The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-07-13
CAN HARDLY BE SAID THAT 1T
IMPROVED HIS CHANCES OF
RECOVERY.
WAKES UP AND ASKS FOR FOOD
ANALYSIS OF SERUM SHOWS
THAT DISEASE is SIMPLY
PLEURlsY.

Rome, July u, $40 a. m. - The
usual gathering of watchers, mostly
Journalists, witnessed from the piazza
of St. Peters, the opening OF the VIII
dows of the papal apartment this
morning by the pope's faithful valet,
Centra.5 From what has transplred
from the sick room it appears that no
significant change has taken place in
the condition of the patient UP to the
present hour. DR.. Lapponi succeeded
in having Pope Leo take a sufficient
quantity of nourishment during the
night.
Another Operation Performed.
Rome July IL, 4:50 a. m.-Another
operation, performed yesterday has
brought further relief to Pope Leo.
and by it the possibility of his life be-
ing prolonged was increased, but IT
can hardly be said that the operation
improved lis chances of recovery.
News lust received from the Vatican
says the pope is now lying in rest.
less condition after having had a
good sleep during the early hours OF
the morning.
AS an imminent result of yester-S
DAVIS operation the pope spent quiet
and almost painless day, with, for his
age, normal temperature, and he
only more strikingly exhibited his
strength of constitution and intellect.
At the examination last evening the
doctors could not perceive any regath-
ering of serum in the pleural cavity,
but it was feared that presence OF
serum would be detected to-day, thus
rendering necessary perhaps another
operation in a few days.
Drops Peacefully to Sleep.
Shortly before midnight the ~condl-
tion, of the pontiff was reported to
have undergone no change, and it was
added that he had just dropped peace
fnlly into sleep. At that hour all
within the palace was quiet, the
pontiff's apartment alone showing
signs OF life The pope slept unit!
nearly 2 O'Clock this morning, Wien
he woke up, seemingly more refreshed.
and asked for food.
The latter part of the night was not
so good owing to the restlessness and
uneasiness of the patient. Dr. Lap
poni has been going almost every nj
teen minutes to look at the pontltf,
who did not notice the presence OF the
doctor, being in drowsy state Dr.
Lamont administered dose OF chloral
and gave the patient at the same time
an injection of camphor caffeine.
A general feeling of tranquility
marked the day in Rome yesterday.
The self-confidence of the patient per-
meates the people, especially the
simpler folk, who go about their days
work, postponing signs of
Sorrow and Mourning
until from the sickbed itself they hear
that the unusual struggle is nearing
its end. There is foretold, almost
alphabetically, repetition during the
next few days of that exceptional med
ical history of recoveries and relapses
which have so astonished the world
this weel.. That no doctor will lend
the weight Of bis opinion to uphold
this popular impression in no way af-
fects the prevailing idea of the Ro-
mans. Nothing is more wonderful
than the pope himself. they say,
hence miracles are not out of the ques-
ton.
DR.. Rossoni, assisted by the other
doctors, analyzed the serum extracted
Yesterday morning. The doctors ex-
planned that the purpose of the analy-
sis was to determine whether the case
originated from tuberculosis process
or tumor in the throax. The analy-
sis showed that the disease was mere
lY due to pluriSy.