The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-16
The Days Bulletins.


8 a. nl.-The pope slept during the first
part Of the night, but his sleep was too
profound to be quite natural. At the be-
ginning of the second part OF the night
the pope was somewhat restless, and DIR.
Lapponi tried to assist the patient with
sttmulants and nourishment.
One of the doctors in attendance on
the ponttn gave the Associated Press
correspondent a graphic but horrible
pears
The RIgtdty of Death.
That smile which lighted up the pom
tiff's face even in extreme old age has
disappeared, probably forever. The skin
is drawn tightly over the bony frame
work Of his face, leaving the once bright
eyes staring dimly from the deeply sunk
en- sockets and a grayish pallor over
spreads his countenance. The most no.
ticeable ravage wrought by his present
disease is the dropping of the lower jaw,
which has made the pope's features take
on the fixed rigidity Of death.
$50 a. m.-The pope passed 8 restless
night and. his condition this morning Is
considerably worse.
1925 p. m.-Mgr. Angel, one of the
popes private secretaries, has just left
the sickroom, much preoccupied. He
said:
II have left the holy father in sleep
which is so deep that 1t resembles the.
lethargy of death. =:
12:4O p, m.-The doctors. after thoro
examination OF the patient. have decided
that the regathering Of the pleuric liquid.
altho serious. does not const itute inlnedi-
are danger OF dissolution. and therefore
they will defer an operation until the last
possible moment.
1850 p. m.-Dr. Lapponi has not left
f14y.g9 ,eNo f1,o
condition Of Pope Leo is worse and partly
because his daughter, who has been suf-
fering from fever, is better.
ProstratIon Is increasing.
3 p. m.-The pope's prostration is in
creasing. The difficulty he experiences
in breathing has grown more serious and
Is accompanied by severe bronchial wheez-
ing.
6:10 p. m.-The doctors have entered the
| sick ROOM Their decision regarding the
proposed operation is anxiously awaited.
6:45 p. m.-The pope is sleeping. His
general condition is unchanged.
Night Was UnfavorabIe.
Rome, July 16.-When Dr. sMazzoni Wis
tied the pontiff this morning the latter
4 said the past night had been one OF the
! worst he had experienced. He spoke Of
the oppression on his chest; the difficulty
1 in breathing and the uncomfortable rest
| lessness, giving him in fact no peace In
/ any position.
DR.. Lapponi said the pope had called fol
.Mazzoni very often during the night and
had taken frequent restoratives, especial,
/ meat broth, orangade and tamarin6
4 water He felt better, however, after the
4 celebration of mass, as tho the commotior
4 had Gained him.
. The doctors preceded with thoro ex.
animation Of his thorax without fatiguine
him too much. They found the liquid IL
4 the pleura augmented but not gathered II
q such quantities to endanger thu
4 patients life by producing pressure OF
the heart, or thoro asphyxiatfon, which
might occur If there were pressure on thu
lower part Of the bronchial tubes. On &C
count of the extreme weakness OF tn,
pontin no new operation for extracting
absolutely indispensable. But tn
operation may be made tonight or to
morrow independent Of the fact that liquit
in It's present quantity does not inmi
nently threaten the pope's life.
Fear Effects Of Operation.
The doctors hesitate again to perform
Ithoracocentesis drainage Of the pleura)
fearing that the effects Of the operation 1t
self, involving the possibility Of pressur
lon the lungs. and consequently Of tn
whole apparatus Of circulation, might b
fatal.
The secretion Of urine has slightly aug
mented in the last twenty four hours, hav
ing reached forty cubic centimetres. This
however, still is insufficient.
The doctors have received many con
gratulations from medical authorities wit
most of whom they are not acquainted, o.
their treatment Of the pontiH. Anon
these is a letter to DR.. Lapponi from Fro
fessdr Henri Burchard, a member OF tn
Academy Of Medicine at Paris.