Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-10
POPE BETTER;
WILL RECOVER,
SAYS DOCTOR
Or. Marchiafaya Announces Pom
tiff's Condition Shows Signs
of Improvement.

ROME, April 1850 p. M
Or. MarehiafaVs has just issued a
statement in which he says a
marked change for the better in
the condition of the Pope is dis
eernable and he believes the Pom
tiff soon will be eonValeseent.
ROME, April 1880 p. NIT is
announced at the Vatican that the
Pope is resting comfortably and that
there has been no apparent change
in his condition. His physicians to-
day permitted him TO eat an egg with
broth, instead of taking only milk,
and there is still hope that this may
result in increased strength
DR. Amici, one of the Pope's ply
sicians, announced at 2:3O o'clock
that His Holiness rested satisfaction
lily last night although it previously
had been announced that the patient
had had only brief snatches of sleep
in the last As hours.
DR. Amici denied that the Pope had
shown symptoms Of nephritis, and
declared again that the sole trouble
was due to a renewed attack Of in
fiuenza. He said the Pope's tempera-
ture was 81, and expressed the hope
that he would be Convalescent with
in a week
At the same hour a member Of the
Popes personal encourage at the
Vatican stated that the condition Of
the Pontiff was undeniably grave
and that great alarm was felt re-
garding the outcome.
The Popes physicians declare that
the aged Pontiff is much depressed
over his condition and that when they
withdrew from his bedside he was
softly weeping.
Following the physicians latest Wis
Il TO the Pope, the Vatican officials
have ordered that all pilgrimages to
the Holy See be suspended and that
the Eucharistic Congress, which was
to have been held in Malta shortly, be
indefinitely postponed.
Promises to Obey Doctors.
Early this morning the Vatican
physicians called upon His Holiness,
told him that his condition was quite
serious and impressed upon him the
fact that his greatest chance for re-
covery lay in his implicit obedience
to their orders. The Pope smiled
feebly and told the doctors that ne
would do as they commanded.
In compliance with their orders,
uourishment was at once admins
tered to the Pope. which was the first
that he had taken in three days. 1t
was given in the hope that it might
produce natural sleep, but as it cd
noon and the Pontiff rolled in his bel,
restlessly. it was seen that there vas
but little chance for the Pope to fall
into natural slumber.
Rome Prays for Recovery.
Rome to-day thinks of nothing.
talks Of nothing, is interested in moth
4
His gentle manner, his many kindly
acts and his wonderful ability in ad-
ministering the affairs of the church
during his reign has made him loved
by the Italian people generally.
Business in Rome and the suburbs
was almost at a standstill to-day.
Thousands congregated outside the
Vatican watching eagerly for bulletins
concerning the condition Of the vener-
able pr5late, while throughout the
city and the entire nation thousands
spent hours IN their churches Offering
up silent prayers for the recovery Of
the successor Of st. Peter.
Whenever the Pope's physicians are
zen leaving or entering the Vatican
ne crowd outside PUSHES forward and
with one voice begs of the doctors 10
aave the life Of the Holy Father"