Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-04-23
GRANT oArrINa.
What the General Says About the Sit
uation- Comprehensive Modest State
ment.

uation- Comprehensive Medical State
ment-
Gen. Grant gained much in the earlier part
OF last week. On Wednesday DR.. Newman said:
Gen Gran. is very much better. He conversed
readily with those around him, and seems TO Be
quite cheerful and happy. He is getting dress
ed in his trousers and vest and dressing gown.
There is q great improvement in his condition
The color Of the skin is different He looks
like q healthy man, He ia buoyed up by faith.
The prayers of the people of the whole
country--of Protsstants, of Catholics and OF He
brews-haye been offered up for him, and they
are being answered. The general now believes
be will get well. He feels, and ! feel, that the
supplications OF 40 many millions of people for
such q contamination will be answered There
il q grand chance, | think, of the general get
ting well again. have not seen the physi-
clans, and csnnot say that they share my views
His improvement may be credited particularly
TO the power OF mind over matter. To-day, as
/ parted from him, he pressed my hand and
said: Thrice have | been in the valley or the
shadow OF death, and thrice have / come out
again"
A COMPREHENSIVE STATEMENT.
That the public may 10 enabled TO thor
oughly understand the case as il is and form
reliable opinions, the following absolute facts
are given as a basis for public and personal
judgment:
The general il not greatly emaciatsd about
the body, he has lost some fiesh, but how
much can not bo told, as he has not been
weighed in some time. His face is not much
changed, but IL has q careworn expression.
The glandular swelling has at no time been
larger than a hens egg. aad from that down to
the size Of pigeons egg. 10 is located at tho
angle Of the night jaw IL has never entirely
disappeared since il came, months ago. The
swelling il due first TO irritation OF the growth
aud Hnallv Ia fha nrOOVaaa nf 1tz9saA IN the
glands themselves. There Is nc pos
tive evidence at present that the,
glands have become actively diseased
though tho presumption ia that they
are diseased; the disease does notextsud to
nor affect any OF the processes OF this generals
ear. There is some danger Of that-a posi-
bility, but not a probability. At present it IL
not going In that direction. The disease is
spreading very gradually backward in the back
part OF the throat and behind the palate. IL
has communicated somewhat to the back part
OF the nose, in front Of and above the palate.
There is no lump on the tongue. II is 3 small
ulcer, away back on the side ofthe tongue. IL
has never been shown 10 it's whole extent but
it 10 & small ulcer, irregular in shape aud from
a quarter TO a half inch in diameter In case
OF epitheliama there ia no lump; it Is an ulcer,
There is q discharge from the liberated sur
face, composed OF mucus, broken-down tissue
aud some little matter in other words tits muco-
pus. Inis exudes from an liberated surface
that lnciudes the palate, the back part OF the
throat and right side of the tongue. There lisa
chance for the general Improvements OF the
patient by the Temporary arrest Of the disease
The atmospheric Of mountains or the West would
in fair weather, be better than the salt air OF the
seaLJrd Ln al generous cases OF the throat
there are complications OF irritation about the
throat, which should be called accsdents OF the
disease, and 1t is these complications that have
given trouble, rather than the steady progress Of
the disease. In this case the complications are
swelling of the throat, increase OF inflammation,
spasms, hemorrhage and Increased flow of mu-
Gus
THE TREATMENT.
Six drops or minims Of morphia are given
each twenty -four hours, Just enough to control
the pain and induce sleep. Without morphia,
the PAIN would Ut times be unbearable. The
general takes for food one to two tumblerfuls,
Of a mixture OF beef extract and egg and milk
every two 10 -four hours, night and day. He
relished a little clam broth yesterday as much
as he relishes anything The general usually
reclines in tho chair attlred in knitted under
wear, on his feet knitted wool moccasins, a
brown dressing gown trimmed with silk and
belted with a heavy cord Over his lap is spread
. elk and satin quilt filed with down, while
upon his head he wears a silk cap, which he
has long worn to protect his head from attacks
OF neuralgia.