BETTER BULLETIN.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 2, 3 January 1929, Page 7

BETTER BULLETIN.

CHECK OVERCOME.

King Improves With Calcium

Treatment.

NEED OP NOURISHMENT.

(Australian Press Assn.—United Service.)

LONDON - , Januarv 2.

The King's doctors, Sir Stanley Hewett, Sir Hugh Rigby and Lord Dawson of Pejin, issued the following bulletin at Buckingham Palace at 11.15 a.m. to-day:— "In spite of the fact that His Majesty passed a restless night, his condition remains unchanged from that of last evening." The appearance of a new doctor in yesterday's bulletin. making eleven called in since the King's illness began, coincides with the first public announcement of part of the new treatment, which has been kept strictly secret since it was first announced in the bulletin on Friday last. In accordance with the precedent of calling in a specialist in each branch of medicine Dr. Dodds was summoned to administer calcium, which is one of the measures determined upon at the consultation on Fridav.

Last night's bulletin was regarded as being more satisfactory than those which immediately preceded it. The slight improvement so anxiously awaited has been noted, and it -may " therefore be assumed that the King" has successfully overcome his recent check.

This improvement may in some measure be attributable to the calcium treatment. The fact that the doctors were able to report beneficial results is a hopeful sign, indicating one successful method of attack against the King's extreme weakness.

Medical authorities say calcium may be administered by the mouth, or preferably by injection. It is a tonic to the blond circulating system. It assists in relieving the strain" on the heart. The treatment is comparatively new, but has been rapidly developed in the last few vears.

The medical correspondent of the "Daily Kxpress" says it is probably being administered in very small quantities by injections under the skjn. He says tue whole question now is that of the ability of the King to regain the necessary strength. This is a matter of nourishment and sleep. Both in the present case are a matter of difficulty.