Daily Republican., 1885-07-08
Still Growing Weaker.
GENERAL SRANf's LIFE PRO.
LONGED RY ALMOST CON
STANT ArTEN
STILL UNABLE TO SPEAK.

Mt. MeGREGoR, July To day
marked the third week OF Genera
Grant life ON the mountain, and II Is
| undoI btedly true that W ithout almos,
| constant attendance the pains of the
disease would have more than mastered
any improvement tina. may have re.
sulted from the change, aud that az
time progresses, close care will be more
| than ever needed.
The palliative measures employed on
the painful parts are less quickly effec
tive now than three weeks ago Cocaine
does not 30 rapidly deaden the pain in
| the throat, and there Is now little doubt
| that, i. not concurrent cause, cocaine
has Increased the paralysis OF the parts
TO the inaction of which the loss OF
voice is due. Though the secretions are
now thinner, the causes of exhaustion
are progressing still there are days
when the contrary seems true. An in
stance occurred this morning when the
General, after a night OF quiet rest,
wrote DIR. Douglas these words: "i
can feel my strength increasing and the
drain upon me is diminishing"
A. 80 o'clock DR.. Douglas went
down from the hotel to the Grart cot
tage. Upon his entrance the General
laid aside his glasses and pushed from
his lap a pile of daily papers. BY
writing on his pad the patient informed
the physician that he had been reading
since noon, and had just finished the
perusal of the papers. ~ think your
voice is clearer" remarked the Doctor,
as the General attempted TO speak.
Yes, ny voice is better to day. /
spoke above a whisper two or three
times this morning." replied the
General. This unusua. clearness OF the
voice is due az present to lessened use
of cocaine.
AT B O'Clock the hour OF low ebb Sd.
preached this afternoon: the secretions
did not seem to increase, and 6 o'clock
came without the restlessness which the
patient has recently shown late in the
afternoon. Z" ! think he has escaped It
TO day" remarked DIR. Douglas, as he
sat down to dinner. The patient is grow.
ing weaker very gradually, but his
pulse retains it's volume without added
frequency. The day has beea one of
quiet, with somewhat less than the usual
discomforts.
When DIR. Dolglasi went 10 the cot
tage to prepare the Genera, for bed, the
latter wrote Z" have had an easy
day, indeed for the last half bour my
mouth has felt very free frcn mucus."
" Does this foggy, close weather stop
up your throat?" asked DR.. Douglas.
" think it does stuff me up" replied
the General, but have escaped the
Ill effects the last wo days, ow ing to the
close attendance and constant treatment
l received"
The sick IGar Lad very little cocaine
Monday and noce a; all TO day; bnt as
he was retiring 70 night the physician
asked IL ne would have cocaine app lied
to-day. The General declined II ard
then wrote as fol.owt; "Thore have
been two days whed took no cocaine,
though / needed IL more than usual. /
think it better not to take il, however,
because tho injury done by it vii, be
fed and kept up The benefit is but
for short time, and unless repeated
does only temporary good-very tenn
By his reference TO "ipjury
done" by the cocaine. the Genera.
meant to indicate the ascertained ten
dency OF the drug to impair the vocal
power and destroy the voice.
DIR. Douglas, at 10 o'clock, said he
could see no reason why the night for
General Grant should not bs as com for
table as last night and previous nights.