The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-07-29
SEaArOg HILL.
An Exact Statement OF the Condition Of
the Georgia senator.

ATLANTA, Ga, July es.-Meeting DR.. R
B. Ridley, son.in.law OF Senator Hill, and
one OF his attending physicians, to-day, be
was questioned upon the condition and
treatment Of the Senator. Speaking in a
very depressed spirit, Dr.. Ridley said:
The patient Is put to sleep every nigh,
about S o'clock with a hypodermis
injection Of morphine, and does no,
awake until II o'clock the following
morning. He Is then dressed and rests
during the day in an easy chair near the
window Of pavilion attached to the north
side OF bis residence opening TO the east on
TO veranda. There he sits the whole
day, subject 10 the most assiduous atten.
tons from his relatives. lie reads little
Observation-Disclosures, bis mail and
some devotional works-also writes down
his passing impressions, writes s few let.
tens and communicates TO those 10 whom
his almost inarticulase murmerings are IN.
ineligible. Three grains OF morphine
are administered daily, the patient never
being allowed 10 come thoroughly from
under the influence. His food consists Of
milk, into which the yolks OF eggs have
been added ana beaten, with a Lit.
tie whisky. Abou; three quarts Of
this mixture is passed into the pa.
TENTS stomach daily through tube. The
cancer, for such the disease is acknowi.
edged 10 be by all but those who have not
had any connection with the case, has de-
stroyed all the tissues OF his throat and
mouth on the left side, as well as the lower
jaw. The opening is so large that two or
three fingers can be passed up into the
mouth from below, and the palate can be
seen when the patient is laying down and
one stands at his feet. The outer corotid
is exposed, and pulsation is plainly visible.
The soft or connective tissue has been
eaten away, and only such tough, elastic
substances as compose the walls OF the
artery are left intact. What is left OF the
tongue is attached TO the right side by a
very slender ligamenL and the constant
fear is felt that it will become detached and
fall into the patients throat while asleep.
His mouth is kept filled with absorbant
and antiseptic cotton, which is frequently
changed, as is the dressing on the outside.
No internal remedy is now given, nor
has any been administered since the
abandonment OF the French cancer cure,
which consisted in the injection into the
circulation OF purified carbolic acid, the OBJ.
ject being TO destroy TO the concuous germs
OF the blood. The evidences Of the suffer
er's entire resignation to the fate in store
for him are numerous. The other day he
called his son Charley to him, saying: u
am soon going to better land, Charley.
Don't you wish that you could come along
too? These are the happiest days OF my
life" In writing to an old servant now in
Athens, Ga, where he lived when first
elected TO Congress, be repeated that this
was the bappiest period OF his existence.
In this letter Nr. Hill stated that be might
have been guilty OF errors in his life, but he
now felt fully prepared to meet his Maker.
The Lord had given him good long no.
tice, and he was ready for the summons.
The final change will, it is thought, come
IRON sheer exhaustion. II the morphine
was suspended Mr.. Hill would very soon
die from the effects Of the pain.
Mr.. Hill suffered with an ulcerous sore
on his tongue for three years before be told
even his wife. By advice OF his friends in
Washington he consulted DR.. Bavard, OF
New York, an uncle OF Senator Bsyard, OF
Delaware. DR.. Barard treated him for
eigh. months. Upon discovering that be
was getting worse Mr.. Hill went to Phila.
delphia and placed himself under the
treatment OF d.. Gross. He is now attend.
ed by DR.. Wright, OF Philadelphia, who
has never been away from Mr.. Hills side
since leaving that city, ana his son-at-law,
Dr.. r B. Ridley, OF Atlanta.