The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-06

New YORK, March The Medical Record,
heretofore quoted in these dispatches in con-
nection with the accounts of the condition
General Grant, will on Saturday contain the
following artiole
In view OF the recent developments in
General Grants case, the Records bulletin
OF two weeks ago so largely quoted by the
press OF the country, requires some explana-
tion. Ii Is fair 10 state that the facts at the
time presented by the Medical Record were
founded on the best authority, that OF DIR.
Fordyce Barker. the attending physician OF
General Grant and his ex xplanation is mani
fest in the following note:
"A EAST Twenty EIGHTH STREET.
The statement which made TO YOU was liter.
ally true at the time made It, and am certain
Dr. Douglass would then have made precisely the
same. saw Dr. Douglass last evening" and he
then said what had tOd you was exactly what
he would have said at the time. But on Monday,
after ! sRw you. the action OF Congress had
most depressing elect on General Grant. Ills
vital powers suddenly broke down and the local
mHlady speedily assumed new aspect The
newspaper accounts had been greatly exsg.
geretod aud we have never anticipated any
such speedy termination ~ they have Indicated
/ do not believe Dr. Douglass ever used the word
cancer in connection with the case We have al,
type. Probably u was greatly improved for the
time by the local treatment OF Dr. Douglass and
the local condition was mRniiesuy improving un-
til the moral strain broke down his general sys
tenn. Ever faithfully,
Wednesday Noon. March T. 1855.
lt Ia n matter OF deep regret that the
rrave Suspicious entertained of the serious
nsture OF General Grants disease, are con.
| litmed by diagnosis OF the epithelloma OF
| the tongue. This disease We name which
now IL perhaps heard OF by the general
public for the first time, assumes Importance
as 20 the study which IL could never otner.
| wiee obtain. Consequently the daily papers
are educating the people with regard 10 Il,
20 the terme OF epithelioma mAlignanoy,
and In Utilization will be M well understood ns
| in former times were those OF suppuration,
I puee sack and bulletoysts As might
have been induced under the oiroum
stances the published reports OF the Gen.
erals condition were very much exaggerated.
! The disease In by NO means as extensive A.
! generally believed. ln fact the nlcerationa
snail in extent are llmlted 10 the right
| pillars of the ianoea anterior, one being per-
fotHted az ia base. The adjoining right side
root of The tongue In indufated 20 a alight
extent, as Ia also the neighboring gland
under the angle OF The jaw on the right side,
| The roof of the mouth alongside the right
palate aud right OF the medan line, wefa
three small watiyliks exeteneenoea which
show tendency toward cell perfaraiion.
| The epislotilh iairee from any abn0rmality,
/
Although the ipdnralion OF the tongue
has existed moie or less since last fall when
! the patient was fret seen by DR., Douglass,
the uleeiallona have appeared quite recently,
10 waA during their progress that the Gem
era suffered fIom pain in the right ear,
which has now been entirely relieved by the
local application OF four per cant OF the so
luton OF cocaine. Under the same treat
ment all pain Ia degultion has heen on.
tirely overcome, and the patient has been
! The pnlse, which is normally alKlg
beatf. The bodily temperature ID normal
appetite fair, which In saying everything IN
its favor, as the General Is not n hearty eater,
The treatment OF the case has baen Iudl-
ciously conservative from first The huid
extract OF cocoa administered internally
and idiOform 10 busted upon the uloera
tions. Contrary 10 the general Impression,
the tongue itself IN not liberated, nor has IA
been. 40 far as We can learn at any time dur.
ing the progress OF the disease. The trouble
some tooth, said 10 have been extracted for
! the relief OF the lingual liberation. was on
the opposite or sound side OF the mouth aud
was removed 10 relieve the persistent ache
/ OF the left ear.
Dr. Douglas said last night. General
Grant has bad red letter day for him. He
has eaten heartily, been out riding. and
! tlon OF his throat Is 10 better, however aud
the progress OF The disease has not been
! checked
General Grants condition is much ius-
| proved to-day. BE passed good night.