The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-06-26

sternation is reflected in the cable
grams received from all the centers Of
the universe.
King Edward is in room facing the
beautiful gardens of Buckingham pal
ace and far from the street and the
crowd. If present progress is main
tained, he will probably tide over the
effects of his severe operation, which
has successfully removed the local
trouble, but should any complication
occur such as septic peritonitis or
blood poisoning, lis feared his majes-
tvs present physical and nervous con-
dition would prove unequal to the
strain involved. 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 con-
dition became so alarming Monday
night that at one time it was feared
death might ensue before the surgeons
knife could afford him relief. Intense
swelling of the eXtremities, accompa-
MED by alarming symptoms of mortifi-
cation, constituted the emergency
which demanded an immediate opera
ton. To the last the king tried to
avoid this, and he was willing to be
carried to the abbey for the coronation
ceremony in order that it should occur
as arranged. The influence of Queen
Alexandra was enlisted, however, and
at an early hour yesterday morning
f1n ha
operation which, even in the skillful
hands of England's best surgeons, was
fraught with grave danger.
Shortly before 2 o'clock yesterday
afternoon his majesty was moved from
his couch to the operating table, and
the anasthetic was administered. Sir
| Frederick Treves made the incisiOn
near the patients groin and carried it
upward, with an outward slant, for
nearly four inches. The obstruction
was removed and tubing was placed
in the affected intestine.
King Edwards first words when he
returned to consciousness We're to ask
! for George" and the Prince of Wales,
who was waiting in the next room,
was Immediately admitted to his IA
theirs presence.
Perityphlitis, the affection from
which King Edward is said to be suf-
fering, is an Inflammation of the loose
areolar tissue surrounding the upper
portions of the large intestine and
upon which they rest. In very large
majority of cases the inflammation is
not confined to the surrounding tissues,
but involves the vermform appendix.
Less than score of years ago appen-
dicitis was unheard of, and intestinal
diseases, whose foci could be definitely
said to be In the right lilac fossa, were
described under the two heads, typh-
litis and perityphlitis.
Before the end of the afternoon
over 1000 callers. who included nearly
all the foreign representatives in Lon
don and members of the house of lords
and the house of commons, had in
scribed their names on the visitors
book at Buckingham palace. All the
royal princes called personally on the
Prince of Wales and bade him good
by. The majority of them left London
today for their respective countries.
In striking contrast to the happy an
ticipations of few hours ago is an
order issued by the archbishop of Can
terbury, the Most Revl Frederick TEN
pie, and the archbishop of York, the
Most Rev. william y. Maclagan, ap
pointing special forms for the interces