Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-04-08
A POSSIBLE CRISIS.
-------s----~~
AN lLxRRINc HEK0RRHAGE.
esseral ersss Hss ssrss OF Bleed from
IN, rAress- pAysscssss ssd fswiis Awsis-
,ss Caassi Deveissmss,s.


,ss Caasst Deveispmssts.
ny telesrepa 70 the Dsxpsses.l
Nrw YORK, April About $40
o'clock this mornisg . messenger-boy
dashed hurricdly dswn the steps Of
General Grants house and rushed TO-
wards the telegraph Office on Madison
avenue. near Sixty-sixth street. The
lad held IN his hand tive notes, enc adj
dressed 10 DIR. II. Il. Sands and the
ether to DIR. George Y. Shrady. A few
minutes after another messesger-boy
rushed out Of the Grant residence bear
ing notes for Senator Chafee, General
Badeau, and Parson Newman. General
Badesu was the first TO arrive, being
driven rapidly in Q carriage to the deer
lie Immediately rushed upstairs, was
admitted, and proceeded at once
10 General Grants room. A horse
At full gallop dragged the coupe
Of DR.. Shrsdy up 70 the door
ut ASS A. NJ. The physician
dashed up the steps impetaously, as If
he had been sent for in hurry. A few
minutes later DIR. Sands arrived, bear
ing case of instruments, although it
was afterwards learned that no surgical
operation was necessary. US Grant,
.Jr., and Senator Chsfiee reached the
house about Eve minutes past s, evil
IDENTIFY in great perturbation. DIR. Shra-
ay, in response 10 question, said that
DIR. Douglas was quietly sitting by
General Grant when the latter suddenly
had slight hemorrhage from the throat.
DIR. Douglas took such measures as
were necessary and sent for Drs. Sands
and Shrady. General Grant said
"There is no use sending for other
doctors. Yousre enough"
General Grant spst about two ounces
Of blood and then wiped the traces from
his faces with his hand and appeared
calm and collected. Senator Chsfee
left the house at G:l5. He said: "He
had an injection Of msrphia az A. NJ,
and | think he will live through the
day. lie lost tes-cup full Of blood.
lie was so much collected that he
directed those attending him to hold q
vessel 80 that ne blood would reach the
Hssr."
DIR. Newman arrived about 5:45 A.
NJ. DR.. Shrady at 7 o'clock said Gene
raj Grant was asleep, aud that he was
doing as we'll as could be expected un-
der the circumstances. lie also stated
that DR.. Douglas was taking much
aeeded rest.
$50 4. N--General Grant has just
awakened. His pulse is the same. No
returned Of hemorrhsge.
lSignsdl j. II. DOUGLAS, NJ. ID.
GEO. +. SHRADY, NJ. ID.
The hemorrhsge was the ac-
cident that had been feared by
those nearest to the patient. The i'm
mediate result was not strsngulatien, as
had been anticipated by those in at
tendance and by the General himself.
Just how serious the result would be on
the general condition Of the patient
could not be foretold early in the MORN
ing, but at 500 A. NJ. there was ne
pefceptible increase Of debility or weak
ness caused by the loss Of blood.
At $50 O'Clock General Grant was
under the influence Of mOrphis, and
was sleeping in sitting posture. Drs.
Douglas and Shrady were present. The
hemorrhage in the Generals threat
ceased naturally and without any styptic
application. II is, Of course, possible
that the crisis may occur to-day, but
the probability Of such a turn during
daylightis scarcely entertained. Among
these best posted a. to the Generals
condition, Senator Chailes's opinion
this morning is that General Grant may
not die during the day, and such is the
epinion Of well-posted persons who
have no incentive or bent to be alarm
lists, though all hold themselves in
readiness for any critical develop
ncnts.
The hemorrhage was arterial and not
venous blood. The General seems net
at all alarmed, and the fsmil was net
very greatly frightened. The hemor-
rhsge was due somewhat to the increase
OF the disease, and was induced by q
momentary tit Of coughing. The pro-
liabilities are that he may survive the
day.
III A. K-General Grants condition
remains unchanged. lie has taken his
food without pain. His pulse is still
steady and remarkably firm. There is
no more hemorrhsge. His mind is
clear. He replies to questions, and
gives evidence of the same unoomplain-
in. frmness which has characterized
him during his entire sickness.
ISisnedl Gro. +. SHRADY, NJ. ID.
LIABLE TO A RECURRENCE OF HBM-
sRRHAGE.
DR.. Barker was seen after consulta-
ton to-day, when he was leaving Gene
raj Grants house. He said that the
General was considerably weaker, and
takes his food only on solicitation and
under protest, and il liable to q recur-
renee Of hemorrhage at any moment.
AT li:45 A. NJ, j. Frederic Emore,
the Peruvian Minister at Washington,
called nj General Grants house. lie
did not see the General. When he
came out he said that he had met Gen
eral Grant at pekin, when the General
was travelling around the wsrld, and
became well acquainted with Mrs.
Grant.
At 1910 y. NJ. enc Of the clerks si
the Board of Aldermen called and pre-
sented an engrosSed copy Of the resolu-
tons adopted 10y the Board yesterday.
lie was told that the General had passed
avery restless night.
3:45 7. NJ. - At the consultation
held at Z. NJ, at which Drs. Barker,
Sands, Shrady, and Douglas were pres
ent, il was found that there had been
no recurrence Of hemorrhage, but that
since the last bulletin the General had
grown weaker. Pulse, so; tempera-
ture. l0l.
j. ii. DOUGLAS, NJ. ID.
GEo. F. SHRADY, Nj. ID.
6 L. A.-General Grant has been
sleeping quietly since the last record.
lie has just awaken aud taken fosd and
stimulant. HE pulse is 80, volume
fair; temperature, l0i. There has