Especially in view of the strain G
the President has been under n
with his trips to Canada and il
to Europe and with his back p
difficulty. She said she did not
regard this as. necessary. 1T =
beemed yesterday" she added, .
tthat he was about through n
with his back" y
The physician said the virus >!
injection may do his back a n u
Dot of good" BY this, she ex- II l!
plained, it will give him a
chance to rest his back with . .
put strain. He is being at =
tended by a Navy nurse, 1t. :,
Elizabeth Chapowicki, who is y y
Regularly assigned to the White : :,
House "