River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-04-23
GRANT GAINING.
What the General Says About the Sit
uation- Comprehensive Medical State
ment,

What the General Says About the Sit
uation- Comprehensive Medical State
ment.
Gen. Grant gained much in the earlier part
of last week. On Wednesday DIR. Newman said;
seen. Grant is very much better He conversed
readily with those around him, and seems TO be
quito cheerful and happy He is getting dress
ed in his trousers and est and dressing gown
There is a great Improvement i'll his condition
The color Of the skin is different He looks
like a healthy man. He is buoyed up by faith
The prayers of the people of the whole
country-of Professionals, of Catholics and of He
brews-have been offered up for him, and they
are being answered The general now believes
he will get well. He feels and j feel that the
supplications of so many millions of people for
such contamination will be answered. There
is grand chance think, of the general get
ting well again. / have not seen the physi-
clans, and cannot say that they share my views
His improvement may be credited particularly
to the power of mind over matter. To-day, as
parted from him, no pressed my hand and
said Thrice have been IN the valley or the
shadow of death, and thrice have come out
again. :"
COMPREHENSIVE STATEMENT.
That the public may be enabled to thor
oughly understand tine case as it is and form
reliable opinions, the following absolute facts
are given as a basis for public and personal
judgment:
The general is not greatly emaeiated about
the body, he has lost some flesh, but how
much can not be told, as he has not been
weighed in some time His face is not much
changed, but it has careworn expression
The glandular swelling has at no time been
larger than hens egg, and from that down TO
the size OF a pigeons egg. 1t Is located at the
angle of the right jaw. 1t has never entirely
disappeared since it came, months ago The
swelling is due first to irritation of the growth
and finally to the progress Of disease in the
glands themselves. There is no pos
tive evidence at present that the,
glands have become actively diseased
are diseased; the disease does not extend to
nor affect any of the processes of the general s
ear There is some danger of that-a posi-
bility, but not a probability. AT present 1t Is
not going in that direction. The disease Is
spreading very gradually backward in the back
part of the throat and behind 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. 1t is a small
ulcer, away back on the side ofthe tongue. III
has never been shown to its whole extent, but
it is a small ulcer, irregular in shape and from
o quarter to a half-lnch in diameter In case
of epitheliama there is no lump; 1t Is an ulcer.
There is a discharge from the liberated sur
face, composed of mucus, broken-down tissue
and some little matter; in other words tits muco-
pus. This exudes from an liberated surface
that includes the palate, the back part of the
throat and right side of the tongue. There is a
chance for the general Improvement of the
patient by the Temporary arrest of the disease
The atmosphere of mountains or the West would
in fair weather, be better than the salt air of the
seabord In all generous cases of the throat
there are complications OF irritation about the
throat, which should be called accidents of the
disease, and 1t is these complications that have
given trouble, rather than the steady progress OF
the disease. In this case the complications are
swelling of the throat, increase of Inflammation,
spasms, hemorrhage and INCREASED flow of mu-
Gus
THE TREATMENT.
Six drops or minims of nlorphia are given
each twenty four hours, just enough to control
the pain and induce sleep Without morphia,
the pain would at times be unbearable. The
general takes for food one to two tumblerfuls,
of mixture of beef extract and egg and milk
every two to four hours, night and day. He
relished a little clam broth yesterday as much
as he relishes anything The general usually
recines in the chair attired in knitted under
wear, on his feet knitted wool moccasins, a
brown dressing gown trimmed with silk and
belted with heavy cord Over his lap is spread
a silk and satin quilt filed with down, while
upon his head he wears a silk cap, which he
has long worn to protect his head from attacks
of neuralgia