Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1885-09-02
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cocaine. to-day. would Is baak Il t6s e.
nehtfui absence from patns and evsn slspt d
Al II o'clock, the last tablet Of IL day:
Tho 10th Of July, one day less than ! foet.
night before Gen. Grant disd b wrots:
Ihave had very ane rest to-day. w1thost -
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I will NJ swailowtnR u Nowin3 moes di1lr NJ
volume in M print f = Two @ @ weeks i Z tAsS wssk ~
hard they can have the second rolums cor1od
ready e go to the printer. 1wt1l thsn fsel tAat
Alas! before tho two weeks hsa expirea
the old soldiers work WAS done.
About this time Con. Grant began to ex.
perience sreater diiaculty N swallowinE. The
I shall have 70 reduce my food very mAtor1olly
In order to be able 70 do anything much lonoel.
y is quite hard 70 swallow anything aftsr lhs
Tho same dsy. It O'Clock In the aftsrnooa.
he wrote % follows:
Doctor. I am Glad TO - you; dida't knew
avoid the uss Of cocaine. y would rsaisvs -
As early = r;ss o'oloSk, ~ nsraing 4
July u, Cen. Grant wae Nritlng - - Docp
'ss
less c6ssrus5sd 81 = SssS| q t6e l. ~ { =,
Srs.ih M !. mo not % obstraessd mt IL shs is.st Nv
ussd NO co sine during the night. nor Do 70
1t was I peculiarity OF Gen. Grant always
to be considerate OF those about him. This ID
made clear by the following tablet, which he
wrote At o'clock in the norning tho 18th OF
July:
Not sleeping does not disturb me-, becauss I
| have had 20 much sleep: aud then have been
compars.,ys1y irss from Psin srUw nv ca
sician know from time TO time inst my feelings.
as It may benefit some other fcliow-sufferes
IN this same night the Generals nurse,
Henry. gave DIR. Douglas tablet which d.
rccted him to wake tho Ioctor, and advise
with him whether anything should be done.
| The tablet adds:
hiccouah. Whether this Indicates anything OF
not do not know. but Il 10 inc0nycn1ent
The pattcnt may not have known that this
symptom signided tho commencement OF his
last decline.
Gen. Grant wrote at al hours OF the day
and night. For instance. At I o'clock the
morning Of July IL:
| nOtlce t0at your uytl0 RlHl8 euO JUllA THIS
granddaughter, get along very happily toeethcr
with their swing, lawn-tennts. and ntce shade
They seem very happy.
About the same hour he wrote:
/ have not slept probably two hours since
o'clock yesterday. Lying down ~ do al the
time get all the sleep in the aggregate that u
For the last twenty -four hours have auffsr-
ed less pain on the whole than usual. have
felt more pain than is reel because Ihave not
wssns g un s.s drow. wsonS
probably feel weak II I had to make any Rreat
exertion. 1t 10 . question Of avoiding nervous
from. The trouble has been moro from pain
and the accumulation Of mucus In tho mouth
At o'c,ock on the morning Of the same
NV not eating no much has helped mo very
much. AZ you say, the dificnity about artfcu-
lation comes from the sore upon inside OF ths
THE LAST PERIOD or DEPREssIoN.
July 10 Gen. Grant wrote q tablet which
has been In part published heretofors, In
feel sore at tho prospect Of living through
the summer and fall In tho condition ] am In.
don't think ! can. but may. Except that
have been heretofore. but l am satisfied that
ability to move about than in any other way.
| or rather In the lack OF desire TO try to move.
About July l8 weakness OF the stomach
was indicated, and the 18th he wrote:
II could recover the tone ef my stomach I
AT AZ this i time ak ioosencss M Of the bowels be-
came apparent. At 10 o'clock in the morn
! ing he wrote;
have been very Wide awake. but compaxa-
up 1 e walk vail about the room. BID any one g Ia
AT 10 o clock At night he wrote the follow
. ing:
Not feeling sleepy. Have been thinking Of
the propriety Of taking food. II could re-
cover the tone Of my stomach l would like n
The lyth the General felt very tired, and at
, /. o'clock in tho morning began TO be restless.
The Doctor suggested . change OF position,
and the General wrote:
Do You not think Il advisable for me to rest
tailor aoss wnsn e he S'.sy !: IN nn
: pains about the seat OF the disease appeared
!, to diminish, and tho General was deceived ~
10 his condition, for he wrote the 18th Of
July:
some time back. The sore places In my mouth
! do not seem to be spreading. On the other
hand l don't see that any Of them are particu-
. larry on the road to recovery.
At 9:45 ,. m. the same day he wrote:
What time have you, Doctor? / have bsen
, , resting 80 easily, would mot have beon. sur
! 1t Is only = little after Q.
July 20, at q. m, he thought hc was bet
ter, and wrote:
eraee. j am satisiied shall have 70 givs ur
coffee 1t 10 distasteful too. and harder 70 tai.
tnan anything that goes into my mouth feel
and and after soss ssrs s0f
! water. II has been . half-hour since drin1ans
: coiee, and have an immoderate desire % dr1nl
At2 O'Clock =. m. hc had written:
In making summary OF the progress Of ~
disease the 18th OF July said that the sores q
the mouth n were stu thsre. A Thi. - h.rdil g
tongue considerably improved
The Generals mind did mot weaken untl
! almost the last hour. Tho day before - dist
. | he wrote:
don't think slept the last tims becauas d
the medicine which put mo p slssp ths iarst M
| second times.
He had taken the medicine but once.
0 After this tablet was written several m0re
were handed BY him 70 the Doctor. but b
8 very CONSIDERABLY and thoughtfully turnet
them over to the mombcrs Of tho family, to-
be felt that they belonged to them rather
| than to him.--Atbonv Journal.
Grant at Fort DensIsen.
, Tho attack on Fort Doneison, which estab
lishcd Grants famc. u satd 70 have been D.
D cidcd upon by simple Ctrcumstanco. n
day before the stack most Of the troops had
marched long distance, part Of II n ~
ter cold night. a council Of war Wa CALLED
to determine whethor ~ imDediate AetAeA
should me made Or whetAer to troope shousd
. appeared absorbed II thought freesntay,
, when overy ono had expre0Ded IN oplnleus
, he said: There wae Z deeortor came u IN
morning. Let us - him and heAr What -
has to say" The man was seos e - -
. . theu asked: .swhero are you froaSt ss1oss
! Doneison." 'tGot six days' rastone = ycuT
, havcrsack. have you noer' "YeA SIR
, ..when were they served outf "Yootsrday
morning. The same to ~ - esocpsr.