The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-17


'sGen. Grant did not sleep at all Sunday night He
took pill at midnight and it lodged in the throat
1t rritated the patient and annoyed him. He
| slept this afternoon. Tonight he is bright, and
chatted with friends The irritation of the
throat is allayed. gave him sedative to-
night He felt sleepy and retired, and was
asleep at 1890 r. NJ. The pulse was good and the
| temperature 80. or"
| Scenes in and About the Sick-Room.
| New York Tribune.
Life within the Grant family has settled down
| to quetness and regularity that await the
coming event, whose shadow is already cast in
the same spirit as is shown by the stoical old
warrior, who has met every vicissitude il his
eventful life just as he now looks upon the last
great change that stares him in the face with
out fear, exatation, or depression. He lives
every day in the quietest possible manner,
avoiding everything that would have tendency
to lower the tone of his system. or to introduce
weakness. His great difficulty has been to get
sufficient sleep, and he has not had a good
nights rest for more than week. He sleeps
best after daylight when he drops into slum-
Der that lasts from two to four hours He has
great confidence in his strength, and shows
pardonable pride to hide every sign of weakness
and to keep from view every appearance of
failing power. He gets up at times, for this
reason much earlier than is advisable. He
knows that he is az extremely sick man, and is
being slowly killed by an incurable disease, but
he is fighting against its insiduous influence with
more energy than he ever showed in any battle
| In conversation he seldom alludes to himself,
| and when he does it is always with expression
of confidence and reliance His strong tense
and elastic constitution, with his wonderful
| power of endurance, have resisted the influence
of diseases in his lifetime that in any ordinarily
| constituted person would have surely terminated
fatally. His mind naturally clings to the belief
| that the same power still remains unshattered,
and he cannot get accustomed to the idea that
| he is being beaten in a fair fight He was never,
| in any contest since he was boy, known to give
| up or cry quits, and he will not do it now, at
least as long there is power enough left in his
| body to raise his head He walks whenever he
can, through the connecting rooms on the second
fatigued by continuing at it too long he hates to
stop, for that is an admission of weakness, and
at times he prolongs the exercise beyond the
| time when it would be beneficial
| The General. when seated in comfortable re-
clining chair, frequently sits for hours in deep
meditation. With eyes wide open and fixed in a
| kind of vacant stare upon the patch of blue sky
| that can seen through the library window, he
remains without motion in the silence of inward
communion. Nothing that goes on around him
dsturbs this waking dream, and his family leave
| him with himself until he returns to the consid-
! Grafton of things material What his thoughts
are during these moments no one knows, though
! from conversations held afterward it is believed
that some of his reflections upon the state of
! man after DEATH
| General Grants disease has passed the period
| of quiescence. Even the three small warts upon
| the roof of the mouth now present an Angry APP
pearance, and give external evidence that the
| process of liberation has already set up in that
locality as well as in the throat. From the time
that liberation begins the cancer makes
| constant progress. 1t might remain quiet and
harmless as warty tumor for years, but when
| the ulcers appear, there is no remedy known
| to science that alter its course to fatal
| termination. The subjacent tissue is becoming
| more deeply and widely affected in the region of
the ulcer near the right side Of the root of the
| tongue. The process of infiltration is going on
rapidly, and the diseased epithelium is forcing
its way through the tissues in the throat, incor-
| porating the disease in every part that it
touches, and is marching with an awful certainty
| toward the region of the larger arteries The
| hard portion in the tongue is extending, and the
| adherent tissue spreads over a larger surface.
| AS the disease spreads inward and attacks the
| deep-seated tissue, on its way to the Emphatic
| glands in the neck, the surface becomes the seat
of a rapidly ulcer Sometimes the
| ulcers are covered by scab, that on being re-
moved shows deep and irregular excavation.
| The remedies used are only to allay the agra
walton, and not to cure. The pain in the throat
is controlled by repeated applications of cocaine,
| and the blood is prevented from being tainted by
the use of iodoform. There is slight discharge
| from the ulcer that is almost incessant.
The General felt strong enough on Thursday
| evening to come down into the parlor to see
number of his intimate friends. His family
were opposed to his taking any risk of this kind,
| but his will is law, and he took his case in his
own hands and remained in the parlor for some
| time. After he went to bed about IL o'clock, he
| paid for his indiscreton. He was so fatigued as
to be unable to sleep, and added to this eondi-
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catarrh symptoms which induced an irritation
| in his throat and caused considerable pain in his
| right ear, and pains shot through his cheek and
| head. He had eaten good deal OF food before
| going to bed, in the hope that it would produce
| sleep, but this proved failure. An ansesthetic
was administered in small quantities, but this
also failed to relieve the Distress and the patient
| did not close his eyes in sleep during the night
After daylight he fell into quiet slumber that
| lasted until 9 o'clock. He lay III bed until 10
o'clock trying in vain to take a nap. He got up,
was dressed and went to the library. He was
extremely weak, and suffered much pain. He
said that he would like lamb chop for break
fast, and it was brought to him chopped up in
small pieces, as his teeth have been all removed
He ate the whole chop and some liquid food and
| was somewhat refreshed by it.
When DR.. Douglass called at noon he admins
| tered a local remedy to control the catarrh and
| after cleansing the Generals throat, applied a
soothing compound that eased the pain in the
| head. Dr. Douglass remained with him for
| some time and the General said he felt as if he
would like to take ride. The carriage was at
once sent for. When it came the General, after
refusing to go down from the library in the ele-
vator, walked down the stairs with a quick
nervous tread. He was warmly clad in a heavy
| top coat, and his neck was protected by heavy
| fur collar. He walked down the front stoop
without assistance, though Harrison and Dr.
| DOUGLASS offered to aid HIM
| DR.. Douglass got into the carriage with him
and bundled him up so that he could not feel the
| draught that came through the carriage from
| the front windows. They drove in a circuitous
route to Mount st. Vincent, and stopped for
| time under the shelter of clump of trees. The
| General did not want to return when the car
rage started towards his home, but DIR. Douglass
was afraid to expose him for too long period
not like the notice that was taken of him by the
| noon.la who racornizad his team and councilman