Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1892-03-26

Tile True Condition ~ thu Emprror's
Trnuhle VITA MT Euuwn IL Himself.

The True Condition ~ thu Emprror'H
Trouble VITA MT K"n"n I" Himself
Professor t;<r1nuin SIC has added
some very interesting Information IT.
n1wrtlnS the circumstances undet
which the rendition Ut NulMl,un III
wills kept h&r1xt ut the moment Of tho
declaration Ut war with Germany III
1871. lie says that hing summoned
in attrnt@u,r>'on t1,c emperor Oil Jt1nt
~ OF that year h. soon OWNED tht
tru> state ct tho ease. Tho eminent
suvant tells lis for tue first time that
III the course Of conversation he
asked his 1nl,ieut tn give him >nm<:
i'lca Ut his health >,i1Nv l>Gl anil that
the emperor replied nt once that ]lc
hal hit the mark, ~ it was to the at'
ritlcllt which occurred in that Year ;>1
Ecufthutcl that llt attributed Lis i'll.
nrSS
H. had gone IT, visit the tomb IF
his mother III company with tin, t1:l-
press. Princess Arn;l M1u3tt, aud
Mime. Cartttt. Whtu the horses holt
til and the carriages WIS upset. From,
that day lt WIS nrvtrthr same man.
Professor G',Tnnin Stv haul expressed
Il wish to meet in consultation thu
doctors who h:u, ATTENDED NAPOLEON
III, amt they Ill assembled III thu
morning ut July ut tl:,' house of Dr.
Colncau IL startled his colleague
by giving them li.s candid opinion Of
thu case. Int although hitherto they
hal entertained different VIEWS, they
ylvldtrl finally ~ lis arguments.
Th'n c,llnt the III, >ti,,n u$ IT, whether
III operation sln,1l1 t;lE,' place i1n1nc.
tliately
Professor G,nm"in ST.. SPOKE
strongly i'll it, favor. hut >1',in' vt ki>
medical friends -- r,'1ll:!r|:in@ thut
they cu;t1'l HOT treat tlrrt1nlnrur like
Ill ordinary patient advocated tlc~
lay. Still Professor G'1mnin See
pressed lis punt, eventually win.
ming over DR.. Ricnrtl IT, Ills sitlc.
hut thu dread If responsibility w&&>
80 grctt Tint their colleagues ;tskct1
to be allowed to wait until the SUN.
mcr WINS u;cr. In September they
would decide whit they should do
Finally the majority voted for IL post
loncmrnt Of energetic measures.
The professor was requested to draw
up Il report, and OIL July 5 he handed
it to Dr. Conncau. 1ting under the
impression that it would be signul
by all his colleagues.
1t was not until Sept. / that he Nc.
cc1tai1lctl TINT they had not done SO.
and h. learned this fact unlcr very
peculiar circumstances. n. Jules
Favre had obtained possession Of the
document, and tSrnt his secretary
who is HOW project of Knucn-to III
tIui1v what it I'LL meant. Professor
t;c11nain See uttirlns that al the }r1r-
ticulurs Of this memorable tul4>o>!ttt-
tion l:a'l been withheld from the tn-
r,vs, Ivy DR.. Cunnt4t2l. AMI add. that
Napoleon III hinls. lie was hot uc~
,l1':sinttrl with tlt t'rtail5 until Il
twelvemmth aftnrwtrl
All this evidence. seems to cstal.
lish co,nl'l>ivtly the f;@ct that the
emperor, the empress and I'LL their
entou11%2~with the exception of tn.
doctors had no itl.11 of the very se1i-
Gus character OF tho illness from
which Napoleon III was suffering.
and justifies fairly tho Inference that
if they Ind known the bitter truth.
rhc declaration Ut war with Germany
ut least wo,@l'l have been postponed.
The dread Of responsibility III II sur.
+,lcal case thus lctl 70 ONT of thu great.
tst catastropllcs ot modern times
Dr.. Co1Elcau. Ivy the way. was not
onc OF the medical 1n..n who voted
for or against the operation, hut ut-
tended simply as IL witness the con-
s111tatiUn which took place ut his
ho11st. Paris Coz. London Tclc.
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