Wilson, Ill, Drops Day's Engagements
Title
Wilson, Ill, Drops Day's Engagements
Creator
Unknown
Identifier
WWP16382
Date
1921 October 30
Description
Woodrow Wilson cancels his social engagments because of poor health.
Source
Cary T. Grayson Papers, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library, Staunton, Virginia
Language
English
Text
Special Despatch to The New York Herald.
New York Herald Bureau
Washington, DC
On advice of his physician Woodrow Wilson cancelled all Sunday engagements and remained in bed to insure complete recovery from the attack of indigestion with which he has been suffering for the last week.
Rear Admiral Cary T. Grayson, who is Mr. Wilson’s physician, advised the former President to take this course so there might be no question about his recovery. Dr. Grayson said his patient had almost entirely recovered from the attack of indigestion and that the case was in no way alarming.
Despite this reassurance, reports were current in Washington to-night that Mr. Wilson was gravely ill. There were continuous calls to the newspaper offices and many inquiries among Mr. Wilson’s friends.
Dr. Grayson and others in a position to know the details of the case did their best to put an end to the alarming reports. They explained that an attack of indigestion is nothing unusual for Mr. Wilson. He has been suffering with stomach trouble for years, although during the last few years the attacks have been less frequent, due to the exceptional facilities provided for a President, that of having a personal physician to study his case.
It is not denied by those close to Mr. Wilson that there naturally is some worry attached to attacks of this kind. The fear is that unless any setback is cleared up as soon as possible, it might precipitate a condition leading to another stroke of paralysis.
There is, of course, nothing in the present condition which would indicate the immediate danger of such a thing. But it is an explanation of the extraordinary precautions that are advised by Dr. Grayson.
New York Herald Bureau
Washington, DC
On advice of his physician Woodrow Wilson cancelled all Sunday engagements and remained in bed to insure complete recovery from the attack of indigestion with which he has been suffering for the last week.
Rear Admiral Cary T. Grayson, who is Mr. Wilson’s physician, advised the former President to take this course so there might be no question about his recovery. Dr. Grayson said his patient had almost entirely recovered from the attack of indigestion and that the case was in no way alarming.
Despite this reassurance, reports were current in Washington to-night that Mr. Wilson was gravely ill. There were continuous calls to the newspaper offices and many inquiries among Mr. Wilson’s friends.
Dr. Grayson and others in a position to know the details of the case did their best to put an end to the alarming reports. They explained that an attack of indigestion is nothing unusual for Mr. Wilson. He has been suffering with stomach trouble for years, although during the last few years the attacks have been less frequent, due to the exceptional facilities provided for a President, that of having a personal physician to study his case.
It is not denied by those close to Mr. Wilson that there naturally is some worry attached to attacks of this kind. The fear is that unless any setback is cleared up as soon as possible, it might precipitate a condition leading to another stroke of paralysis.
There is, of course, nothing in the present condition which would indicate the immediate danger of such a thing. But it is an explanation of the extraordinary precautions that are advised by Dr. Grayson.
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Unknown, “Wilson, Ill, Drops Day's Engagements,” 1921 October 30, WWP16382, Cary T. Grayson Papers, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.