The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-07-10
CANNOT BE HANDLED
LIKE YOUNGER MEN

Il really cannH say whether the Sc
rum in the pleurA cavity has increased
since the consultation; this afternoon,
as did not examine his holiness for
such purposes 1t must be under
stood that the pope5is too frail to be
handled like other people. Besides,
his thorax, through old age, has become
bent in such way that the right side,
where pneumonia was first detected,
curves out in very pronounced man
ner, while the left side curves in. In
tomorrow's visit attention will be es-
pecially centered onstf1e progress in the
secretion of serum. Then a decision
will be taken as to whether a new
operation is necessary"
| DR.. MazzoniF ended by -ridlculing the
criticism, objections and advice
which, he said, people, most of whom
are famous only for never having been
heard of, allow themselves to advance
even from abroad, many Of these. per-
sons having seen thespope only in pho
tographs. st
1.-The gravesta accusation is that pleu-
risy was not discovered in time wis
tied the pope for the first time on Sun
day. On Mondaya evening r discovered
the fluid, and son Tuesday removed It.
Any student OF medicine knows" con-
! tinued DR.: Mazzoni,s that sometimes
weeks pass before the presence of Sc
rum is detected. ! myself once had
pleurisy, which, the doctor only dis
covered fifteen days aftersI was taken
ILL.,"
The condition of Pope Leo at times
yesterday morning seemed SO favor
able that the hopeful DIR. Mazzoni and
the more conservative Lapponi united
in expressing the belief that there was
some slight prospect of recovery, but
within a few hours these brighter pros
poets disappeared / before the most
alarming conclusions reached after the
lengthy consultation of the doctors.
The earlier hopes, had been inspired
largely by the pontiff's outward evil
dence of vigor, asshe was able to rise,
walk and comma11d iall his faculties;
but the later consultation disclosed
that these OUTWARD evidences of
strength were entirely deceptive, as
the real danger consisted in the grad
ual internal progress of the insidious
diseases.
The mere facts of the consultation.
in itself, gave rise Ito the gloomiest
forebodings. Indeed J this was the first
actual consultations as the previous
frequent meetings Oft the doctors were
not regarded as formal consultations.
Today, however, Dr.S Rossini, the dis
tinguished specia4ist of the Baccelli
school, was called :iato a consultation
lasting two hoursss during which every
phase of the patients, case was minute
ly gone over. The conclusions an
nounced in the 7::'3D O'Clock bulletin
showed that liquid is again rapidly
gathering in the pleural cavity and
that the pope's general condition is
very grave. The bulletin read:
1.-THE general condition of the illus
trious patient having become depress-
ed, consultation was held at o'clock,
with the participation of Prof. Rossini
From objective examination it appears
that the liquid is again rapidly gather
! ing in the pleura The sounds of the
heart are weak, without any. symptoms
of valvular lesion. The pulse is easily
compressible and has 80 pulsations in
stead of 65, which is normal The
breathing is superficial and at long in
tervals, The kidneys are not perform
ing their regular functions. The state
of his holiness is considered grave"