The Indianapolis journal., 1899-03-02
MIR. KIPLING IMPROVING.
Crisis Has Passed, but He Is Not Yet
Out of DANGER,


NEW YORK, March 1.-The condition of
Rudyard Kipling is very much improved to-
night. The crisis in the disease was passed
| this morning. The Associated Press dis
patches last night indicated that the crisis
was close at hand and that It was because
of this the physicians displayed so much
anxiety concerning the outcome. AT 2:15
this afternoon the following bulletin was
posted by Drs. Janeway and Dunham:
Mr.. Kipling has gained since this morn
tng. The temperature and pulse are low and
| I'm every direction the Improvement is
noted
This was the ninth day of Mr.. Kipling's
| illness. In pneumonia the crisis is usually
reached by the seventh or ninth day, but it
may be delayed until the fourteenth. There
| fore, there were forty-eight hours during
| which the physicians hardly left their pa
| tents side. During that time Kipling suf-
fered greatly during his conscious moments.
but he was frequently unconscious or suf-
| fering from attending delirium. 1t required
iron constitution to bear up against the
| intensity of the disease, for Mr.. Kipling's
| disease Is a double lobar pneumonia--a
| pneumonia of both lungs. The most ad-
| vanced scientific methods have been adopted
| for the treatment and for several days oxy-
gen was forced into the lungs to tide over
the times that Kipling was unable to
breathe sufficient air to sustain life. The
oxygen method was abandoned yesterday, a
hopeful sign. The patient began to breathe
more freely early this morning and. after a
| 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 1O4
N vi ia hQt1 al ic tha
ordinary course of the disease.
That the crisis had passed was quickly
| known throughout the hotel, and it was
| plainly apparent in the magical change in
| the aspect of physicians, nurses, relatives
and others about the hotel. DIR. Dunham
| came down stairs at ) a. m and he hardly
| had TO tell the glad news. In response to
| inquiries, however, he said: 81 am well
| pleased with Mr.. Kiplng's condition. He is
now resting quietly"
| Throughout the day the callers at the
| hotel were very numerous and the unofficial
| reports all gave indication OF continued i'm
| provement Mrs. Kipling, accompanied by
| her maid, left the hotel and remained out
| for an hours walk.
| From prominent people all over the coun-
| try kilograms are still pouring i'll with words
of coincidence to Mrs. Kiping and anxious
| inquiries as to Mr. Kipling's condition, and
| there what seemed to be an authentic
rumor that Queen Victoria had sent most
| soictous request for full informa ton re-
| garding the authors illness. Mr.. Double
| day, one of Mr.. Kipling's publishers. when
| asked if this report were true, replied that
1t was merely family matter and one that
| he would not discuss.
| DR.. Janeway remained away from Mr.
| Kiplngs bedside for nearly the entire day.
| He called at o'clock tonight, however,
and remained an hour DR.. Janeway showed
| how relieved he was but would give no
| positive assurance of his patients recovery.
IT never tell more than 1 know" was his
cautious reply to an inquiry.
| Notwithstanding the fact that the crisis
| has been passed in Mr.. Kiplngs illness, he
| is by no means out Of danger. pneumonia
| being an insidious disease that has ten
dency to seriously affect the heart. and alb
| soute quiet and abundant stimulation are
necessary even after the tide has turned.
| Should the present improvement continue
ana no relapse occur Mr.. Kipling should be
out of danger in very few days.
Both DR.. Janeway and DR.. Dunham spent
| considerable time away from the patients
| apartments tonight. The former. on leaving
the hotel at 7:90, gave instructions to warn
him of any change. He said he would not
return until morning unless emergency made
| IL necessary.
At 10 o'clock Mr. Doubleday, who had just
left the patients bedside said: 'Mr. Kip
| ling is resting easily. He has his conscious
ness restored and has put his shoulder to
| the wheel. And it's a good shoulder. We
/ shall insist on Mrs. Kipling taking a good
| long rest Poor little woman, she needs it,
| fer her vigil has been faithful and unceas-
| ing"
The following bulletin was posted at 11:15
| p. Mr.. Kipling has continued to i'm
prove" At late hour Mr. Kipling was
resting easily and with every chance of
| restful night.
At 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
| IL 10 O'Clock bulletin was discoverable and
| il appeared, as Mr.. Doubleday had sug
| gested earlier in the evening. as if every
| body had found a chance to take a little
| and very much needed rest"