Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-03-06

The New York Medical Record, which has
heretofore been quoted In these dispatches In
connection with accounts OF the condition of
General Grant, will on Saturday contain the
following article:
In view Of the recent tdeyolopments In Gen.
Of two weeks ago, which has been 20 larGcly
quoted by tho press Of the country, reQulr6a
some explanation. It In fair to state that the
facts at that time presented by the Medical
Record were founded on the best authority,
physician Of General Grant and this explsr
nation In manifest In the following mote So
No. "A EAST THIRry-EIaHTH SrRAET.
DEAR DIR. SHRADY--The statement which
made made e e yoSS Yss Literally rsy .s sss 4 he tine
would then have made precisely the same ]
saw DR.. Douglas last evening, and he thon
said that what I had told you was exactly
what he would have said At the time. but
Congress had most depressing effect upon
Gen. Grant his vital powers suddenly broke
down, and tho local malady suddenly A.
sumed a new aspect This newspaper &C
counts have been greatly exaggerated, and
termination ss they have indicated. do not
believe that DIR. Douglas ever used the word
''cancer'' in connection with the case. We
have always spoken Of II a. epitheliena OF q
a%sa%t Sr p c sy he / locs esy
OF DIR. Douglas, and the local condition
was manifestly improving until the moral
shock broke down his genera. system.
Ever faithfully,
Wednesday Noon, March 4, 1885.
II Is matter OF deep regret that the grave
suspicious entertained OF the serious nature Of
| General Grants disease are confirmed. by a
| diagnosis OF epithelioma OF tho. tongue and
fauces This disease, the name OF which Ia
now perhaps heard OF by the general public
| for the first time, assumes an Importance a.
TO study which It could never otherwise OBJ
tain. Consequently the daily papers nrs
that the terms epithelioma, mallgnancy
and infilitration Will be as well understood
| as I'm former times were those Of sup
puration, pustrack and bullet-cystA Al
might have been anticipated under the cir
cumstances, the published reports Of the gen
erals condition arc very much exaggerated
The disease IL by no means ~ extensive IN Il
generally believed. In fact, the ulcerations
small In extent, are limited 70 the right Pill
lara of the fauces, the interior one being per
of the root of the tongue Ii indurated TO
slight extent as Is also a neghboring glans
under the angle Of jaw on the right side o
the neck. The roof OF the mouth, along tn
median line, contains three small wartylik'
excrescences which show tendency tOwart
cellproliferation. The epiglottis Is free from
any abnormality, as are all other parts Of Tn
throat. Although the induration Of tn
tongue has existed more or less since las
fall, when the patient was first seen by Dr.
, | Douglass, the ulcerations have appeared quit
recently. 1t was during their progress tina
the general suffered from pain in the righ
ear, which has been entirely relieved by tn
10 al application OF 4 per cent solution 9
cocaine. Under the same treatment all pai
In deglutition Is now entirely controlled
and the patient Is kept I'm d yer
comfortable state. The pulse, which
normally sixty per minute, occasionall
reaches eighty beats The bodily tempers
ture is normal. The appetite Is fall
which is saying everything In its favor, q
the general In not8 hearty eater. His bodil
! condition Is, however, much below par, an
Z is more to be considered at present than til
local disease. The treatment of the Gaze hs
been judiciously conservative from the star
The fluid extract Of cocoa Is administered II
formally, and iodoform Is busted upon Ii
alterations. Contrary to the general In
preston, the tongue itself is not ulceratet
nor has It been, as far as we can learn, 1t an
time during the progress OF the disease. tn
troublesome tooth said to have been extructe
for the relief of lingtal liberation was on III
opposite or sound side OF the mouth, and W.
removed to relieves a persistent ache Of Ii
left car.