The evening world., 1908-11-10
Family Gathers About Bed of
Eminent Surgeon Await
ing End.
LONG KNOWN DOOM
Since Cancer Was Disclosed
He Has Partly Direcleu
His Vain Battle.

DR.. William T Bull Is sinking rapidly
and bulletin issued by the attending
physicians this morning announced that
his long battle with life against the
ing TO a close. All the members of his
family are at the famous surgeons
apartment in the Plaza. and twice dur
ing the twenty-four hours preceding
dawn were summoned to his bedside IL
the expectation that the end was at
hand.
Drs. Delafield, Blake and Potter were
at the bedside this morning, having
watched in turn through the night For
weeks they have ministered to the af-
ficted surgeon and consulted with him
over the progress of his malady.'
That the fight for life was hopeless
! Dr. Bull knew as well, If not better,
than any man in America. That new
ertheless. he should cling to life
through a period Of months of suffer
ingly characteristic OF the man. Only
the great power of his nervous forces
kept him alive. together with stimu-
lants and operations. of which ne knew
the value to a mathematical certainty,
and also their uselessness. so far as
any ultimate recovery was concerned.
Knew His Fate Long Ago.
operating surgeon was stricken with
cancer was withheld from the public for
months, 1t must have been known to the
sufferer since inception. In the course
of his long and eminent career he made
an exhaustive study of cancer and at
one time believed he had discovered a
cure.
He saw scores of patients suffer as
he was ultimately to suffer. and did
for them what has been done for him
in the endeayor to sustain life.
The first symptoms appeared almost
Il year ago. but the final diagnosis that
disclosed the presence of cancer was not
made until the end of summer. II is
likely that DR.. Bul and the surgeons
he consulted feared the presence of
cancer. and that these fears increased
through period of months.
1t was not, however. until every other
theory had been found wanting and an
operation performed for the reduction
of swollen glands that culture was
sent to the New York Clinical Labora-
tories for examination.
IL IL said that this was done at the
instance of the afflicted surgeon ana
that when the report was returned
showing the presence of malignant
cancer, he bore the revelation without
ninching.
TO a man OF his intimate knowledge
of the subject the final verdict from
the labratory could not. have been
surprise
Rally Amazed Physicians.
A month ago 1t was announced that
longer. His great physical strength and
nery Gus energy seemed utterly played
uut. but there was still store OF vi
tally in reserve and an amazing rally
followed what mad ben regarded as the
hnal sinking stage,
Win This rally there was lapse from
suffering. 'Dr Bull rcgained some of
his oldtime spirit and manifested 1t by
demanding that he be removed from his
nome nj No. % West Thirty-lifth street.
10 The Hotel Plaza. This desire for
change vas a psychological manifesto
ZION That Is common with sufferers from
incurahle malades.
The removal was made without APP
narent IN effect and after arriving at
lie plaza the surgeon displayed Spar
inn courage In cheering mp his family.
laughing and iONing now and then, and
ali the while declaring that he had not
lost hope