Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-03-02

Rome, March 1.-The Pope passed
fairly good night and was better this
morning
DR.. Mazzoni shortly after 9 o'clock
this morning removed cyst from the
left thigh of the Pontiff. The opera
ton was perfectly successful and the
patient bore it well.
It appears that yesterday feverish
symptoms were entirely due to the
cyst from which the Pope has long suf-
fered. He now has no trace of fever
and Dr. Mazzoni thinks no complica-
lions will ensue.
Strict measures have been taken to
exclude outsiders from the vatican.
Some of the morning papers assert
ed that the Pope was suffering from
rheumatic fever, following chill, and
that it was feared pleurisy would SUI
pervene.
The Pope yesterday desired that the
cyst be simply lanced, but he consent
ed to it's removal on the doctors in
sisting upon the point.
The Pope, as this despatch is sent,
has just partaken of eggs, biscuits and
Marsha wine.
DR.. Lapponi. who remains at the
vatican, saw the Pope at 1:3O p. M,
and found him to be in fairly salts
factory condition.
Numbers of dispatches of inquiry as
to the Pope's health have been receiv-
ed at the vatican and diplomatic and
other callers are arriving there.
His Holiness underwent an operation at
ten O'Clock this morning for the removal
of a long standing cyst, which suddenly
broke inflamed. His holiness bore the OPP
Grafton remarkably well, although it was
impossible to use chloroform. The Pope
condition is now fairly satisfactory.
(Signed) MAZZONl.
LAPPONI.
An official bulletin issued at two o'clock
this afternoon says:
The Popes pulse is excellent and the
general conditions are veritably satisfac-
tory in the part operated upon. All is
proceeding regularly.
MAZZONI
LAPPONI
Doctors Mazzoni and Lapponi, who left
the Pope's apartments at o'clock, ex-
pressed satisfaction at the condition of
his holiness. They said his temperature
was 9a5.
The stream of callers continues and sin
cere sympathy is shown in all circles,
italian as we'll as papal. There is no
sign of anything unusual at the Vatican.
Cardinal Rampolla took his customary
drive this afternoon
Dr. Lapponi will again sleep at the vat
lean. During the operation, the Pope ask
ed his private chaplain Father Angel, to
say mass. After the surgeons had COM
pleted their task he was in excellent
spirits and even joked with them. His
holiness slept two hours during the day.
At o'clock DR. Mazzoni and DIR. Lappo-
nj again visited him and found that the
pain caused by the operation had so far
abated as to allow his holiness 10 lie on
his back At that hour his temperature
was lower and his general condition sat
tsfactory.
The cyst removed was about the size OF
an orange.
Unless complications, of which there is
no apprehension, should set in Dr. MAJ
xoni will not return to the vatican until
tomorrow.
ROME, March 1.-The Hematic cyst had
been forming probably for thirty years.
The only persons present were DR.. MAJ
Soni, DIR. Lapponi, who assisted, and DR..
Pic Contra, the Pope's personal attend
ant. At half-past nine his holiness was
carried on a litter to window of his
apartment Smiling. he said to the doc
tors, 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 patient displayed gave the doctors
courage, they feared to use chloroform
and used instead a liquid anaesthetic con-
sisting of cocaine chloride of sodium and
morpha.
Owing to the size of the growth, the
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