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Show CONDITION OF POPE PIUS Physician Finds the Pontiffs Fever Greatly Great-ly Reduced Early Morning Thunderstorm Thunder-storm Disturbs His Holiness f i Rome, April 9 Thf condition of the pope was much improved tod iy Prof Marchlafava. the Vatican physician phy-sician visited the pontiff for over an hour this morning and found his fever fe-ver greatly reduced His temper- . ature was only slightly above normal but he still suffered great depression and weakn s. Prof. Marchiafava's examination of the pope was of a most minute char-actor char-actor He declared afterwards that there was a most noticeable improvement improve-ment in ihe pope's genera! condition, I but stated that the relapse he suffered suffer-ed yesterday did not yet appear to be on the decline. Three thousand pilgrims gathered In the course of the morning on the j piazza Dl San Pletre In front of the Vatican under the open window of the pope's apartment and prayed for j his rcoowry A thunder storm, accompanied bv a heavy fall of hail, disturbed the pope this morning. His nervous s.vstem has become very sensitive since the beginning of his Illness. Prof Marchlafava assured the As- I soclated Press this morning that his holiness is suffering "only from a re- j lap?e of Influenza, which, like all re- lapses, Is causing a certain amount of anxiety owing to the exalted posi- I tion of "the patient and his great j age." The reports as to the pope being acutely affected with nephritis or in- ; flamm'atlon of the kidneys are. said the professor, absolutely unfounded. "What the pontiff needs above all Is rest," continued the physician, "and , the 4 hours he has spent lu bed com- j pletely Isolated from affairs has al ready produced a salutary effect. All, the symptoms of a dangerous character charac-ter which have been mentioned in ; unauthorized accounts are cither Ima- , ginarv or grossly exaggerated The! pr.ent condition of the pontiff excludes ex-cludes any danger unless complications complica-tions should Intervene." |
