Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-07-16
CAN HARDLY Be SAID THAT
IMPROVED HIS CHANCES or
RECOVERY.
WAKES UP AND ASKS FOR FOOD
OF SERUM suov.
THAT DISEASE is SIMPLY
PLEuRIsY.

Rome. July Il. $40 a. m. - Tsa
usual gathering of watchers. mostly
journalists, witnessed from the piazz,
of st. Peters, the opening of the win.
dows of the papal apartment this
morning by the pope's faithful waller
Contra. From what has transpired
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 sufficient
quantity of nourishment during The
night.
Another Operation Performed.
Rome, July IL, 1850 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 his chances of recovery
News just received from the Vatican
says the pope is now lying in a rest.
less condition after having had
good sleep during the early hours Of
the morning.
AS an imminent result of yester
days 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 few days.
Drops Peacefully to Sleep.
Shortly before midnight the cond
ton of the pontiff was reported to
have undergone no change. and it was
added that he had just dropped peace
fully into sleep. At that hour all
within the palace was quiet, the
pontiff's apartment alone showing
signs OF life. The pope slept until
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 ana
uneasiness of the patient. DR.. Lap
poni has been going almost every nj
teen minutes to look at the pontlH'
who did not notice the presence OF the
doctor, being in a. drowsy state. d.
Lapponi administered dose OF chlofa
and gave the patient at the same time
an injection of camphor caffeine.
A general feeling OF tranql'llty
marked the day in Rome YESTERDAY
The self-con1dence of the patient per-
meates the people, especially 'he
simpler folk, who go about their Gays
work, postponing signs OF
Sorrow and Mourning
until from the siclbed itself they near
that the unusual struggle is nearing
its end. There is foretold, almost
alphabetically, a repetition during 'ne
next few days of that exceptional meu.
ical history of recoveries and relapse,
which have SO astonished the WORM
this weel.. That no doctor VIII .ea,
the weight of his opinion to apnol.
this popular impression in no way a. a.
fects the prevailing idea OF the nv
mans. Nothing is more wonderful u
than the pope himself, they ss.'
hence miracles are not out OF the que'
ton. ..ho,
DR.. Rossoni, assisted by the o'ue,
doctors. analysed the serum extfac'su
yesterday morning. The doctors =,
planned that the purpose of the ahal!
sis was to determine whether the cass
originated from tuberculosis process
or a tumor in the throax. Inc ana,.
sis showed that the disease was l'''s
ly due to plurisy.