The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-02
KIPLlNG GREATLY IMPROVED.
WELL-KNOwN AUTHOR HAS PASSED
PNEUMONIA CRISIS.

The Oxygen Method Abandoned by
the Physicians which Is Hope
full sign-HRs Double Pneumonia.
but Has Fought II with an Iron
Constitution Reported Yesterday
That Queen Victoria Had Wired
for Information.
New York, March 1.-The condition OF
Rudyard Kipllng is very much improved
tonight The crisis in the disease was
passed this morning. At 2l5 o'clock this
afternoon the following bulletin was post
ed:
Mr.. Kipliug has gained since this
morning. The temperature and pulse are
low, and In every direction the improves
ment Is noted. e. G. Janeway.
Theodore Durham"
This was tho ninth day of Mr. Kipllng's
illness In pneumonia the crisis is usu-
ally reached by the seventh or the ninth
day, but Il may be delayed until fourteen
days have passed. There were forty-eight
hours during which the physicians hardly
left their patients side. During that time
Mr.. Kipllng suffered greatly In his con-
scious moments, but he was frequently
unconscious, or suffered from attending
delirium. II has required an iron consti-
tuition TO bear up against the intensity of
the disease, for Mr.. Kipling's disease 10
a double lobar pneumonia, pneumonia
OF both lungs
The most advanced scientific methods
have been adopted for the treatment and
for I'M
the lungs to tide over the times that Kip
ling was unable to breathe sufficient air to
sustain hfe
A Sign of Much Hope.
The oxygen method was abandoned yes
terday. which Is hopeful sign. The pa
tient began TO breathe more freely this
morning and after few hours dropped
into a refreshing Sleep the first In days.
and the one essential to restore his fast
waning strength. Later the temperature
dropped rapidly from 10l to 90, which is
about normal.
This Is The ordinary course OF the dis
ease. That the crisis had passed was quick
| y known throughout the hotel, and Il was
plainly apparent In the magical change in
| the aspect of the physicians. nurses, rela-
tivos and others about the hotel. DIR. Dun-
ham came down stairs at o'clock a. m,
| and he hardly had time to tell the glad
| he sald
II am wen pleased with Mr.. Kipling's
| condition. lie Is now resting quietly"
Throughout the day the callers al the
| hotel were very numerous, and the unofh-
| oial reports all gave Indications OF con-
| tinued Improvement.
| Mrs Kipllng, who has been an anxious
watcher at her husbands bedside, showed
| new hope this afternoon. Accompanied by
| her maid, she left the hotei and remained
out for an hours walk.
Many Kilograms Received.
From prominent people all over the coun-
| try kilograms are pouring In with words
of coincidence to Mrs. Kipllng and anxious
| inquiries as to Mr.. Kipling's condition,
| and there was what seemed to be an au-
| thentic rumor that Queen Victoria had sent
a most solicitous request for fun informa-
ton regarding his illness.
DIR. Janeway remained from Mr.. Kip
| ing's bedside for nearly the entire day.
| He called al 8 o'clock tonight, however.
and remained an hour
| DR.. Janeway showed how relieved he
was, bur would give no positive assurance
of his patients recovery.
| Notwithstanding the fact that the crisis
| has been passed In Mr. Kipling's Illness,
he 10 by no means out OF danger, pneu-
monia being an insidious disease that has
| O tendency to secretly affect the heart.
and absolute quiet and abundant stimula-
| ton are necessary even after the tide has
| turned
| Should the present Improvement con-
| TRUE and no relapse occur. Mr.. Kiplng
| should be out Of danger In very few
days.
At 2 o'clock this Thursday morning
everything was absolutely quiet In and
around the sick room. No Indication OF
| any cessation of the Improvement noted
| in the 1l:t5 o'clock bulletin was discover
| able, and II appeared, as Mr.. Doubleday
| had suggested earlier in the evening, as
| Il everybody had found chance to take
| a little and very much needed rest