The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-07-17
CAN HARDLY BE SAID THAT IL
IMPROVED HIS CHANCES OF
RECOVERY.
WAKES. UP AND ASKS FOR FOOD.
ANALYSIS OF SERUM SHOWS.
THAT DISEASE is SIMPLY
PLEuRlsY. .,.:

usual gathering of watchers 1fnustay
Journalists; witnessed from the, piazza
of st, Peters, the opening Of the Win-|
dows Of the papalS apartment. this
morning by the. pope's faithful. valet,
Contra From what has transpired
from the sick room it appears that no
Significant change has taken place in;
the, condition of the pationt up;to the
present hour. Dr:-ssasppani fctesdea
in having Pope Leo take as sfif3eifnt
quantity of nourishment during the
night ~. Il: 49,, s...1s1sf
Another Operation Performsd::
Rome: July II, 1850 a. n. Ahptier
operation, performed yesterday, has
brought further relief9ta Pope ;!EAaos;
and by it the pos sibi}ity Of his fffesbe-
ing prolonged was inereasSd,,. butweits
can hardly be said that the, operations
improved his chances of recovery.
News just received from the Vatican
says the pope iss,nay lying liz ::a.rests
less condition after having 3had, a
good sleep dufihg the early hours Of
the morning. %a
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 condi-
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 and
uneasiness of the patient. DR.. Lap
POM has been going almost every fif-
teen minutes to look at the pontiff,
who did not notice the presence Of the
doctor, being in drowsy state. DR..
Lapponi administered a dose of choral
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
it's 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 week. That no doctor will lend
the weight of his 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, analysed 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 a tumor in the throax. The analy-
sis showed that the disease was mere
ly due to plurisy. Il