The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-06-26
THE HERO'S HEALTH
News from General Grants
''" Mt, McGregOr Retreat.
WASHINGTON INTELLIGENCE.
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Arranged.
General Grant.

-, ucceEGoR, N. Y, June 25.-Dr'
Nd. =. to-day, telegraphed to the
9air .3I Record the following official
1 hl of General Grants condition
1-l. .-o,ress of the disease from which
me Pr cant is suffering is, barring
Occidental complications, SLOW. Com-
sCCirc The condition OF the patient with
s 25l,t7 + was month ago the changes
S ,h;cb have taken place can be appre-
' Eitsi Taxing this period OF time into
C.a nseei5eration 1t can be said that the
cU naIi;n5 under the angle of the lower
;nr on IN the right side has increased and
." mn harder and more deeply fixed.
80 sbOyna tendency to progress
" I'd Jiraction downward and forward
i ~ : the right side OF the neck. the in
Sttration extending into the neighbour
;nS oIandular structures Lacerating
ns7ns In those parts, although for
i"nately not frequent. nor severe. have
qigni6cance which cannot be ignored.
The liberation on the right side
Of the base OF the tongue
mas become deeper and more
irregular, although its superficial area
has not perceptibly increased. Tins IS
The seat of pain occasionally In swal-
lowing, and when certain examinations
of the throat are made the destructive
process in the right side of the uvula is
snDarentIv ouieScent, although the new
nortion of the margin of the palatal cur
tain is showing a tendency to break
down. The voice has been reduced to a
Vhisner due partially to the inhamma-
tory inyolyment of the vocal cords, and
oartly to the nervous atony on the lat
Ter. There is some impairment of the
General strength and some loss in
Weight, although the appetite is I'M
changed and the usual amount of nour-
ishment is taken. The removal to Mt. !
NcGregor has SO far proved beneficial.
It has enabled the patient to recover
10 st ground and thus in measure has |
COunterbalanced the effects of his local |
malady. 7 Il
Mt. McGREGoR, June25.-The day has |
been spent by General Grant practically |!
outdoors, with his family, upon the |
piazza. The General. today, conversed |
much il writing, not a little having
reference to himself and his treatment. /!
He said that within two weeks he has |
his food two eggs per day with |
Dper cent. more of beef per diem. He is |
aware that his weight is decreas-
ing and has only on, that account |
taken some interest on the plan to re-
new his strength. He does not, how
ever, force food upon himself as medi-
cine. He Graves it now, whereas, in the
early part of his convalescence, he ac-
CeFted food as duty imposed by his |
physicians. This morning. for instance, |
The General received food between |
and 6 o'clock, and at 8 O'Clock |
lie again felt a desire to eat and |
he again partook beef, eggs and !
nilk. On the point of his continued |
offering the General expressed himself |
O-day. He said he felt that he was It'd |
ng along about the same to-day as yes
erday, bat that the time went slowly |
nd YEARLY. The patient also watches
ne progress of his illness and notes the
mango OF treatment or con-
iihons. He has learned, and
Quay remarked the fact that cocoaine
.poWerlesS to allay the pains
IL the throat until the secretions of
nucus shall first have been washed
way. Some friends thought that
tOkay wine would be useful as a tonic.
lot the General has expressed himself
y having no desire of wines or the like.
me cause of the discomfort of the
osnent last evening is stated to be that
lis greatest difficulty at present was
9lto his breath. 1t is believed
mar the General can scarcely breathe
arough the nasal passages owing to the
combinations of the mucus secretions
The back part of the head. The Gen
rai jully appreciates the fact that he
p9id not sleep without the use of NOR
hlhe! and knows to a nicely the
1anhty that is given him nightly. |
asst night, for instance, the amount |
as SIX minims. Having received a
ven quantity at any time
le General fixes his viii upon |
eep and often succeeds in obtaining it,
louyne and sick mans stubborn pur-
use seeming to play about equal par is
producing sleep. The General did |
'out haIt a page of his revision work |
writing to-day, beside mis- writing in |
'nversation. During the afternoon he |
Is once more photographed.