The Savannah morning news., 1903-07-11


His Marvellous Vitality.
Rome, July 1O.-The Popes marvel
Gus vitality still permits him to main
tain his struggle against death, al
though a portion of the night was
passed in sleepless waiting. He greet
ed his doctors this morning with hope
full expressions.
1t was decided to perform another
operation, which was executed by DR..
Mazzoni, assisted by Dr.. Lapponi The
patient was visibly relieved and soon
after arose, sat in his armchair, and
read his favorite Latin poet, Horace.
The usual light nourishnent was taken
at noon and the Pope then lay down
for a long rest.
Although there is intense public anx-
iety, the neighborhood of the Vatican
and ST. Peters is comparatively quiet.
The Pope rose at 6 o'clock this morn
ing. He said he thought the air of
his room was somewhat vitiated, and
wanted it changed. An attendant, Pho
Contra, after having been authorized
to do so by DR.. Lapponi. opened the
windows of the whole apartment, in
Guiding that of the sick room, the
Pontiff having previously been care
fully covered with extra blankets
After remaining open for a short time
the windows were closed, with the
exception of the window of the sick
room, DR.. Lapponi having decided that
the balmy fresh air could only do the
patient good.
Rather Well for a Dying Man.
The Pope prayed for half an hour
and then had breakfast, partaktng OF
the yolk of an egg, beaten up with su-
gar, in hot coffee. and a light biscuit,
The Pontiff then attended to his toilet,
but he did not shave. He then received
his private secretary, Mgr. Angel, who
was again surprised at the Pope's
| brightness of mind and display of en-
ergy On leaving the sick room Mgr.
Angel said that the Pontiff referred TO
several different matters, recalling ex-
actly the most minute details and re-
Numbering facts, figures and dates
with marvellous promptness, and all
this to the accompaniment of snuff
taking.
The doctors visit and the operation
followed The doctors found the condi-
ton of the Pope not much changed.
| His tempera ture was a little above SO
| degrees centgrade, and his pulse was
| oscillating between So and So The
Pontiff questioned the dotors about his
condition. saying:
do not deceive me, doctors; moth
| ing more can affect me-
He asked if the regathering of the
serum in the peural cavity meant that
the disease was growing seriously
worse, and the doctors fenced, saying
that it was one of the phases which
generally occur several times during
an attack.
Then" said the patient. "a new
operation is necessary"
I'VE will see,' answered DR.. Lap
POM and DR. Mazzoni added:
Your Holiness knows that the OPP
Grafton is not dangerous in itself"
what the Doctors Found.
During the examination of the pa
tient, the doctors. after a thorough
sounding, found that a. pulmonary
sound had reappeared in the obtuse
zone, except in the area limited TO the
region where the puncture was made
for the extraction of the liquid, which
/ is on a line drawn from the nipple of
! the right breast, under the arm to the
spinal column, the obtuse sound thus
| being between the sixth and eighth
ribs. With his head against the ribs
| DIR. Lapponi heard a murmur in the
vascular region. The murmur was
confused with pleuric rumblings, to-
gether with gurglings as if of small to
middle-sized bubbles.
After the operation had been per-
formed, the following bulletin was
posted at 1920 O'Clock:
1.-THE august patient passed the first
| part of the night fairly peacefully, but
afterwards the difficulty In his breath
| ing became more marked, coupled with
| discomfort and an increase of the feel
| ing of oppression. The pulse is small
and weak, at the rate of 80. Apyrex1a
was complete, and there was a little
diunesis. A flow of endopleuritic mat
| ter being observed, second operation
was decided upon and Immediately per-
formed by DR.. Mazzoni. About a
! thousand grammes of bloody serum was
( extracted. The Pontiff bore the sec
ond operation very we'll. and in conse-
quence of it, both the respiration and
the power of the heart at once I'M
proved.
(Signed) "Rossoni,
"Lapponi,
"Mazzoni."
DR.. Mazzoni's operation to-day was
almost identical with that of Tuesday
afternoon. The patient lay on his
couch, with his side exposed. The skin
above the affected parts was washed
with solution of alcohol, cocaine was
! hypodermically injected and DR..
Mazzoni inserted a pravaz needle.
which, by suction drew off the vitiat-
ed matter. The operate was compar-
atively painless and was performed
without recourse to chloroform or 9TH
err anaesthetics.
with His Legs Crossed.
After the operation the Pope felt so
relieved that he insisted on getting up,
and took several steps towards bis
armchair and seated himself for few
minutes. He then arose, and, going to
the bookshelves where he keeps his
favorite authors, took down Horace's
AIRS Poetica, returned to the arm
chair and began reading, holding one
leg over the other. He seemed to feel
no i'll effects from the operation On
the contrary he appeared to have de-
rived benefit from it.
Later in the day the Pope had lunch
and then took a long rest. At 315
o'clock he was still enjoying a restful
repose and showing no i'll effects from
the operation. The neighborhood of the
Vatican was tranquil.
At 4:20 O'Clock all was still quiet at
the Vatican. No change of any sort
was reported. Cardinal Rampolla did
not venture into the sick chamber, but
anxiously inquired frequently as to the
condition of the patient.
DIR. MSzzoni had an examination
made by a microscopist of the serum
taken from the Pope's pleura on last
Tuesday, to ascertain whether it con-
tanned any specific microbe. Some
doubt had arisen as to whether the
original attack of pneumonia had been
provoked by some specific agency, such
as, for instance. tuberculosis or cam
Ger. The examination showed no such
microbe. and the conclusion was in
evitable that the pneumonia was due,
as originally stated, to a dynamic cir
culation proceeding from lack of heart