The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-23
GOOD NEWS.

The Statement Made and the Belief Crow
ing That the Doctors ia General Grant :
Case Have Made an Incorrect Diagnosis,
and That His Malady IS Something Less
Dangerous Than Cancer-The Patients
Cond ton Wonderfully Improved.
New YORK, April II The San will
say tomorrow, editoriaIly: "Thc i'm
provement in General Grants condition
steadily continues. 1t Is now ascertained
that his disease is not cancer, and there
is no reason, in his physical organization,
why he should not recover his health en-
tirely.'
The san in this says what more than
one physician who has seen General
Grants throat has been saying for days
past. Notwithstanding DR.. Shrady's reit-
Grafton that the General has nothing
but cancer, this morning a gen.
tleman, VINO is intimate with the Grant
family, declared that an announcement
would soon be made that would surprise
the public. lie said that General Grant
was not suffering from cancer, but from a
disease affecting the blood and arising
from something like scroiula. The gen.
tleman said that there was q strong proba .
blitY that General Grant would recover
lie called attention 10 the fact that the
Generals most capable physicians had
not signed any bulletins indicating that
his recovery was impossible. There
seems 10 be 4 difference of opinion De-
tween Drs. Shrady and Douglas and be-
tween Drs. Sands aud Barker. The two
latter stand quite as high in the med
ical profession as the frst-namcd doc
tors.
A REVIEW.
TIE following Will appear in the Ned
icdl p ~ord OF Saturday: During the past
week &c lerLl Grant has suffered from
cons lGerable irritation about his throat,
und The secretion OF the mucous has Tor
the time being been Increased. On
two or three occasions nc has
had attacks Of choking, which de-
pended a. much on the reflex
spasm as upon the temporary accumuIa-
ton Of phlc.m In the larynX. At no time
has he been in imminent danger o! sui
location. The local disease has made Eo
the free border of the right side or the
velum. Sloughy emulation in the vau;t
of pharyux is beginning 10 djSln-
tegrate and portions have been
discharged, exposing char
act"liSic funtgoid granular suaiace
underneath. The chances OF mass in
its separation from The throat surface
temporarily obstructing the iarynX, have
thus beer removed. In Consequence OF
this change also The lOc..l condition j.
greatly improved. Glandullr sweliing>
were not Fcrcepubly increased although
the surrounding iuhammatory changes
give risc from time TO lime 10 ten
dcrncSs on pressure. The pain III
swallowing is not 50 great, but difficulty
IN dcgluJition is sometimes quite
marked, owing TO loss of tissue in the
velum. The granular inf!trated condi-
tiou of the paatal curtain still exists,
and by The extension of irritation AMI
lis presence The rc'ghboring TISSUES TN
purariiy become more or less GdCmatouS,
explaining the reason for the bcmning
cough with which ihe distinguished pa
tent is very much annoyed.
His general condition is wuch i'm
proved. His food, which is of The mos
nouriShing kind. is well aSsimilltcd ana
his bodily yigOr has Of late becI but little
impaired considering the number of re-
cent drawbacks ne has experienced. Tho
smallest amount of Eaorphia is given con-
SiStcnt with overcoming pain, and Undue
ing the ucedful sleep. During the past
few DAYS but six minims of Magendie's
solution has been injected hypodermica.-
~ in twenly-four hours.