The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-03-13
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GRANTsed at the I CONDITION.

GRANTsed at the CONDITION.
The Recovery PRESIDENT Now Con-
coded to BE .... te-Insomnia Being
Constant suffer. =. hks with His physl-
clans and Son La.
New YORK, SpeciafTelegram, Feb. % The
announcement of Gen. Grants alarming and
probable fatal illness to-day caused great
surprise among his numerous friends.
Anxious inquiries were made as to his condi-
tion, coupled with expressions of hope
that the reports had been exaggerated
and that the general you'd soon
be restored to health. 1t is now believed
that the malady from which Gen. Grant is
suffering cannot but have a fatal termina-
tion, and also that his dissolution may
q place within q very short
time, a few months being the max
period of his life, with
the chances that a shorter time will end his
career. AL the physicians in attend
ance upon him concur in this view of the
case, and the generals immediate family have
abandoned all hope of his recovery. His
wife and all his children, with the
exception of Mrs. Sartoris, who has been
for from England. are constantly in
upon the general, and their deep
sorrow Is intensified by a realization Of the
fact that his shtferings are of the most
intense character. He can only have
temporary relief while sleeping, and even
this during the past few nights has become
an 1mpossibiHty, US insomnia has been added
to his other complications, so that he is prac-
tically an almost continual sufferer. Death
from cancer may not occur Immediately,
but 1t is sure to come in u very short time
and at a moment when least expected. Gen.
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emit His face and head are bandaged, his
eyes are sunken and his face wears a sal
low hue. while his hair and beard have
whitenedg greatly. This is the worst form of
his disease, and has broughs about loss of
appetite. His doctors assert that he is sub
he is growing preceptibly weaker day
by day, The trouble is an liberation
of the soft tissues of the roof of the mouth
with hardness and soreness at the base of the
tongue. 1t is with great difficulty that the
general opens his mouth to ad,ni food. He
neuralgia also, but scarcely a murmrr
escapes SHIN. The general knows he must
die, and yet he does not want to believe it.
There were many callers at the house to-day,
they were not admitted to the generals
presence, and after warm expressions of
family they withdrew. Throughout his i'll
ness Gen. Grant has labored faithfully at his
literary tasks. bis history Of the rebellion
is now practically completed, and the maya
zine articles for the Century are also finished.
RELATED by FREE GRANT.
New YORK, Feb. 2S.-In regard to Gen.
health, Col. Fred Grant said to q Post
reporter this afternoon:
My father is a very sick man. There is no use
effort to keep the facts from the public, be-
cause we knew that as soon as
Vt Was 'h Sanre,on nSs9me i'll k 1nsTs x taas be
a hundred letters coming in with every mail, and
this would only excite him and make his re-
less hopeful. My father he had little
was up and about his room for
a little while yesterday, and we hope to get him
up again to-day: but be is suffering constant
pain in the ear and head, For any facts con-
corning the nature Of his disease, 1 refer you to
his physician.
The doctors who are attending him are DR..
Z. Sands of this city, and Dr. T. M. Merker
OF Philadelphia. DR.. Douglas said:
] am no wise responsible for the rose-colored
that appeared in a medical journal last
week: Two days before the report was pub
lished l had a conversation with DR..
Lands at Gen. Grants house. We both
decided that the cancerous growth at
the root of the tongue was hardening and stead
lily growing worse. A micrSscopical eXamina-
ton by an expert proved beyond doubt that the
case was one of malignant epithelial growth.
Gen. Grant is a very sick man. and I think there
is little or no hope that he will recover. He is
breaking down. but has displayed much courage.
In less than a month he has done as much
as six or eight hours work a day, but
days and we have tried to keep the knowledge
of his true condition from the general
because ne had so many other troubles
tanned that his trouble is from
a cancerous growth at the root of the tongue,
caused no doubt by excessive smoking. Every
time he speaks or bretthes or eats this is dis
tnrbed. 1t Is difficult to treat it for that rca-
son. There have been times when the growth
has been temporarily checked, but it has never
been arrested and liz steadily increasing. There
has been considerable loss of tissue of the soft
palate. He takes nourishment every day in
liquid form. He cannot eat solid food because
in the hope of easing the pain In his face. This
pain, although it resembles neuralgia, is not that
and simple, but it is a reflection
pain caused by cancer In the throat. He
has been suffering from severe pain
in the right ear and on the top of the head. To
eose this his head is kept wrapped in hot fan
nels. l cannot say how near the end is He
may live months vet, as men suffering from this
disease have done; bat I do not think there is
any hope that he will ever recover.
WASHINGTON, Special Telegram, Feb. rs
Private letters received here confirms the
alarming news published by the Philadelphia
Times i'll regard to Gen. Grants health He
is now recognized as an invalid, and his con-
dition is critical. He is confined to his
room, sees but few of his Oldest frinds, and
Is much broken and depressed in spirits.
DE. DOUGLAS STATEMENT.
DR.. Douglas was asked tEis afternoon to
describe the condition Of his patient. He
said:
Gen. Grant is a very sick man. His body and
hands are greatly emaciated. and he is losing
flesh daily. He cannot recover from the disease,
losing his grip on life, and has not the force and
energy to stand up against the many blows to
his strength. He may live for weeks or months.
The progress of the disease may be put in abey-
advancing rapidly. 1t is not likely that the can
Ger will choke him, it will kill him by exhaust
they injnre his throat. Gen. Grant came to me
first on Oct. % last and asked me to examine his
throat. did so, and saw at once that he was
fri1hten hi in9i by { sel fhnsf him th ala so noI said b 10
had an epithcliai trouble. He asked me if
it was not a cancer, and | told him
the disease was OF a cancerous character in a
smoking. combined with other causes. He had
been suffering with 1t since June 1. I at once
told his family Of the nature of the disease, and
they know how serious the case is. l think the
general also knows 1t now. lie was In the habit
of coming down to see me pretty much every
morning. The cancer continued to grow worse,
although its growth has not been steady. The
hardened part of the cancer is ut the root of the
tongue on the right side. The liberation is on
the soft palate just above where the tonsils lie.
q loss VI tue leetn mas prevented Sen. trranC
from chewing solid food. He eats minced meat,
terrapin. and other soft food, and has no diff
lows more readily than he did two
months ago. This is probably due to the
fact that liberation has relaxed some of
the membranes. He takes a good deal
OF nourishment, although he docs not want to
eat, as the effect of the disease is to destroy all
appetite. The bad weather Of late has affected
him unfayorably. He caught a slight cold. The
cancer is what is called a benign cancer" and il
It were anywhere else on the body, we could at
least hold it in allegiance. As 1t Is, an opera
ton would accomplish no good. 1t would
be quite impossible to cut it out from the root Of
the tongue. Within the past ten days there
has been q great change for the worse. The
mind has a great influence on such diseases, and
I believe that distress of mind caused by the
failure Of the relief bill in congress injured the
general very much. Two weeks ago he
was feeling much better. Then came
the defeat Of the bin. and he seemed to lose