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Show DR. JOHN II. IIOIGI.ASJ 1'AU l,r.KI. Ven. Grunt's t altliful 1'hyl clan a I'atlrnt In the I're.vliytarlan Hoipltal. Nkw- Yoiik, May i:i Dr. John H. Douglas, one of (ion. drum's physicians physi-cians in his last illness, is a poverty patient pa-tient in the Presbyterian lupital. Dr. Douglas gave up his private practice as a cancer specialist to remain constantly with (ien. (irant at Mount Medregor. His health became impaired, and when he returned to New York he could practice but little. He went south for bis health, but was not benefitted. ben-efitted. He rcceivod $7,000 for his sar-vices sar-vices in attendance upon Gen. (irant, and also 5,000 which (Jen. (irant requested re-quested should b., given him as a token of affection. Dr. Douglas had saved, but little money an I became impoverished impover-ished in his search for health. He wrote a book descriptive of the last tlavsof (Jen. (irant's illness, but it did not have a large sale. It was his pride that he had enabled (Jen. (irant to live long enough to finish his "Memoirs."-, Dr. Douglas' wife took charge of a boarding house in Bethlehem. Pa., the ,.ui if Lebiirh university. She tilled her house with boarders, and was very popular with the students. She wus not accustomed to such work, how ever, and her health, loo. has given way. Meanwhile Dr. Douglas came to this citv to try a water cure. A week ago last Saturday he was stricken with paralysis, and was sent to the Presbyterian Presby-terian hospital. Ho is 80 years old. and the chances of his recovery arc not stiong. It is ossible that ho may j linger helpless for a long lime. |