The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-07-10
COMPLICATION OF DISEASES
WHICH WOULD ENDANGER
MAN in PRIME.
RECOVERY is NOT IMPOSSIBLE
ALTHOUGH DR.. MAzzoN1 SAYS
PoPE's CONDITION coNTlN.
..5.5=.=..= UEs DESPERATE.

Rome, July 10, 5:25 a. m. ~ The
pope is asleep. The condition of his
lungs is not worse There is as yet
no suspicion of serums gathering
again in the pleura, but t disorder of
his kidneys is disquieting.
During the early part of the night
his holiness was somewhat restless.
The occasional brief periods of sleep
were disturbed by difficulty in breath
ing. The pontiff spoke little and
seemed much depressed. Choral and
caffeine were administered with good
effects. About sunrise the pontiff fell
into more restorative sleep than he
had had all night.
May Die at Any Moment.
Rome, July 10, lis a. m-The life
of Pope Leo continues to hang by a
thread, with the expectation that any
moment may bring death. Yet the
wonderful vitality of the remarkable
old man is combating a complication
of diseases which would endanger a
strong man in the prime of life.
Throughout yesterday the reports
from the sick room a1ternated with
fears and hopes At times rumors Of
the gravest character gained cur
rency Out of the mass Of contradic-
tory reports, the essential features Of
the popes actual condition are indi-
Gated in the bulletins issued at 9:45
yesterday morning and at SIS last
two attending doctors. The early bull
letin was noticeably free from tech
nical language. During the hight the
pope had secured little refreshing
sleep, and with this sleeplesshess was
Augmented Depression.
The difficulty in breathing had in
creased and a arrangement of the
kidneys began to manifest itself.
These complications were fully and
frankly stated by the doctors. Their
official bulletin was supplemented in
the course of personal conversation in
which they showed that they enter
tanned scarcely any hops of recovery.
Yet they always qualified their state
ments, setting forth the remarkable
constitutional strength and indomita-
BILE energy of the pa,ielt as the most
striking evidence of his almost super
human will They instanced the dy-
ing mans leaving his bed during the
morning and taking several steps un-
aided save by cane, to an armchair.
When this became known many we're
disposed to criticise the doctors for
permitting such an exhausting effort,
but it was explained that the entire
absence of fever the temperature be-
ing below normal, eliminated the
danger of syncope from this exertion.
Z Moreover, the attending physicians
recognized that they were battling
with
a Man Of Iron
will who does not know the meaning
of restraint Except for the brief time
that he passed in the armchair, the
pope lay in bed throughout the Gay,
shifting his position frequently with
out assistance, and occasionally TAX
ing small draught of diluted wine
with the yolks of eggs. The only
solid food he has taken is calves
brains and meat broth.
The later official bulletin, following
"a consultation between Doctors Lap
poni and Mazzoni, completely contra
dicted the alarmist reports and gave
most favorable statement. This was
disclosed in the improved pulse, better
respiration and ameliorated general
condition Dr. Mazzoni said in
conversation following the issuance Of
the S:15 p. m. bulletin, that while the
pope's condition still continued des
perate, recovery was not entirely i'm
possible.
The prevailing sentiment of those
admitted nearest to the sufferer is that
his life is gradually ebbing away, but
whether death will be matter of
hours or of days neither the doctors
nor his nearest friends can tell.
{ bbons Starts for Rome.
Baltimore, July 9. = Cardinal Glib
bons yesterday left for New York on
his way to Rome.