The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-07-16
Pope Restless Early, Drowsy
Later, With Uneasy Sen
sation in Chest.
NO VISITORS YESTERDAY
Drank Few Drops Of the Waters Of Lourdes---
Took Slight Amount Of Nourshment Dur
ing the Day---vati:an Compare
lively Quiet,
lively Quiet.
(By the Associated Press)

Rome, July 15.-One of the doctors in
sociated Press correspondent a graphic.
but horrible, word picture of Pope Leo as
he appears today. That smile which light
ed up the Pontiffs face, even in extreme
age, has disappeared, probably for ever.
The skin is drawn tightly over the bony
framework of his face, leaving the once
bright eyes staring dimly from the deerly
sunken sockets. A grayish pallow over
spreads his countenance. but the most
noticeable ravage wrought by his present
disease is the dropping of the lower jaw,
which makes the Pope's features take on
the fixed rigidity of death.
Throughout the day the precincts of the
Vatican were comparatively quiet, and
the immediate vicinity of the sick room
showed none of the evidences of agitation
and alarm so apparent yesterday. In
marked contrast to previous days, the pa
tient was kept in almost absolute seclu-
sion only one person besides the physi-
clans and immediate attendants gaining
admission. This one was MonsIgnor
Pifferi. the Pope's confessor.
Others came to the ante-chamber. in
cluding Cardinals Satolli and Serafino
vannutelli, but they did not press for ad-
mission To the sick room, being aware of
the doctors earnest wish to afford the
august patient every opportunity of avoid
ing exertion and mental effort.
During the day the Pope took a slight
amount of nourishment. Through the
morning he was ute restless, shifting un-
easily on his bed and complaining of be-
ing unable to secure an easy position.
Later he became drowsy, and during the
afternoon had some sleep. The assembling
of the doctors at half past five o'clock,
two hours before the usual time, was not
due TO any alarming turn in the Pope's
condition, but through the wish thor.
oughly to go over every detail of the
situation. The moderate tone of the bulle-
tin. which followed iec visit gave an as
surance that the PATIENTS condition was
practically unchanged. while the express
sion that the derression of his strength
had not increased afforded a slight note
of relief.
This evening His Holiness complained
of slight uneasiness in the chest, but
that he has not yet completely given UP
hope, was Indicted by his remark that
he expected the oppression of his chest to
pass off in a few days. During the day
the Pope drank few drops of the heal
ing waters from the shrine at Lourdes,
several bottles of which were sent to the
Vatican by the French bishop, in whose
see Lourdes is situated.
A local paper gravely announces that
from the moment Pope Leo swallowed the
water an improvement in his condition
became apparent.
The doctors are well night exhausted
with their unceasing cares. DR.. Lapponi,
in particular, spends his entire nights as
well as days in the sick room. Just be-
fore midnight his wife, wishing to see
him went to the Vatican. She was taken
to a corridor near the sick room, where
she saw her husband for few minutes.
An important case now before the British
consular court in Rome reuires the pres
enee of DIR. Lapponi. but this is impossl-
BILE because of the Pope's condition and
also because the Vatican affords extra