Milford chronicle., 1902-06-27
EDWARD VII
CRITICALLY ILL
His Majesty Operated on For
Appendicitis.
CORONATION is POSTPONED
Physicians Announce His Condition
as Satisfactory.
CORONATION is POSTPONED
ENGLAND STAGGERED BY NEWS

and the Belief Is Strong That His
Majesty Will Recover-Foreign
ENJOYS Ready to Start Home-coro-
nation Stands Being Torn Down.
London, June %. - With dramatic
the king has been stricken
down upon the eve of his coronation.
Today he lies in a critical state at
Palace.
In spite of the intensity of this ira
gic interruption the lower elements
of London last night marched through
the fiag-decked streets and a portion
of society in coronation gowns and
Jewels gathered at what is called a
gala coronation dinner at one of the
fashionable hotels. Even at the gates
of Buckingham Palace, within which
the ablest surgeons and physicians
remained in the hope of saving the SOW
ereign's life, the footing of horns and |
the sound of other revelries could be
plainly heard. 1t must be admitted /
that the jewellers were misled by the |
technical language of the bulletins; |
they having no conception of the gray
ity of King Edwards condition. The |
thinking portion of the nation how
ever. went home numbed by the events |
which the day had brought forth. In
describable CONSERVATION prevails !
throughout the country, and this con- !
sternation is reflected in the cable |
grams received from all the centres of |
the universe.
King Edward is in a room facing the
beautiful gardens Of Buckingham Pal
ace and far from the streets and the
crowd. If last nights progress is main
tanned he will probably tide over the
effects of his severe operation, which
has successfully removed the local
trouble. But should any complications
occur, such as peritonitis or blood poi
soning, it is feared his majesty's pres
ent physical and nervous condition
would prove unequal to the strain in
volved There is consequently intense
anxiety as to the outcome. The kings
! doctors believe that His Majesty would
/ have been dead before now except for
! the operation. His condition became
so alarming Monday night unat at one
time it was feared death might ensue
( before the surgeons knife could afford
him relief. Intense swelling of the ex-
tremities, accompanied by alarming
symptoms of modification, constituted
the emergency when demanded an i'm
mediate operation. TO the last the
king tried to avoid this, and he was
willing to be earned to the Abbey for
the coronation ceremony in order that
it should occur as arranged. The inlu-
ence of Queen Alexandra was enlisted,
however, and at an early hour yester-
day morning the royal patient vas pre-
pared for the operation which, even in
the skilled hands of England's best sur
geons, was fraught with grave danger.
Shortly before o'clock vest, rday at
ternoon His Majesty was moved from
his couch to the operating table and
the anaesthetic was administered. S4T
Frederick Treves made the inclsiOn
: near the patients groin and carried il
: upwards, with an outward slant, fol
nearly four inches. The obstrucuo1
: in the affected intestine.
King Edwards first words when he
returned to consciousness were TO ash
for George" and Une Prince of Wales
who was waiting in the next room was
Immediately admitted to his father
presence.
While the operation was being per
= formed the great central court yard o
buckingham Palace was utterly de
y serted and an impressive silence reign
Il ed throughout the building. TIT
equerries talked in whispers, servant
" tiptoed about and the tension grew al
most unbearable. Then the word wa
passed around "all had gone we'll"
Operation Successful.
o At 2.46 p. m. yesterday the fOllowin
Y bulletin was posted at Buckingham
E. Palace regarding the condition of Kin
y Edward, who was operated on 70
d perityphlitis:
II 1.-The operation has been successful
performed. A large abscess has bee
u evacuated. The king has borne tn
" operation well and is in satisfactor
condition"
!, Perityphlitis, which is an old nam
" for a form of appendicitis, is the il
!. fammation of the tissues surroundin
the caecum or blind pouch situate
between the large and small intestine
- The king had fallen into a quiet slet
- after the operation. showing no sigl
- Of sinking from the shock OF the oper
lion.
50 The following bulletin was issued
m lilo o'clock last night:
of "The kings condition is as good
n could be expected after so serious
al operation. His strength is maintaine
there is less pain, and his majesty h
ii. taken a little nOurishment 1t will
or some days before it will be possible
on say that King Edward is out of dangC
"TREVES,
"LAKING.
BARLOW.
At o'clock this morning it W
or learned that King Edward was as w
he as could be expected and that ever
RS ling was progressing satisfactorily
nd At 20 minutes past Z o'clock Il
liz morning the officer of the guard
red buckingham Palace informed a rep
An. sentative of the Associated Press II
II. he understood that there was no n
ion development in the kings conditi'
ieTe At that hour the palace was eve
len where closed, and there were no sig
2se of life about the building except
sentries outside and a small lot
lro- messengers and reporters awaiting
UNI possible bulletin.
;uy Queen Alexandra has borne
EN- strain of the past week with the br
ied est spirit. She was always fearful
Is lat might happen. Her majesty t.
rdS her part in the festivities at Ascot
les elsewhere without revealing any S
9th of her inward anxiety, and when
ont was told that an operation was
perative and that the coronat
LIED would have to be postponed, she gu
'een " answered: Have l not felt that
the would happen?" and asked; #
does the king bear it," Upon rec
more ing an assuring reply, Queen Ale2
than dra exerted herself to appear chez
rites hhls and to devise means to lessen
} the kings grief and disappointment,
skill though she was evidently greatly