The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-04-17
GRANTS LIFE PROLONGED.
The Medical Aspects of the Case Present
ed Clearly.

Gu SlGdrlys
New York Special: There has been so much
unsatisfactory speculation about the danger OF
an immediate fatal termination of Gen Grants
disease that the Pioneer Press correspondent
gained an audienC with a gentleman who
knows as much about the medical and other
aspects Of the case as any one. He allowed
himself to be interviewed on the condition
that his name would not be used. 1t is sufi-
cient, therefore, to say, that the gentleman has
been a regular visitor at the generals house,
and has seen the sick man every day for q
month. He said:
1t will surprise Gen. Grants physicians very
much If he dies within a week. The chan ces
are that he will live two weeks longer, and I
would not give much odds that he will live I'M
til May. OF course, some unforeseen accident,
such as sudden faintness of the heart, may oc-
cur at any moment and upset my %phrophesy,
but with that possible exception, l think you
Will find it a true one"
What is to be feered most?" was asked.
First of all, blood poisoning. The trouble
Tuesday morning was caused by the lodge
ments in the rear Of the larnyx suddenly be-
coming loose and leaving the raw sores IN
covered. Thus, at the first friction they be-
gan to bleed: In their present exposed condi-
uon, these tissues may absorb some Of the
poisonous matter from the cancer, and thus
1t twill enter the blood. The physicians, I I'M
derstand, are now directing their efforts to
warding off this danger, and they will probably
succeed in doing 80, for a couple of weeks, at
least When you see Gen. Grants tenn
perature going up and his pulse Sbecom-
ing irregular, then look out for dan
ger. That will mean that the poison
has reached his blood. The second cause of
alarm is exhaustion. A bad spell from sleep
l~essness, or some similar cause, may turn him
right around, and before a reaction can setin
he Will die. The contingency is made all the
more liable by the generals recent loss of
blood, which can never be regained. The can
Ger itself, l think is the last source of danger.
1t is now stationary, and has been so for a
week. There is no possibility of its develop
ing sufficient to become fatal for two months at
least and with proper treatment it could be
held IN allegiance until fall l think"
What are the chances of another hemorrh-
age?" -.
zone is likely to occur at any time, but 1 do
not think it will alarm the physicians. 1t can
be stopped before any material damage is
done. That onTuesday last was expected by
the doctors, though it came a little too soon.
There is little trouble now with the throat, as
it is undei control. Whatever pain he suffers
now is relieved by the constant application if
cocain." .. ~.
''You regard the generals condition as IA
vorable them" inquired the reporter.
Undoubtedly his faculties are as clear as
they ever were, andh he is fully capable of trans
acting any business that might come to q man
in active life. He would be as able to direct
the movements of an army in the field to-day
as he was twenty years ago, so far as his men,
tai condition is iconcerned."
''Does the general show the effects of his
long coninemsnt?"
'Only in a measure, and not 80 greatly as
has been stated In the newspapers. The face
is full and inclined to be flushed, rather than
pale. There is q worn appearance and sink
ing in behind the ears and in the
back of his neck, but that comes
mostly from his loss of blood Tues
day. / would nots y that his body is enact
ated. That is not the word. His arms and
hmgs have become mall and thin, and he has
lost flesh, but it is far from a condition that is
implied by calling it emaciated. OF course his
eyes are not as bright as they might be, but
to-day there was q CLEAN in them that / have
not seen before for a month"