Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-04-26
NEW YORK CORRESPONDENTS

New YORK, April %.
TO the Editor Of the Daily Eagle
The marked improvement in Gen. Grant,
condition the last four or five days, is a sur
prise not only 10 his doctors and to his fam
lily, but TO the general public As well. 1t is
but little over two weeks since consuta-
ton by his physicians was held and the con
clusion arrived at that be could not live hut
a few days, and al one time death was cx-
peeted from hour II hour He has been at
tended by some Of the best physicians in
New York city. Dr Fordyce Barker, the
physician in charge, WAS for wears president
Of the New York academy Of medicine, and
is considered one OF the first in the medical
profession in this country. DIR. Douglass,
the attending physician. stands high in his
profession. Drs. Shrady and Sands, both
distinguished physicians, are called frequent
" in consultation with Barker and Douglass.
These physicians have unanimously decided
that the general has epitholama ofthc tongue
and throat which is one form of cancer. If
their diagnosis OF his case Is correct. it Is
probably only question of time wher the
general will succumb to the disease, but the
impression has gone abroad now that these
physicians have made mistake in their
diagnosis. Senator Chaffee who visits Gen.
Grant almost daily, stated 10 the reporters
two or three days ago that he did not believe
he had cancer, but simply liberated sore
throat. Tha-e is deep interest taken in
Gen. Grants case BY the public at large
There are about forty reporters hanging
around Gen. Grants house all
the time; some of them have tax
en- rooms in the neghborhood and
they watch every movement that takes
place about the premises. Some newspapers
have two reporters there constantly. Every
man who enters or leaves Gen. Grants
house is interviewed by these reporters, and
almost every word said is reported. 4 day
or two ago Gen. Grant surprised his family
by going down into the basement dining
room and taking seat at the table and eat
ing dinner with the family, and on Monday,
April Goth. he took carriage ride in the
park. He now seems to eat and-,leep well.
His pulse and temperature are normal, and
for three or four DAYS he has been steadily
gaining in strength. He holds TO life with
as much tenacity as he did to the ioriiica-
tons around Petersburg, when he said 81
will fight it out on this line if il takes all
summer" Every American hopes he will
be as successful in overcoming his disease as
he WAS the rebels. His doctors are Of course
very severely criticised by the press. and the
general opinion is if they will let him alone
he will get well.
We have had four or FIVE DAYS of fine
spring weather, and they have given the
parks their summer verdure, swelled the
buds on the willows and caused the yiolets
and paasies TO open their eyes On Sunday
last both Central park and Coney island
were visited by tens of thousands of people.
The walks and carriage drives were thronged
nearly all day. II wss the fir: real Sunday
spring day that the people Of New York
have had. for the weather has been cold and
the winds raw and chilly up 70 the last week.
T. L. MILLER