The Portland daily press., 1885-03-27
GENERAL GRANT.
New York, March 26-The next numbe
OF the Medical Record will say:

NEW YORK, March 26.-The next number
OF the Medical Record will say;
During the past week Gen. Grant has been
IN comparatively comfortable condition.
Lne insomnia with which he has been afflicted
mas peen controlled so that he obtains by the
aia OF anodynes a normal amo1nt of sleep. He
mas not lost flesh and his powers of assimilation
are not impaired. At the weekly consultation
attended by Drs. Douglass Sands and Shrady,
It was decided that the local disease was still
IN aoeyance and that the area of liberation
mad not perceptibly increased Virtually the
same stationary tendency was noted by Dr.
FordYce Barker, who has visited the distin-
guished patient at intervals during that period
Ihe swelling under the right angle of the low
er jaw Is somewhat greater but the
gland in that situation is not more indurated
nor has it become more firmly fixed and the
liberated surfaces in the throat and on the
tongue are covered with yellowish exudation
to which the application of lime
Of potash has been effectively made by DR..
douglass. The topical remedies employed
nave had the desired effect of reducing the To-
cal irritation and in perceptlbly checking the
progress of infiltration and there is no pain In
swallowing. No fear at present Is entertained
OF any Sudden failure of vital power nor of any
eneroachment of the liberation process upon
the neighboring blood vessels. The General is
able, with no other assistance than that of q
cane to walk about the room, ascending and
descending stairs.
Said DIR. Douglass, after his visit to Gen.
Grant tonight: "TheG eGeneral slept continuously
till This a m, and alter that itfully until a.
m. be took food as usual today aud between
"a and o'clock the General, Senior Romero,
the Mexican minister, and myself drove four
miles through the park. The General rested a
time after his return, though there was no an-
parent fatigue from the drive, and then his
deposition was taken in the case Of Mr.. Fish.
This lasted an hour and there was no evidence
howl hen ay11n e&a1k 4+,
examination. He is quite as well tonight as
last, which is remarkably good. His pulse
and Temperature are about as low as they ever
Wers There is no particular change in the
throat"
New YORK, March 26-The deposition Of
Gen. Grant was taken at the invalid's resi-
dence this afternoon, before James a. Fiske,
notary public, and the stenographer OF the
court. The General had just returned from
his drive. He took reclining position Ia an
arm chair, and put his feet on another chair,
as the lawyers began their questioning. The
examination lasted about three-quarters of an
hour. The Generals memory as to details was
detective, but whenever counsel seemed partic-
ularly anxious TO get answer, the witness tried
to connect the event or date with something
else that had occurred about the same time,
and thus get the answer desired. He was
plainly anxious to tell all he knew, a7d his
evidence was given in perfectly
calm manner, without any show OF
personal feeling against any one.
He told all he knew about the firm of Grant
q Ward, even to the circumstances of his en-
teriBg the firm. Onco or twice he was asked
il he were tired, but he replied that he was
not. When the examination was concluded, a
short chat snsued between him and the law
yers. In the course of it Gen. Smith remarked
he thought the patient was looking quite we'll.
well" said Gen. Grant, in replying some
what slowly and seriouslY. 81 know I am a
very sick man" The particulars of the teati-
mony win be first made known when the evil
6ence is read in court tc-morrow morning.