Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-04-16
Assistant-Secretary Fairchild said that
the rumors were entirely without founda-
ton.
General GrsBt's Condition.
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eight and half hours. HIS pulse ID
"a and Of fair volume. Temperature
normal. He is inclined to be cheerful
and chatty. He has at present no pam
in his throat, nor has he suffered from
any during the night.
ISignedl GEO. +. SHRADY, Nd.
General Grant passed comfortable
night last night, and continues comforta-
bic to-day. The following is the .
O'Clock bulletin:
At the consultation visit at 2 p. Nj.
Drs. Sands, Shrady, and Douglas were
present. DR.. Barker was unavoIdably
absent. General Grant was found IN an
improved condition as compared with
that noted at the last general consulta-
ton. The treatment pursued was re-
commended to be continued.
When DR.. Shrady left General Grants
house after the consultation to-day he
said, in answer to question put TO
him, that the general condition OF hls
patient was improved. "How do you
account for this steady Improvement -"
was asked. "The Generals bad at
tacks have been caused By complica-
tons associated with the usual progress
of the disease, Was the answer. "They
have been overcome for the present, and
of course be is better. The temporary
irritation in the throat has been re-
lieved, and the result is what the bulle-
tins have stated"
"And do the bulletins state every
thing?" was asked.
L" The bulletins deal with the plain
facts of the case, and with the facts
only" responded DR.. Shrady.
During the consultation this afternoon
General Grant remarked to his physi-
Clans in these words: "The doctors
outside, / am informed, are writing
about my case and talking about it, and
some Of them seem to think they know
more about it than you gentlemen do.
But it is like a time of war, when men
at home think they know mere about it
and how to do it than the generals who
are in the field fighting Soon after
his throat was dressed. This morning
General Grant said, in remarking upon
his improved condition, that he thought
he would get well.
That the public may be enabled to
thoroughly understand the case as it is
and form reliable opinions the following
absolute facts are given as basis for
public and personal judgment:
General Grants not greatly emaciated
about his body. He has lost some flesh,
but how much cannot be told, as he has
not been weighed in some time. His
face is not much changed, but it has a
careworn appearance. The gland is
swollen on the right side and the swell
ing outside varies, as there Is more or
less swelling on the inside. The glandu-
lar swelling has at no time been larger
than a pigeons egg. 1t is located at
the angle of the right jaw. lthas never
entirely disappeared since it came,
months ago. The swelling is due-first
to irritation of the growth, and finally
to the progress of the disease
in the glands themselves. There
is no positive evidence at present that
the glands have become actively dis
eased, though the presumption is that
they are diseased. The disease does
not extend to nor affect any of the
pousses of the Generals ear. There is
some danger of that possibility, but
not probability, at present. 1t is not
going in that direction. The disease is
spreading very gradually backwards
into the back part Of the throat and be-
hind the palate. 1t has communicated
somewhat to the back part Of the nose.
In front Of and above the palate there
is no lump on the tongue. Ii is an
ulcer. Way back on the side of the
tongue is small ulcer. 1t has never
been shown to its whole extent, but il
is a small ulcer, irregular in shape, and
from quarter to half an inch in
diameter. In cases of epithelioma
there is no lump. 1t is an ulcer
There is a discharge from the liberated
surface. The discharge is composed oil
mucus, broken-down tissue, and some
little matter. In other words, 1t Is
muco-pus. This exudes from an ulce-
rated surface that includes the palate
the back part of the throat, and the
right side Of the tongue. There is
chance for general improvement of The
patient by the temporary arrest oil th'
disease. The atmosphere on the noun
tains or of the West would, in fair wea
ther, be better for the General than the
salt air Of the seaboard. In all canoe
rous cases in the throat there are com
plications Of irritation about the thros
which might be called accidents of the
disease, and it is these complications
that have given the trouble rather
than the steady progress OF the dis
ease. In this case the complication:
are swelling Of the throat, the increase
Of inflammation, spasm hemorrhage
and increased flow of mucus. Sil
drops or minims Of mOrphia are giver
each twepty-four hours-just enough
to control the pain and induce sleep
Without morphia the pain would a
times be unbearable. The Genera
takes for food from one to two tumbler
fuls of mixture of beef-extract and egg
and milk every two to four hours nigh
and day.
IL p. M.-General Grant has beer
very free from pain during the afternoon
and evening. His condition has no
materially changed since last report
He is now sleeping quietly.
lSignedl j. II. DOUGLAS, NJ. d.
General Warrington News.
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