Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-20
LEO IS IN EXTREMIS
Lies In 8 State of Coma, and
 the End Seems Near.
IS KEPT ALIVE BY STIMULANTS.

Both the Vatican and Italian Gov-
 ernment Have Made Final Prep
 arations For the Finish of
 the POntif's Life. .s.
 ROME, July 2O.-The condition of the pope is growing worse. His holiness has fallen into kind of stupor.
 It is thought that the change in the pope's condition is due to blood poison ing as a result of Arrangement of the kidneys.
 The pope has had an attack of de- lirium. The end appears inevitable. The popes valet is greatly distressed because he is unable to assist his dying master, who does not recognize any one Centra left the sick room several times, exclaiming:
 'It is finished. can do no more"
 The pope during lucid interval said to him as he was leaving:
 'My hour has come. Farewell. Thanks, my son."
 Cardinal Vannuteli, grand peniten- tiary, whose duty it Is to say prayers for the dying, has entered the sick chamber. This is believed to indicate that the pope is in extremfs.
 Drs. Lapponf and MazBoni are im- pressed by the depression shown by the pope and especially by the ire qOency of his pulsation, which has reached 95 for the first time, as here tofore the limit has been 92. The doc tors could only make superficial ex- animation, not wishing to disturb the patient too much, considering that quiet was the best thing for him. The physicians have ordered that silence be maintained in the sick room and that as little speaking be done as possible. The liquid in the pleura is apparently stationary, but there is really slight augmentation of it, as absorption, even in the smallest degree, must go on the whole time.
 The doctors do not think that another operation is advisable yet. They fear now that the heart may get too weak, inducing intermittence in its pulsaHon, which would be fatal.
 Dr. Lapponi's report says:
 "The pope at the present moment is in state of coma which may be called a condition preceding the last agony, the duration of which it is impossible toI forecast, although everything leads to the belief that this condition can not last. To be more exact, he is still in a state of torpor and stupor, from which, however, he rouses occasionally when he hears sharp sounds, as, for in- stance, the insistent voice of one of his familiars calling loudly to him. Left alone, he reiapses immediately into condition of torpor.
 At intervals he murmurs in his sleep, continuing to have forebodings that he is being abandoned by his valet, Centra, and myself. These are the symptoms of incipient cerebral anamia and general exhaustion. He can no longer turn in his bed without assistance and is being kept alive by artificial stimulants.
 During the last twenty-three hours he has had two injections of cam phorated oil, three of caffeine and two hypodermics of salt water, besides drinking stimulants."
 Mgr. Biolotti, master of the pope's chamber, said that the pulse of his holiness had not yet shown any signs of becoming intermittent despite his
 
 | Both the Italian government and the authorities of the Vatican have made i final preparations for the pope's death. The government is rfgidly censoring all telegrams and telephonic communica- 1 tons between Italy and the rest of the I continent. At this hour but few people remain at the Vatican. Dr. Mazzoni and Dr. Rossoni and the cardinals have gone to their homes to await the last urgent summons.
 After the visit of the physicians Car dinal Rampolla called to get full de- tails of his report of the pontiff's con- dition, and when the rumor that the pope was worse spread through the city the usual rush to the Vatican be- gan. Several cardinals hurried to the Vatican, among them Cardinal Oreglia, who remained for half hour and then left in his stead Cardinal Serafino Van nutelli, who as great penitentiary bears the duty of recittng prayers for the dying at the last moment in the sick room. Cardinal Vannutelli remained at the Vatican in the apartment of the major domo in order that he might be ready for any call.
 The medical aspect of the pope's case is exciting much discussion. One reli- able authority, having opportunities of knowing the private history of the treatment, declares that a third opera ton for the removal of the pleuric fluid actually has been performed, but has not been made public in order to avoid increasing the public apprehension. It | is also stated in the same reliable quar- ter that pr. Lapponi and Dr. Mazzoni have made written statement before 8 notary giving the exact details of the pope's case and that copies of these statements have been deposited with Cardinal Rampolla and Mgr. Cagiano de Azevedo, the major dome of his ho- l Illness.
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