Daily Republican., 1885-07-14
Grants Condition.
A REMARKABLE CHANGE IN tn /
CONDITION OF GENERAL
CHANT.
FROM SHADOW TO LIGHT.

MT. MCGREGoR. July 13. The fitfully
vicious disease OF cancer hasieeldom de.
veloped change so rsmarka BILE as tha,
which marks the closing houfs Of Gene
raj Grants first month on thu mountain
On Saturday he was sadly depressed In
spirits, and to-day he said that he fel,
bright and anxious to work. On Satur
day his voice was husky, rattline
whisper, and to-day he conversed orally J
with clear voice with his physician
and friends. On Saturday he was list
less and Indifferent to events and per
sons about him, and TO day he was fre.
quently droll in his remarks and humor.
ous in his sallies with those near him.
Two days ago the application oi
cocaine was omitted, and the presence
of pain was freq uent reminder of the
disease, while today, though still
without the use Of the sedative, he has
been comparatively free frornSpA.r.. On
Saturday the Generals pulse was f8Sble,
.irreg ular and rapid to . point above
eighty beats to the minute, while TO-
day, before and after having written
an hour, the pulse was full, strong and
regular at seventy-two beats to the
minute.
This sudden change apparently for the
better, has caused earnest comment,
and laymeu are jumping to the conclu
sion that General Grant will reoover.
The doctor says, however, that this
sharp revulsion from shadow to light
In so brief space of time Ia one OF
those changes that, 10 themselves, are
evidence Of cancer, and yet the record
Of the last two days has not been mad Q
without some surprise to the ply sicians
in attendance.
A MEDICAL REVIEW.
The m edical summary OF the sltua.
ton, rs the patient closes his first
month on Mt. McGregor, is not disheart
ening, though 1t deals only with cold
facts 80 far as ascertained. All accid.
dental iDfiltration seems to have sub.
sided, and upon the outside of the neck,
which was swollen even with the cheek
when the patient came here, a casual
observer wonld now note scarcely any
enlargement. The nodosities, or knotted
cancer Jumps, on the neck and lower
edge of the cheek, II not less hard and
large, have not developed within two
weeks past. Such swelling as remains
on the neck has less of thestrained and
painful appearance Of two or three
weeks ago. The affected parts inside
Looked better, and the symptoms at
these points are improved.
Until quite recently there has been
q slight appearance of bloody sputa
from the affected parts inside after they
had been cleansed closely at times of
but this changed, and now,
though the parts cannot be said 70 be
healing, there is observed granular
phrase and less tendency to bloody
sputa. No cocaine has been used In
three days past, which is equivalent 70
saying that there is an abatement OF
pain and mucous secretions.
The only discom fort now men tionable
is that which has it's seat in the main
sore at the base Of the tongue. Although
there have been some disturbing sYmp-
toms in the mares within a week, the
patient is now able to close his lips and
breathe through the nasal passages.
THE CoURSE OF TREA TMENT.
This marked improvement bas not
been the result Of aggressive treatment,
but has followed DR.. Douglas mild but
constant measures of relief, and the
attention ofthe physician to
all indications OF a change that would
retard GONZALES oeuce. 1t must not be
that the cancerous fixture
has become iislodged, but rather that
it has relaxed and is comparatively
quiescent.
The present remarkable change in
General Grants condition is pro
nounced by DIR. Douglas as one of
those strange phases of temporary i'm,
provement that is characteristic of can
cerous diseases; and how long it may
continue neither he nor any one can
tall