New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-12

Gc-cral Shermars sickness is attributed hy his
friends TO lack Of sufficient care Of himself. No
man Of his years was ever more unconscious OF
ii IN than the General. Almost every night ne
Kept social cl-agcmcnts no matter What Inc
weather might be- like. ald hc would sometime,
disnis, IN, carrilec and make calls on foot. only
a f.y weeks AGO hr called or General Wager
cwavrc on a somewhat stormy night. lie was.
General Swuyu' Says. hcciicai from cold in the
chest" and General Sw.yuc offered 10 call a ear
riaec for Lim. General Sherman would not hear
of IT, and said that he had just dismissed his own
carriage.
Tic physicians say that it was
from cod that the present attack
of facial crysipclas accompanied by slow
icvcr was developed. General Sherman caught
cold on Wednesday evening OF last week, whcn
he went to tie Casino with theatre party. The
cold gave him no anxiety. but the symptoms If
cry,iyclas appeared and hc sent for Dr. Alexander.
Dn Sunday he became worse, and on Monday
Dr. Jarcway was called by DR.. Alexander for
consultation. The PATIENTS face and neck wcrc
then inlamcd and swollen. and the doctors were
appichcnsivc lest the crysipcas should Affect the
brain The medical history of the General gives
, record OF similar attack iu st. Louis rom
which he rallic' after il had been pronounccd
critical DR.. Alexander sad yesterday that the
'i,cas" w1s bad enough for young man, but IL
ilr case IL - man Of tie age ct General sherman,
VIII, completed his c,cnty first year last sun
day. the trouble va, dangerous, and was difficult
Il Treatment
Dr. Nc,rudor like The other physicians, was
extremely conservative in his statements. and
vhca IN, bulletin system had hccn adopted hc
and the other; secluded themselves from reporters
But in the ilornin- DR. Alexander spoke -ravclS
of the case llr ,9id, in fact that the General,
although posscsSirg constitution OF iron, was
not 80 stronc he once was, ahd
the doctor feared that hc would not
be able to hold out against the attack much longer.
He had passed bad night. the worst since he
became in. and SLIGHT improvement which had
been observed on Tuesday was lost The Only
nouIshmr1t he bad taken for several days was
whiskcy and milk and although hc did not appear
to suffer much pain. there seemed 10 bc a Gradual
sinking, accompanied by such alarming signs a.
rcIaps's into a state of semicoma. From tins
state Lr could be aroused only with considerable
difficulty.
Dr. Greene said some time aftcrward that he
thought General Sherman would live through the
night The next trustworthy news that came
from the S!ckroom to supplement tie bulletins was
brought bv General Thomas Ewing. The 4 10
D.. Dlllptln Sdlu bplltIdl li''i ''Hi''''i
is about the same as at last bulletin. That is.
slightly improved since morning About p III.
General Ewing said that he had called OF General
Sherman and had been recognized by hlm. AS
socn as hr saw General EwinG enter the room the
patient called out IIullo. Ewing lie did not
make any attempt 10 sustain cohVersatloh now
ever Ills cnunciaton difficult, ana, Desldes.
though he could rec gnzc his friends, he d.d not
seem f. be able 10 have enough energy or com
nand of his faculties to talk to them. uchcral
Ewing said that the lower part OF General oher-
mans face was very much swollen, ana his
condition seemed TO be one of partial coma
But the bulletins continued to Indicate SLOW
and stcadv improvement. At , 10 the ucncral 5
condition WAS UNCHANGED. AT p. m 1t was re-
ported that he was still improving very slowly
A. : n m the news was: General sherman mas
lost little strength during the day. ana his con-
di1ion is about the same At O'Clock thc an
nouncement was: General ShermanS condition
is absolutely unchanged At O'Clock the
xetcran was holding his own well, and at 10
o'cIock there was a slight change for the better
although his scmi-cOmatose state contlhucu. ~
I,Icd ne il bG would live through the night
A. tho night wore on the streams OF callers
,,.ti"h nm IN that time had been almost cOntln-
nous Gradually slackencd, and AT 10 20
n I'm had almost entirely died out 'ri
fi,pe,yav called at the house at hali-past 10 ana
had n twenty minutes consultation WIN III,
Alexander. When he went away he refused TO
ave any information regarding the Generals
condition. AT IL 10 y. IN. L. 1. Sherman lsSueu