New-York tribune., 1903-07-10
HOPE ENDS IN DESPAIR.
Leos DeceptiUe Energy Care Way
to Utter PrOstration.


hopes and fears has passed. and Pope Leo's life
still hangs in the balance Beginning with re-
newed hopes. the day closed with the scales
tending slowly but surely downward. How
long this agonizing period OF suspense VIII last
not even the attending doctors dare to say.
AT a. m this morning It was learned that
the injections given to quiet the Pope have had
in part the desired effect. The Pontir has sue
ceeded In getting some sleep. although his sluun-
Der was not entirely tranquil
No night bulletin was issued. but at 12:15 this
morning it was learned from Dr. Mazzoni that
the condition OF the Pontin had not changed
since the issuing OF the evening bulletin at 7.3O
o'clock This announced that the patients stat,
was grave. report coming from the Vatican
at midnight gained currency that DR.. MazzonI
had again operated on the Pope. and extracted
serum which had again gathered in the pleuraI
cavity. When found at his home at 1:sO this
morning. although extremely tired DR.. Mazzonf
talked about the case
INJECT CAMPHoR INTO BLOOD.
1t is untrue that new operation has been
performed with the Pope from II p m.
until after midnight. and found his general con-
dition stationary. No change took place since
this afternoon, when the consultation with DR..
Rossoni was held. To strengthen the patients
heart and help the circulation Of the blood
injected camphor and caffeine, after which the
| Pope, who seemed somewhat relieved. said he
| remembered being treated with Raspar water
| on camphor basis wnea he was Nuncio az
| Brussels. sixty years ago.
! Il really cannot say ..hether the serum in the
| pleuraI cavity has increased since the consulta-
I tion this afternoon as did not examine His
! Holiness for such purpose. It must be under
! stood that the Pope is too fran to be handled
! like other people. Besides. his thorax, through
/ old age. has become bent in such a way that the
right side. where pneumonia was first detected.
/ curves out in a very pronounced manner. while
the left side curves in. In to-morrow's VISIT at
! tention viii be especially centred on the prog
ress in the secretion OF serum. Then a decision
! will be taken as to whether new operation Is
necessary"
| NIAzZONI ANSWERS CRITICS.
/ DR.. Mazzoni ended by ridicuIing the criticisms.
| objections and advice which he said people had
/ advanced. in many cases from having only seen
/ the Pope in photographs.
! '"The greatest accusation is that pIeurisy was
not discovered in time" he added. 'I visited thu
! Pope for the first time on Sunday. On Monday
J evening discovered the fluid and on Tuesday
removed it Any student Of medicine knows
: that sometimes weeks pass before the presence
of serum is detected I myself had pIeu-
risy. which the doctor discovered fifteen days
after taken i'll"
The condition Of Pope Leo at times yesterday
morning seemed favorable that the hopeful
DR.. Mazzoni and the more conservative DR. lap
poni united in expressing the belief that thers
was some slight prospect Of recovery. Within
| a few hours, however. these brighter prospects
disappeared. They had been dissipated by ths
consultation Of the doctors. The earlier hopes
had been inspired largely by the PontiT's OUT
ward evidence OF vigor. as he able 20 rise.
walk and command all his faculties. but tbs
! later consultation disclosed that these outward
| evidences Of strength were entirely deceptive.
the real danger consisted in the gradual Internal
| progress of an insidious disease.
HOPE GAVE WAY TO FoREBoDNG.
/ The mere fact OF the consultation in itself
I gave rise TO the gIoomiest forebodings. Indeed.
/ this was the first actual consultation. as the
| previous frequent meetings OF the doctors were
| not REGARDED as formal consultations To-day.
! however DR. Rosconi. the distinguished special
! list of the BacceIH school. was called in TO a
/ consultation lasting two hours
/ During this time every phase Of the patients
/ case was nlinutely canvassed- The conclusions
/ announced in the 7:3O o'clock bulletin showed
/ that LIQUID was again rapidly gathering in the
/ Neural cavity. and that the Pope's general con-
/ dition was extremely grave
4 Following the issuance Of this bulletin the
/ doctors freely expressed their personal cOnvic-
4 tiops regarding the case. DR. Lapponi said.
without qualification. that the patients condi-
tion was beyond hope. He did rot expect hnal
/ collapse tonight but rather gradual sink
| ing until the end came. How long the sufferer
NAV last the doctors viii not venture any pre-
diction. Ordinary calculations they say. fail ~
apply to this extraordinary One OF
I them remarked to-day:
Here is a man almost hundred years Old
retaining all his mental and most OF his physi-
| - ,a~,,ltias and YET hraveiv combating tho