Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-04-17
GRANTS IlFz PROLONGED.
The Medical Aspects Of the Case Present.
cd Clearly. Il. III .s1s.,s hi .5sS

New York Special: There has been 80 much
unsatisfactory speculation about the danger Of
an immediate fatal termination OF Gen Grants
disease that the Pioneer Press correspondent
gained an audience with gentleman who
knows % much about the medical and other
aspects OF the case ~ any one. He allowed
himself to be interviewed on the condition
Gent, therefore, to say, that the gentleman has
been . regular visitor at the generals house,
and has seen the sick man every day for 3
month. He said:
It win surprise Gen. Grants physicians very
much IT he dies within week. The chan ces
would not give much odds that he viii live IN
til May OF course, some unforeseen accident
such as sudden faintness Of the heart. may oc-
cur at any moment and upset my phrophesy,
but with that possible exception, I think you
will find it a true one" 49,
"What is to be feered most?" was asked.
First Of all, blood poisoning. The trouble
Tuesday morning was caused by the lodge
ments in the rear Of the larnyx suddenly be-
coming loose and leaving the raw sores un-
covered, Thus, at the first friction they be-
gan to bleed: In their present exposed condi-
poisonous matter from tho cancer, and thus
It will enter the blood The physicians, un-
derstand, are now directing their efforts to
warding off this danger, and they will probably
succeed in doing SO, for couple of weeks, at
least When you see Gen. Grants tenn
Ing irregular, then look p out for 1se dam
ger: That will mean that the poison
has reached his blood The second cause Of
alarm is exhaustion. A bad spell from sleep
lessness, or some similar cause, may turn him
right around, and before reaction can seti
ne Will die: The contingency is made all the
more liable by the generals recent loss OF
blood, which can never beregained. The can
Ger itself, I think is the last source of danger.
1t is now stationary, and has been so for
week. There is no possibility of its Develop
ing sufficient to become fatal for two months at
least, and with proper treatment it could DO
held in allegiance until fall think"
What are the chances Of another hemorri-
age?"
''One is likely to occur at any time, but I do
not think it will alarm the physicians. 1t can
be stoPped before any material damage is
done. That on Tuesday last was expected by
the doctors, though it came q little too soon.
There is little trouble now with the throat, as
it is under control Whatever pain he suffers
now is relieved by the constant application il
cocain"
"You regard the generals condition as "a
vorable them" inquired the reporter.
"Undoubtedly his faculties are as clear as
they ever were and he is fully capable OF trans
acting any business that might come to q man
in active life. He would be as able to direct
the movements OF an army in the field to-day
as he was twenty years ago, SO far as his men
tai condition is concerned"
sDoes the general show the effects Of his
long confinement"
"Only in measure, and not so greatly IA
has been stated in the newspapers. The face
is full and inclined to be flushed, rather than
pale. There is worn appearance and sink
ing in behind the ears and in the
back OF his neck, but that connes
mostly from his loss of blood Tues
day. I would nots' y that his body is enact
ated. That is not the word His arms and
| llmgs have become small and thin, and he has
lost flesh, but it is far from condition that is
implied by calling it emaciated Of course his
eyes are not as bright as they might be, but
to-day there was CLEAN in them that have
not seen before for a month"