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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1912
Page
4
Mercy Hospital Chicago reports Colonel Roosevelt is in stable condition with no sepsis or pleural complications after chest wound. Tonight Dr Murphy and surgical team assess vital signs normal: temp 98.6, pulse 84, respiration 20, leukocytes 6400, neutrophils 74 percent. general condition good.
Dr McCauley describes a small surface wound with no pus and real healing progress. He notes X rays show the bullet did not enter the chest cavity and confirms no immediate surgery to remove the bullet.
After a day of ceaseless vigil Colonel Roosevelt remains in virtually unchanged condition. Doctors report a rise in temperature and pulse late in the day, with a fractured rib and an undisclosed bullet location adding to uncertainty. Full prognosis awaits further signs of danger, possibly by Friday.
Theodore Roosevelt Jr reports it will be four or five days before they can breathe easily as Colonel Roosevelt rests in hospital. Mrs Roosevelt confines visitors to family while physicians hold consultations and assess a bullet near the fourth right rib.
Reports reach Dallas of a severe storm along the Texas coast from Corpus Christi to Brownsville about 150 miles long. Wind at Brownsville was recorded at 5 miles per hour. The affected coast is sparsely settled.
Milwaukee analysts report no poison found in the Roosevelt assassination bullets or shell. Professor Sommer tested extracts on guinea pigs, finding no toxins. District Attorney Zabel plans to oppose appointing a court attorney, noting the suspect can hire his own counsel.
An article traces a 15 year old girl Silvia from a Russian town to Boston where she faced alienation and fatigue from life in the city. It notes her schooling, a troubled mood, and her death by suicide after moving through New York and Boston with relatives.
Advertisement touts bromine quinine as a cure for head colds and grip. Mentions a 25 cent price and a signature by B W Grove. Encourages readers to seek the remedy titled Bromoline Quinine.
Chicago October 16 The first X-ray plate clearly showing the bullet in Colonel Roosevelt’s chest was made this afternoon. The bullet lies partly embedded in the fourth rib about four inches from the sternum and is flattened and spread, crushed into the upper edge of the rib with several small bone splinters nearby.
Doctors describe an unusual chest and lung development in President Roosevelt with a bullet lodged near the sternum. The radiograph marks a right angled triangle guiding the bullet’s position, but officials refuse to disclose wound details or tissue laceration. The bullet’s inward and upward course crossed beside the nipple on the right breast and may have been altered by intervening objects.
Examinations show the bullet lay four to five inches below the surface and reached its present position with a slanting wound six to seven inches long. No setting of Colonel Roosevelt's fractured rib or plaster bandage is needed, per Dr Terrell.
General Leonard Wood, chief of staff, condemned the attacks on Colonel Roosevelt as shocking and increasingly frequent. He blamed lawlessness and warned that timidity in punishing offenders threatens society and good government.
Wallace Irwin will deliver another famed Ah Ung story in the upcoming Sunday Post Magazine. The feature highlights Irwin's distinctive humor and the anticipated installment of his enduring character.
Advertised remedy claims to cure worn-out feeling and low appetite. It promises rapid improvement and weight gain after a week, with physicians endorsing it as the best public tonic. Sold by all druggists.
Readers report thin pale appearance and seek relief from rheumatism cough digestion constipation and appendicitis fears. The column promotes hypo-nuclane and various tonics with directions, claiming blood enrichment and quick cures from home remedies and patent formulas.
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