The Press., 1885-03-26

Dr. J. M. Coulins, the well-known can- cer specialist, was last week interviewed by New York World reporter concern ing the case of Gen. Grant. The doctor said:
 1.-The cancer is incurable, but it is im- possible to say how long the general can live It depends on the constitution and vitality of the patient almost as much as on the progress of the disease. Gen. Grants robust physique and strong constitution ought to have carried him on to eighty or eighty-five years of life but for this dis ease. Now it appears to be in abeyance, but it never can be predicted what change will be made in a single day. Epithelioma, the form the generals case first assumed, is very common in the male sex. The can cer in question appears to have spread so much that 1t cannot be treated. The phy- sicians have spoken about the cancer be- coming hardened bunch. This appears to indicate the development of the form known as scirrhus."
 'Is there any likelihood of Gen. Grant suffering from hemorrhage ?"
 ''Those who watch the cancer from day to day are alone able to answer that. There is danger of it, and if it comes it will shorten his life, if it does not end it. His sleepless nights indicate low condition of vitality from the exhaustion that accompanies az gravated forms of cancer. It may be that insomnia is partially due to mental occu- patton, but should expect to see it in patient of mind whose mind is undisturbed There is no telling how long he may keep up, but there is no question that he IS fa- tally afflicted
 "Is there any danger of the discharge from the cancer poisoning him."
 "It may disorder his stomach and ren- der him weak. But the cancer is on the membrane in the track to the stomach, and that throws off poisonsus matter of that kind.''
 Do you think the cancer originated from smoking?"
 "Not at all What ends in cancer be- gan in cancer. If Gen. Grant had never smoked he would have had cancer just the same. Its appearance may have been has, tened by smoking, but that was never the cause of 1t"
 The Robert E. Lee camp of confederate veterans at Richmond, Va., have adopted a preamble and resolution, rendering to Gen. Grant their hearty symp tthy in his severe affl; ;ction and the hope that, by the help of divine providence, he may soon be permitted to regain his health and pass his remaining years in peace and happiness.
 
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