Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 July 1903 — POPE BAS NOT GIVEN UP HOPE [ARTICLE]

POPE BAS NOT GIVEN UP HOPE

Thinks the Trouble In Bis Cheet Will “Pass Off In n Faw Days.” In the evening his holiness complained of a Blight uneasiness in the chest, but that he has not yet completely given up hope was indicated by his remark that be expected the oppression of his chest to “pass off in a few days,” which he made to Secretary Angeli. During the day the pope drank a few drop* of the healing 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. ▲ local paper gravely announces that from the moment Pope Leo swallowed the water an Improvement in his condition became apparent x • , n The doctors are well nigh exhausted with their unceasing cares. Dr. Lapponi, in particular, spends his entire nights as well as days in the sick room. Just before 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 a few minutes. An important case now before the British consular court in Rome requires the presence of Dr. Lapponi, but this is impossible because of the pope’s condition. When Dr. Mazzoni was asked. “Ia the end Imminent?” he answered: “It cannot be called so.” “Then is it near?” was asked. To this Dr. Mazzoni replied: “In order not to make a mistake let us say it is not far distant.” During the day the pope waß delirious, reciting Latin verses and crying out in fear. At 4 p. m. this delirium passed away.

MAZZONI SIGNS A HATE HINT Give* the Suet Condition of HU DUUaloUbed Pattest aa Ha Saaa the Same. Borne, July 16. —Dr. Mazzoni, In reply to the question, “Can the pope recover?’ gave the Associated Press correspondent the following signed statement: “At the present moment the disease of his holiness has lost its character of absolute gravity which It had at Its acute period. It might be considered to have entered the period of 4 possible solution. ./This might occur in a man of strong fiber and young, but it is impossible to entertain such a hope in the case of rtaan In his 94th year. With him the physical energy absolutely indispensable for recovery Is lacking. % “Pope Leo's organism la perfect, and as such maintains Itself after nine-ty-three years of never-interrupted work, but his motor force Is no longer sufficient for the complex functions essential to life. In other words, the ninety-three years of Pope Lee XIII bring him into that category of extraordinary longevity when life lsdestined to flicker ont independent of* the action of any pathological complication. The only service that science and affection can render is that of struggling to have this precious existence preserved to us as long as possible.”