The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-06-26
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His Majesty's restlessness and lack of
sleep was regarded by the general pub
lie as by no means reassuring although
court officials professed satisfaction.
rThe absence of all mention of the pa
tents temperature caused comment.
Throughout the morning the vicinity
of the palace was invaded by anxious
seekers after information. A curiously
cosmopolitan crowd gathered about the
ratings awaiting the morning bulletin,
and directly after it was posted there
was a great scramble to read it's con-
tents. The Prince of Wales arrived
just as the bulletin was being issued.
Lord Lister, who came directly from the
Kings apartments after having assisted
in drawing up the bulletin, left shortly
afterwards and the more cheerful ex-
preston apparent in his face was taken
as an indication that he was satisfied
with the condition of the patient.
Callers continued to arrive in great
numbers throughout the morning.
Among the earliest distinguished per-
sonages were Lord Salisbury, who rode
up on a bicycle. Archduke Francis and
the Duke of Norfol.
The Duke of Cambridge. who arrived
later had previously presented a set
of colors to the Middlesex regiment, ad-
dressing which he said the Kings illness
was very grave blow and very trying
one. But, he added, he was very glad
to be able to speak hopefully of the
progress made by His Majesty because
he had received favorable news from
those in attendance upon the King.
The medical bulletins were rapidly
posted about London and the scenes wit
messed yesterday were re-enacted today.
BY noon long strings of carriages were
waiting to put down visitors at the am
bassador's and main entrances of the
palace.
AS the day progressed the crowds
around Buckingham Palace augmented
and the cautious wording of the early
bulletin was much discussed. Soon after
2 p. m. second bulletin was posted as
follows:
THE King passed a comfortable morn
ing and his condition so far is satisfac-
tory.
"(Signed) Treves, Laking, Barlow"
This was regarded as being somewhat
more favorable and the good impression
which it created was enhanced by the
arrival at the palace shortly afterwards
of the Duke and Duchess of Aosta who
came from Dorchester House to lunch
with the royal family. The observers
deduced therefrom that unless the Kings
condition was fairly satisfactory the
Queen would not have entertained the
visitors for she has been unremitting in
pursuing her husband and has hitherto
been constantly at his bedside.
At $3.50 p. m. today Sir Francis Knoll
lys, private secretary to King Edward
told representative of The Associated
Press that no particular change had oc-
CURED, but that the King was main
tanning the Improvement in his condi-
tion.
The following statement was made this
afternoon on the highest medical author
ity:
Until the tubes now draining the
cavity of the abscess have been with
drawn it will be impossible to feel GER
tain that the King will pull through.
What his physicians have now to fear is
that peritonitiS or hemorrhage may su-
pervene. There must always be this
danger in such cases Again it is fact
that an abscess due to perityphitis may
nave fatal issue without any warming
symptoms. All the indications are often
masked until the postmortem. and there
are many cases on record where the di-
sease was only discovered after death
from an extraneous cause, such as an
accident. At any rate the Kings grave
illness must invalid him for a long
time.