Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-04-24
GRANT GAINING.

What the General Says About the Sit
uation- Comprehensive Medical State
nent.
Gen. Grant gained much in the earlier Part
of last week. On Wednesday DR.. Newman said:
sGen. Grant is very much better. He conversed
readily with those around him, and seems to be
quite cheerful and happy: He is getting dress
ed in his trousers and vest and dressing gown.
There is great improvement in his condition.
The color of the skin is different. He looks
like 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 we'll He feels, and [ 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 we'll again. I 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, he pressed my hand and
said: Thrice have been in the valley OF the
shadow of death, and thrice have come out
again ,"
4 COMPREHENSIVE STATEMENT
That the public may be enabled to thor
,oughly understand the case as it is and form
reliable opinions, the following absolute facts
are given as basis for public and personal
Judgment:
The general is not greatly emaciated about
tho body, he has lost some flesh, but how
weighed in some time His face is not much
changed, but it has a careworr oppression.
The glandular swelling has at ne been
larger than d hens egg, and from Town to
the size Of a pigeons egg: It is To- at the
angle of the right jaw. 1t has never enurely
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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
though the presumption is th at+on they ey
nor affect any of the processes of the generals
ear. There is some danger of that--a posi-
bility, but not probability. At present it is
not going in that direction The disease is
spreading very gradually backward in the back
part of the throat and behind the palate It
of the nose, in front Of and above the palate
There is no lump on the tongue. It is a small
ulcer, away back on the side of the tongue. 1t
has never been shown to it's whole extent, but
it is small ulcer, irregular in shape and from
quarter to half-inch in diameter. : In case
of epitheliama there is no lump; it is 81 ulcer.
There is a discharge from the ulcera7 ed 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 concerous 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 49,
THE TREATMENT.
Six drops or mininls of morphia 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 little clam broth yesterday as much
as he relishes anything. The general usually
reclnes in the chair attired in knitted under
wear, on his feet knitted wool noccasins, a
brown dressing gown trimmed with silk and
beited with heavy cord. Over his lap is spread
elk and satin quilt filled with down. while
upon his head he wears silk cap, which he
has long worn to protect his head from attacks
of neuralgia.