The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-03-12
GEN ERAL GRANT.
Diagnosis of the Disease with Which he
is a fdicted.

Diagnosis OF The Disease with Which he
is a fiIcted.
The Medical Record, heretofore quo
ted IN connection with accounts OF the
condition oI Gen Grant, will to day con-
tain the following article:
In view of recent Developments in
Gen Grants case, the Records bulletin
OF two weeks ago, SO largely quoted by
the press OF the country, requires some
explaDaIiOn. 1t Is lar " state that facts
al that Tine presented by the Medical
Record were founded on the best author
lily, tina: of Dr. Fordyce Barker, attend
ing physician Of Gtn. Grant, and this
| explanation is manifest in the following
note:
.s24 EAST Thirty EIGHTH STREET
| Dear DIR. Shrady: The statement which
| l made you was literally true at the time
| l made 1t, and l am certain DIR. Douglas
would then have made precisely the
SAME / saw DR.. Douglas last evening
and he then said what / had told YOU
| WAS exactly what he should have said al
the time. But Monday after saw YOU
the action of congress had most de-
pressing effect on Gen. Grant, his vital
powers suddenly broke down and the
local maladY speedily assumed new
aspect. Newspaper accounts have BEEN
greatly exaggerated, and We have never
aniici pated any such speedy termination
al they have indicated. ! do not believe
Or. Douglas ever used the WORD cancer
III connection with the case. We have
always spoken OF it as epitheliomH of d
mali gnant type. Probably II was greatly
improved for time by the Ice Il treat
ment of DR.. Douglas, and the local co.,
ditlon was manIfestly imprUvIng until
the lnor4l shock broke down his general
system. Ever faithfully,
(Slsnsd) FuRDYCK BARKER
WedBeedsy noon, March 4, 1885 -
1t IS matter OF deep regret that the
, grave suspicious INHERITANCE of tue seTi
Gus nature oil Gen Grants dIsease srt
, confirmed by the diagnosis OF epitheli
oma sc the tongue aud fauces. ThIc
disease We naEEe. watch l. now perhaps
beaTI of b. tue gererai public Tor tht
first time, ASSUMES nn imp rtisnce as iC
study which Ii could NEVER oIheTWls-
) obtain, ard CO.'S qCentlY the dsily Ia
. pers are educa'Ing the people with re
gard to il, go that Ihe terms epnhelioml
mali gnancy AID iniliration will be 81
z well understood "a IN former times were
/ those Of suppuratiOn, pus track anC
bulletcysts AS might have been antici
paled under the circu instances, the pub
lished reports of the generals condition
I, were very much exaggerated. The dis
I ease is by no means as extensive as Il
generally believed In fact, the ulcers
lions, small in extent. are hD
tied to the right pillars of th'
E fauces, the anterior one beinl
perforated at It's base adjoining the RICH
: side, The root of the tongue is indufa
ted 10 q slight extent, as is ALEC the neigh
q boring gland under the angle of the jaw
/ on the right side OF the neck. The roo
I of the mouth along the line of tine haTI
palate and side of the median line con-
tains two small Warty like excrescence
which show q tendency toward cell pro
liberation The epiglottis is free iron
any abnormality, as are all other part
| although indurstiOn OF the tongue ha
8 existed more or less since last fall, Whel
y the palien: was first seen by DR.. Doug
las The alterations have appears
/ quite recently. Il was during their pre-
gress that the general suffered from
pain in the right ear, which has nos
been entirely relieved BY local appIic.
l ton of per cent solution of cOcOaiDi
Under the came treatment o.
}, pain in deglutifiun Is now eT
tIrely controlled and the patient kept i
very comfortable state. The pulls
Il which is nominally sixty per minute, q
IS casionallY reaches eighty beats Bodil
q temperature normal Apostle IA
II which is saying every thing in Its faxo
e as the General IL not 9 hearty eater. 81
3 bodily condition IL. however, much bel0
par, and is more 20 be considered &c Or
sent that the local disease. The troa