The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-07-14

tions-The Pope Now has a Slight
Cough which shows Evidences of
Pneumonia-The POntif Shaved
Yesterday.
Rome. July $50 p. m--The follow
ing bulletin has been issued:
The general condition of the illus
trious patient having becom depressed,
a consultation was held at 4 o'clock
with the participation Of Professor Ros-
soni. From the objective examination
it appears that the liquid is again gath
ering in the pleura. The sounds of the
heart are weak. without any symptoms
of ~valvuIar lessening. The pulse IS easl-
ly c0mpressibIe and it has ninety Du!sa-
tions instead of siXty-five, which is
normal. The breathing is superficial
and at long intervals. The kidneys are
not performing their regular functions.
The state of his holiness is considered
grave. (Signed.)
'ROSSONI,
"LAPPON
"MAZZONI."
Rome. July 9.-12:15 a. m.-Dr. MAJ
zoni went to the vatican at IL o'clock
and remained in the sick room one hour.
He made another puncture into the
pleural cavity Of the patient and ex-
tracted some fluid, which contained less
blood than on the previous occasion.
The pOpe'S general condition is reason
ably good.
Rome, July 9.-Since his illness the
pope had not begun a day so SatiSfaC-
tOrIIy as this. Indeed. hopes of his re-
covery reached uch a point as to make
the general belief that the pOntiff
might o be out of danger. No bet
ter synthesis of this view could be
given than in the words DR.. LappOni
uttered on leaving the sick room about
noon, hat although he did not yet dare
to hope. he had perhaps ceased to de-
spair. This promising outlook, how
ever. was followed by thy startling an
nouncement that the pope had been at
tackled with dIarrhOea, apparently cauS-
&C by the large qusnity of food he had
taken. and that a consulting physician
a been sent for.
The patient when ne began the day
showed once more his iron mOuntaineer
fibre by hising and dressing almost with
out assistance. walking across the room
to his arm chair, and having his toilet
fully performed, ever to the detail t
being shaved. Throughout this proce-
dure the pope showed no sign of being
exhausted. Indeed, he jOkingly allud-
ed to the amount of nourishment which
was being imposed upon hIm and said:
Il ought to grow fat. as L have never
had in my life as much as l get now
This ~buOyancy of spirit was consider
ed to be one of the principal cO-effects in
this struggle with death which this ad-
mirabIe old man has made in the last
seven days. The DOCTORS, previous to
the alarming attack of this afternoon
said there was not the slightest dimlnu-
ton in the acuteneSs of the pont1f 8
mental faculties as shown this morning
in a remarkable manner, when the pop
insisted on going over some of the larg-
err questions of church policy. laid be-
fore HIM by Cardinal Rampella. the
papal secretary of state.
At about 3 o'clock in he afternoon,
although no worse, the pope was not re-
ported to be any better, and then came
the new of the pontiff sudden relapse
and of the sending for a consulting
physician.
After a long conference in the night.
it had been decided that in case the
pope grew worse there should be a con-
Sultation at which at least one new
doctors should be present. Both DR..
Mazzoni and DR.. LappOni decided that
SuCIl " PAS SASA1NA
whom they would prefer was Professor
Rossini. a pupil OF DR.. RacCelli. and
his successor in the general clinic at
Rome.
DR.. Rossini arrived at the vatican
about > o'clock, when a long conSulta-
ton was held.
DR.. Lapponi remained at the vatican
after the consultation of the physicians
was ended. but he came from the SICK
chamber long enough to say a few
words. The doctor looked haggard and
mucn depressed. The hopeful appear
ance which he had shown early in the
day had entirely disappeared He ald
Il fear there is no hope. no hope
whatever. and yet the end may not
come tonight. Although the patients
condition is very grave the disease
seems to be developing through SLOW
but certain processes.
One of the most remarkable feature
in the serious turn which affairs have
taken. is that the pope continues dress
ed and partially sitting up. His mine
Is still perfectly clear and apparently
the only cause for alarm IS that the
doctors have detected a renewal OF tne
dangerous complication.
Professor ROSSini went through tht
most careful examination of the illus
trious patient. employing again What /:
known as the Baccelli system. The con
sultation lasted over two hours. The
patient as one feature of the inVeStlga'
ion was made to pronounce the italian
word 'thirty-three." ~(trenta-tre). which
in a case where there is indicated thu
presence of a badly acting heart. a Wit.
lated circulation and serum in the pleu.
IA, to any one listening at the pa.
TENTS side. presents a sound as if tht
C~onSonant in the word ''thirty-three
has been dropped.
The experiment unfortunately proved
not only the presence Of fluid in tn
pleura but it's rapid augmentation, ;,
thai 1t already afflicted the patient Will
the same disturbances that were obsery
ed on last Tuesday.
A state of great prOstration has en-
sued. rendering worse the affection O
the kidneys. It is likely tia an iniec