Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1885-03-26
General Grant

peculiar feature in he development u
cancer especially wh,n il is ia The throat.
: seen IN the alternate period, q ~ 4lla..ou
and depression that follow each other a.
short intervals For two DAYS pfi,rto thu
arrlra Of Mr., Sar;ori, the Genera! vs>
surPri.insi! brgh; ana animated. end
worked at his memoirs ai:h hi. o.4ume
'l-or After she came the tension aud
STRAIN Vas relaxed. aud lie sank INTO a d.
PRESSED state. Waiie j, j, .a.d o, those
"ho know The impsrtufbah.e nature % the
Genera. that he /, not ltiectel b., aay,h!n.
that may occur. whether it be plea.~n; or
not. yet II j, admitted hat 10 hi. present
weak condi, on. every sight occurrence that
indicates the failure Of hi, ph,sic4 or men
- powers affects hm greatly. aud be- ex-
a.blts a tendency to battle With ie.s sigor
against the progres, OF the disease, and
gives up more read to the feeling Of
weakness and exhaustion HI, strong "!
Is not always able 10 maintain the cheerful
frame Of mind that vas noticeable IN the
early history Of the case, and he becomes q,
times ome~ha' despoadent. When IN this
state uls mind seems TO be intensely active.
and he spends many hours 10 thinking and
is not disposed TO join in the conversation
that i usually gong on near him when he
= awake This mental Gciiyit, not only ex.
hsusts his vitality. but at night becomes un.
controilable and keep. him from sleeping.
and exercises create, influence in lowering
he tone Of his Vita system than any other
cause. There is one thing tha, increases a.
tie vitality mnishes, and that is has sbil!-
y 10 take food. The General has never
been hearty eater, and when in perfect
health the amount Of food taken by him has
always been small and below the average.
But, as the malad, increases 10 extent
and intensity, he takes larger amount Of
iood- II Is not done because he has any in
crease OF appetite, for during the last two
months he has eaten as matter Of duty
shd has lad no desire for food but he seems
TO appreciate the fact that in order to coun-
teract the great waste going on in his sys-
tenn he must take greater amount Of food,
and be Is now eating more every day, so
his family say. than the, ever knew him to
when he was perfectly well. He assimilaies
his food we'll, and it is Of highly nutri-
tlous character. There has not been of late
any retsrn Of the stomach trouble
Soon after DR.. Douglas treated the Cen
erals throat on Saturday night be went to
bed and in short time fell asleep. He
awoke in about an hour and feeling restless
and uneasy, got up and gargled his throat
with soothing liquid. He went back to
bed, but not being able to sleep he got up
again and sat in his easy chair He remain
ed quiet and apparently absorbed in deep
thought for long time and then dozed off
into sleep that lasted for abou, two hours.
He remained in the chair until nearly day.
light. He said that he felt much easier
there than IN bed and that his mind was
not as active as when he was living down.
The sleep that he had during lie night vas
ftful and disturbed and he did no, appear
refreshed when he awoke about 8 A. N. Sun
day. After being dressed he went 10 the
library and there ate his breakfast of LIQUID
food. During the morning he remained
quiet, was not inclined to talk, and several
times took maps in his chair, but they lasted
only . short time. He ate lunch at |
O'Clock and appeared somewhat brighter
than when ne got up. At 2P.N. Drs.
douglas, Shrady and Sands came to the
house and held consultation in the library.
The Generate throat va. infinitely eramin-
ed by the aid Of bright light reflected into
it from . small mirror and the use Of The
laryngoscope. The inflammation in The
lower part Of the tongue had LOST The angry
appearance noticeable at the last consuitA-
ton. The liberation 1t the right side Of the