The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1885-04-23
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TERMs oF ApVERTlalNo.
eooD NEWS.


srho statement Made and the nelIef Crow
ing That the Doctors In General Grant'a
Case Have Made an incorrect Diagnosis,
and That His HTalady Is Something Less
Dangerous Than Cancer-Ths PATIENTS
Condition wonderfully Impro4ed.
NEW YORK, April l7,--The SIN viii
say tomorrow, edltorially:. 'sThe in
provement in General Grants condition
steadily continues. 1t IS now ascertained
that his disease is not cancer, ana there
is no reason, in his physical organization,
why he should not recover his health en-
tlrely,''
The Sun in this says what more than
one physician who has seen General
Grants throat has been saying for days
past Notwithstanding DR., Shrady's reit-
Grafton that the General has nothing
but cancer, this morning gen
tleman, who is intimate with the Grant
family, declared that an announcement
would soon be made that would surprise
the public. lie said that General Grant
was not suffering from cancer, but from
disease Affecting the blood and arising
from something like scrofula- The gem
ueman said that there was strong proba-
bilitY that General Grant would recover
He called attention to the fact that the
Generals most capable physicians had
not signed any bulletins indicating that
his recovery was impossible. There
seems to be difference of opinion be-
tween Drs. Shrady and Douglas and be-
tween Drs. Sands aud Barker. The two
latter stand quite as high in the med
ical profession as the 1rst-named doc
tors.
REVIEW.
The following will appear In the Ned
fcaE Record of Saturday: During the past
week General Grant has suffered from
considerable irritation about his throat,
and the secretion of the mucous has for
the time being been Increased. On
two or three occasions nc has
had attacks of choking, which de-
pended as much on the reflex
spasm as upon the temporary accumula-
tion of phlegm in the larynx. At no time
has he been in imminent danger oT sut-
location. The local disease has made no
progress IS except to a slight extent along
the Tree border Of the right side of the
velum. Sloughy exudation in the vault
OF pharynX is beginning TO disln-
tegrate and portions have been
discharged, exposing char
acteTislc funtgoid granular suaface
underneath. The chances of a mass On
it's separation from the throat surface
temporarily Obstructing the larynx, have
thus been removed. In consequence OF
this change also the local condition Is
greatly improved. Glandular swellings
were not perceptbly increased although
the surrounding infammatory changes
give rise from time to time 10 ten
derness on pressure. The fpain In
swallowing is not SO great, but difficulty
IN degluttion is sometimes quito
marked, owing to loss of tissue in the
velum. The granular infltrated condl-
tion of the palatal curtain stIll exists,
and by the extension of irritation and
its presence the neighboring tissues tenn
porarily become more or less odematous,
explaining the reason for the hemming
cough with which the distinguished pa
tient is very much annoyed.
ellis general condition is much i'm
proved. His food, which Is Of the most
nourishing kind, Is well assimilatcd and
his bodily vigor has Of late beea but little
impaired considering the number 0f re-
cent drawbacks he has experienced. The
smallest amount of mOrphla Is given con-
sistent with overcoming pain, aud induc-
ing the ncedful sleep. During tho past
few days but six minms OF Magendie's
solution has been injected hypodcrmical-
~ in twenty-four hours.