The sun., 1902-06-25
CALLS THE OPERATION A SUCCESS

shock l. not vet passed.. and the doctors
are still fighting this peril
CALLS THE OPERATION A SUCCESS
The Prince of Wales stated to Sir Francis
knollys IN Buckingham Palace at $50
oClo, q In the presence of the correspondent
of Tux sUS that large ab-cess In the
abdomen was opened and properly drained
ana that the present condition II his Majesty
was satisfactory. The operation was per
formed in the Kings own room.
The King showed no collapse from the
shock Of th. operation. but went TO sleep
peacefully. Tho physicians had b"en con-
templating an operation for a week past,
bu, tins was kept absolutely secret even
from the highest officials
The Lancet states on the authority Of
one Of the Kings phys,cians, that an alb
dominal operation was successfully per-
formed The anesthetic wa. administered
by DR. Frederick Hewitt and Was borne
well, his Majesty recovering consciousness
without any III effects whatever. The
operation was attended 10y no complica-
tons A large abscess was found and
evacuated.
ASKED TO svE rHE PRINCE or WALES.
After the operation tho King asked to
$50 the Prince Of Wales. who had been
anIiously waiting IN the palace. His grand
children from York Iious. were driven to
the palace
Shortly after O'Clock the Marquis a.
Salisbury and Mr.. Balfour called and rc-
manned in the palace for moro than an
hour.
The Prince of Vale. left the palace
shortly before S O'Clock ard drove to YORK
House lie looked more cheerful than he
did few hours earlier.
GROWTH or THE kiSos ILLSEss
u - uue Ia the readers ui these
dispatches To- state openly nov the fact
which ha- been known in THE Srs's
London ONCE for several days rast-thRs
tho hing has b"-n critically III for more
than week This melancholy truth has
probably been evident 10 tho-" Who read
h-tween the lines of the full despstches,
which have hcen sent since Saturday
|, vas thought only courteous to the Eng
H,h people to di~crrdit this -ad informal iol
a. long a. possibility remained that Thurs
day's great ceremony could take place.
The following l. an authentic account of
the origin of the attack The King had
0 zen m fairly good health ard spirits until
June IL lie was tired from the continuous
round 81 functions and extremely nervous
over the many WEEKS 81 had weather which
had spoiled many of his plans King Id
ward. In truth. Is very supers,itious man.
and the idea possessed hun that he WAS an
unlucky King and that the old phrase
-Queen's weather. would give place to
tho reign 81 Edward the RAINY
Sir Francis Iak.ng who had been paving
Close attention To- his a,a-ty for several
davs. feared that this sup.rstitious nervous
nrss vas symptom Of possible nervous
collapse he therefore warned the King
not tn undertake the aTduous programme
A. Alde~~hot on June Is and Ia. but to rest
IN preparation for the great strain Of thus
week The King. however, persisted IN
sticking to the programme, and, more
over. insisted on clos personal supervision
u all the details Of the coronation.
II Nas thus Interference that wore ont
the endurance - Lord Carring'on. the
Lord Gamt.t lain. and caused him To re-
tire during the hesvv downpour at Alder
shot soon after the Kings arrival on June
IL This completed the royal discontinue
MS COLLAPSE.
There followed What - described a. a
fainting tit The King simply collapsed
suddenly in mird and BODY He soon
rnllie,l. and. In describing his sensations to
the doctor who ~as first summoned. said
i fcl, ~ If two heavy hands had suddenly
ucon pIaced on NV shoulders and crushed
me down There was also slight chill
and a sharp attack cf cholera m" bus
That was on Saturday. and the King vas
put 20 tci and remained there until Mon
dav. when he was considerably better and
wac taken in carriage 10 Windsor
Tho symptom Of twitching of the muscles
Of the face alarmed Sir Francis LAking
and Sir Thomas Barlow. the English
specialist in paralytic affections. was
summoned
What has been described ~ a light stroke
of paralysis on Tuesday afternoon wac
really very slight, but the patient was very
wcaA physically and rather duh mentally
Sir Thomas Barlow remained with the King
every moment when he was within doors
and IN hi- brief drives IN n closed carriage
The kINos SUPERSTITION.
II hccau. a serious problem how IN
control h- MaJcsty's mental condition. for
the conviction reizsd the King that he was
iated never 10 wear the British crown; IN
other words. mat M" prophecy would b"
fulfilled that he would reign, but would
never ~ crowned lie necessarily studied
MS own symptoms insisted that the doctors
frequently taAe his temperature and
b-o"ded IN state Of low despair over his
condition Nevertheless. he gained strength
after We,incsdAy, and by careful dieting