The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-04-20
lie Walks About His Room, Appears at a
Passers-By Who Recognize Him.
No More Consultations Until Sunday
Unless a Radical Change Occurs.
Nature of the Generals Aiment-Interest-
ing Information Concerning the Doc
tors Who Have Charge of the Case.
FROM THE sICK-R0OM.

FROM THE sICK-ROOM.
Continued Improvement in the Condition OF
the General.
NEW YORK, April 19.-Everything passed
quietly at the Grant mansion last night. Cyrus
W. Field drove up to the house at 9:i5 this
morning, and had short conversation with
the General, whom he said he found feeling
and looking much better than on his previous
visit. He said the doctors would not allow the
General to 90 out just at present, the air was SO
chilly
At 1880 the General appeared at front win
dow, and seemed to enjoy the bright sunshine
which streamed in upon him. People passing
upon the other side of the street noticed his
presence most of them lifting their hats, which
the General recognized with apparent pleasure
About the same time Jesse Grant went out for
a stroll with his little daughter, Nellie She
saw the upturned faces on the other side of the
street, looked up to the window where the
General stood, and quickly placing both chubby
hands to her lips threw kiss to him.
''Theres grandpa cried the child as she did
so, and in response General Grant nodded to the
child and smiled.
At 9 o'clock the entire staff of physicians met
in consultation after which the following bulle-
tin was issued:
'At the consultation held at this hour, Drs.
Barker, Sands, Shrady and Douglas were pres
ent General Grant was found to be in an inn
proved condition, both general and local, as
compared with the last statement The physi
clans in attendance are, and nave been, in entire
agreement concerning the management of this
case"
Unless an unforeseen change Tor the worse oc
ours there will not be another general Uunsalta9
tion in a week. DR.. Shrady will not call again
until Wednesday. DIR. Douglas will be in charge,
! and will remain nights, if General Grant de-
sires. The other doctors are to be in readiness
to respond to a call from DR.. Douglas should o
change take place. The General this afternoon,
for the first time in many days, slept an hour
upon the bed
General Mcclellan, Sidney Dillon and Alex.
S. Webb called during the afternoon.
Senator Leland Stanford, accompanied by
Rev. Dr. Newman. entered the Grant res
idence about o'clock tonight, and re-
NAMED for two hours When they emerged
from the house, Dr. Newman said THE Gen
eral is wonderfully cheerful. He thought that
Mrs. Stanford came with US, and he walked
downstairs to the parlor to welcome her. He
found out his mistake, and assembled to the
library again by way Of the elevator
Dr. Douglas came about $50 o'clock and said
there would be no bulletins issued during the
night.
Mrs. Grant has prevailed upon DR.. Douglas
to stay in the house during the night
The Natur~ of the Generals AiImeut.
New York specg
A weknov ,sician, and an authority on
can GER was to-day his opinion as to the
! nature Of General Grants ailment and the dis
cussion about the doctors. He said General
Grant has epithelioma, else the doctors have
been working in the dark for eighteen centuries.
That is the only foundation on which any differ
ent conclusion can be arrived at.
''Scven physicians, eminent in their profess
sion, two of them leading experts cancers,
have diagnosed the case and there is not one Of
them vino will not risk his reputation on the as
sertion that General Grant is afflicted with
epthelioma. If he recovers it will be the first
case of cpithelioma ever cured, and as such it
must 90 on record in the medical world. There
can be no mistake in the diagnosis. The micro
scope makes no errors Besides this, every
who has made diagnosis has announced his
conclusion instantly and without hesitation.
Professor Sattherthwaite, the Postgraduate
College, spent two days in making microscopical
examinations of the cell nests and said that
there was not the slightest doubt as to the dis
case Then again, tho cuts that wero published
could be read by the physicians, and they could
tell whether they indicated cancer or not.
can state positively that not one protest has yet
been received against the doctors conclusions.
1t may be that we arc on the eve of discovery
in medical science with regard to cancers.
Those gentlemen have sailed by the chart
from the outset; they have never disagreed as
to the course to pursue, and if they reach aport
into which no other has ever entered, they must
De recognized as the pioneers in a movement for
the cure of cancer. There is about one chance
in thousand of their doing this that is high
estimate of the probability. My own belief is
that they are not trying to cure him. General
Grant is too big man on whom to make expert
ments that have bafiied the world for ages.
think they have done better than they expected
in keeping him alive until now.'
The physician who made this statement grad
ually pecsihe more intS-eSteu In the suOJect, as
we'll as more emphatic. Continuing, he said:
There is bare possibility that General Grant
will live through the summer. His physicians
think, as have reason to know, that he will die
within two months That is, the cancer will
prove fatal in that time. No one looked for its
final development sooner.
"Epithelioma however, as far as we know
now, means death. General Grant may get we'll
enough to walk on the street. but he is liable to
die at any moment from the sudden growth Of
his disease"
Do you look for anothc~ reverse in his condi-
ton within a fortnight asked the correspond
ent.