The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-03-02
POPE LEO Is BRAVE
PONTIFF SUBMITS TO AN OPERA
TION NECESSARY TO SAVE
HIS LIFE
ENORMOUS CYST REMOVED
Fever Immediately Lessened and
Quickly Disappeared - Distin-
Euished Patient Bears His Suf-
fering with Remarkable Forth
tude, and Jokes With His Physi-
cians-Vaticnn Besieged.

ROME, March 1.-The pope passed
a fairly good night and was better to-
day.
DR.. Mazzani this morning removed
a cyst from the left thigh Of the pom
tiff. The operation was perfectly suc-
cessful, and the patient bore it well.
1t appears that yesterdays fever1sh
symptoms were entirely due to the
cyst, from which the pope has long
suffered. He now has no trace Of fe-
yer, and Mr. Mazzani thinks no COM
plications will ensue.
The hematic cyst had been forming
propably for thirty years.
The only persons present at the op-
Grafton were DR.. Mazzani, DR.. Lap
poni, who assisted, and DR.. Pho Cen
ira, the pope's personal attendant. At
$50 his holiness was carried on a litter
to window Of his apartment. Smil-
ing, he said to the doctors:
do you want to play these tricks
upon me, at my age?'
Then he lay down composedly, on
his right side.
Although the courage which the pa
tient displayed gave the doctors con-
fidence, they feared to use chloroform
and used instead, liquid anaesthetic,
consisting Of cocaine, chloride Of So
dunn and morphia.
Owing to the size of the growth, the
excision occupied some time, but DR..
Mazzoni quickly traced the extent Of
the growth, and the actual operation
lasted twelve minutes. The pope dis
played great fortitude. After the BAN
daging he was carried back to the bed
and, once the feeling Of faintness due
to shock and loss Of blood had passed
away, he appeared quite calm. The
fever quickly subsided, confirming the
diagnosis Of the doctors.
King Humbert, Queen Margaret,
Gen. Pelloux, the premier, and Admiral
de Carnarvo, minister of foreign af-
fairs, asked to be Informed at frequent
intervals regarding the pope's condi-
ton.
The diplomatic dinner arranged by
Cardinal Rampolla for tomorrow will
not be given, the invitations having
been countermanded
AT six o'clock Drs. Mazzoni and Lap
poni again visited the pope and found
that the pain caused by the operation
had SO far abated as to allow his holi-
ness to lie On his back. At that hour
his temperature was lower and his gem
eral condition satisfactory.
Unless complications, Of which there
are no apprehensions, should set in DR..
Mazzonf will not return to the Vatican
until tomorrow morning.
The semi cial Vatican organs warn
the public against the exaggerated
statements published In certain quar-
ters. The physicians assure the peo-
pie that the official bulletins regarding
the pope's condition will be scrupulous-
ly accurate.
According to Italie. his holiness suf-
fered great pain during the operation,
and remarked afterward to his doctor:
Il understand now the seriousness of
my illness. You must have had great
courage to operate upon an old man
like myself"
The physicians, according to Italie,
are anxious about the weakening ef-
fects of the dysentery, but if the pope
has a good night there is every reason
in their judgment to look for a rapid
recovery.
1t was ascertalned on inquiry at the
Vatican at a late hour this evening
that the pope was resting TRANQUILITY.