New-York tribune., 1885-03-13
A BAD DAY FOR GEN. GRANT
HIS DEPRESSED CONDITION RETURNING.
NOT ABLE TO SLEEP GREAT DEAL-THE CANCER
SPECIALIST FAILS TO SEE HIM.

| deneral Grant went to bed early on w ednes-
day night after taking hearty NEAL but he did not fall
asleep until nearly midnight Then after sleeping short
time he awoke and remained awake until nearly daylight
He suffered considerably pain in his right ear He
TOOK ftful maps during the forenoon, and got up
about noon He did not feel as well as
| No did the day before, and the weakness
ana depression were returning again rapidly He ate
little and seemed to have sort Of dislike for food He
grew somewhat brighter toward evening" but was still
troubled by the pain in his ear The alterations in his
throat had also taken more angry appearance ana
cocaine was used again to allay the palm
The infraton Is extending to the deepseated tissue
ana the disease is spreading with more rapdity thah
has shown for time. The Generals pulse and tenn
perature nearly normal. In the evening
ho ate quito heartily Of food. but did not have any
appetite. It thought at one time
that there wa. an indication OF returning symptoms OF
but they not fully % oos s@p bae
was eaten The General showed an Inclination 70 90
on a.ss a S% a:s snd MsTs spent h
to the Of his family and occasion IN
Cheerful and Tn appsSr sw wGr' IN sooa SPIRITS but
w as :ssHy ss P.ss Which St as Sn
account Of the sever. pain Rssa was not not pleasant
When Dr Douglas called at 10 p IN. no found the
ing the last hours. General had gone
just before going to bed and when he lay down
ne iaid that he felt tired. lie walked around little
Div. T. Brown. of North Adams, Mass, who
s n 70 have been summoned BY Ekns to tsy MS
day He says that he cured M, ELinss father Of can
% porter ,S% him yestsr
day at the st. James Hotel He is TALL thin man about
light In color and quantity, and speaks in cOnhding
Soon after my arrival in the city, he said, " called
on Mr. Elkns and went afterward directly to General
Grants Grants, house I met Colonel Grant and after
take to Dr. Douglas ALLOW me TO introduce DR.. Brown
Of North Adams, Mass. As Dr. Brown ha, come down
here will you he kind enough to talk with him about
father hope this will result in something benscal TO
father then went to see Dr. Douglas and told him
| something about my plan Of treatment. He said he
could not do anything as he was not the family physician
ohs yo TO vii rsee se
1t your consideration and let mo know your
the and .m naS na. IAS to Sssqa's
took the letters 70 Dr. barker and he read tho recon-
the Of cures that had made and was specially
interested when told him OF the cancer had removed
D. b. st. John Roosa, Dr. Barker told that but little
bad been done for General Grant ard that little could be
| told him frsin what had heard believed that had
cured many worse rases I lie gave me :" see
sad that he would 10 nj the nese before arrived ard
| TO the family that should DO allowed to examine the
.Whcn went to the house Colonel Grant told me that
DR. Barker had been there, aud also Drs Sands MPrkoe
and Douglas, ia consultation about an hour before but
disnant ana said that considered had not been treated
fairlv Colonel Grant said that couldn't the General
unless lin. from Dr. Barker, recouned ms many
cases a. could OF prominent people whom I had cured
of after they had been given up by physicians
The Colonel said that IL would tell my remedy 10 him
could his father said no, but qualified IT after
by saying that III the cancer and determined
that c-uld cure IL, II did not give reief at once
would disclose my remedies. but u / cured
him they would remain secret Tne Colonel replied
that he thought was TOO yonng to take charge OF such
! nn important ease. wheroupon seized my nat ana
what college were YOU graduated from"
"Nono. don't pretend to be regular physician or a
GERS when physicians have failed. have had eight
years experience with this disease and ought TO know
+ H. Elkns said yesterday that he had nothing to do
| with .ummoniDg Brown to this city.
DR. Douglas last night made the following statement
concerning the visit OF Brown: He came To my office
Wednesday afternoon with letter OF introduction that
Colonel Grant while he was attending tho Grant and
m in inc ds s,n, him b, to p sa,sef * e
mine his knowledge of medicine aud DR. Barker found
hts aud nas Ss did not 'pe.s posses. @ the
| knowledge that a schooLboy would pick up
about the case Frederick l. Talcct whom Brown had
treated for cancer and claimed ito to nave cured
while Dr. Barker knew that Mr. Talcoit had died from
him by Brown. II wa, found out that Brown was
! DR. Barker Inade arrangements for him to General
Grant In about the Brown has said. but the Cen
nsstncss and refused have anything to do with him.
We are through with him entirely and no cannot see
he
A special dispatch to THE TRIBUNE. from Lynn Mass.
says The North Adams cancer specialist was called
IN the body Of the wife of prominent Lynn ciiizen
o operated 1t was Thought Tor TIVE susees'iuy' out
| the woman died "a few weeks thereafter.
| 1.-THE MEDICAL RECORD" BULLETIN.
The following account OF General Grants condition
| will be printed Ia The Medical Record tomorrow
since the last buctn OF 1e Medical Record was Issued
consultation has been hea On m poras uenTy
| " sands and George f. shrady At that time, Sunday
ntemt was gnite feeble although he able to walk
across hs library and scat himself In his chair for the
siSe without giving him pain. II found that the
liberation OF the posteror pIa oi the rsnt ia1ces hau
terror lar had Increased. that its Internal edge was
converted into small bride Of tissne The entire soft
eht posterior border o tho tongue was ndrated from
point just in front OF the anterior pillar ol 'e @ uSts
under the right angle OF the jaw was still enlarged ana
aS & na IN the ear had entirely disappeared and there
was no special difficulty in swaowingnelther was there
any marked sallyaon INC , o, & se s tour ' n.r nt
solution of cocaine that OF not solution OF shl h
water In the proportion OF i've parts 10 inc thousahd'
So natent comp ,ined that his sleep was irregular
sna rnacns in grain doses accordingly recon-
mended the anodyhe otherwisS T no eh,ngc III snS
smlnvod by DR. Douglas were fully indorsed The
preyious diagnosis OF the disease OF tho throat was
h i,anisraon Of the anodyne subsequently
attended good result oil securing nNe
niterrunted slunber at n tme. In tho course OF the
following days tho effect was not 80 Marked ana
another sedatiye was prescribed =,
The angry redness OF the palatal curtain has In a
measure disappeared. and there Is now occupying con
sIderable portion left side trangularshaped,
sharnly defined granular eXubcranco which mas an
| ominOus appearance. 49,, ,, h .t,oo
he uccatye process In the anterior pillar has since
the consnltaton extended to the adjoining sue OF the
tongue the birdie OF tissue bounding tne perota &
lion of the anterior pillar internally gave way on Wed
nesday During Thursday the patient was IN reason
ahv state; his temperature was normal ana
| lint he
the cfects OF insomnia. His digestion Is good ana
semsolid food IL taken easily aud with rensonaDe
| rii"b lie suffers 40 pain la the face or all these
gcncrl aymptos the local difficulty has markedly ih-