TURN FOR THE WORSE

Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 16, 20 January 1936, Page 9

TURN FOR THE WORSE

AFTER-EFFECTS OF CHILL

ROOM SPECIALLY HEATED

LONDON, January 18.

Their Majesties went to Sandringham on December 21. The King first showed signs of a chill on January 15, when Sir Frederick Williams was called in. He took a turn for the worse late last night, when his advisers decided to administer oxygen to relieve his breathing. The King is lying in a speciallyhealed and ventilated room. Early this morning a snowstorm blew up, covering the windows of Sandringham House with a white film. The surrounding countryside and roads 'are thickly covered with snow. The first bulletin was ihe .first intimation that his Majesty was seriously indisposed, as ( it was understood that he was confined to his room with a cold as a precautionary measure owing to the severe wintry weather. • The "News-Chronicle's" special Sandringham correspondent was officially I informed at midnight yesterday that : the King's condition was "less comfort- : able." Oxygen apparatus had been : brought from London, and two nurses ! were in attendance. The King was last seen outside the grounds at Sandring- i ham on January 15, riding his white ; pony. Early yesterday morning at Sandringham the thermometer dropped ten degrees below freezing point. STRAIN ON HEART MUSCLES. \ The "Daily Telegraph's" medical cor- ' respondent points ' out that bronchial ■ catarrh is usually accompanied, espsdaily in older people, by some embar- J rassment of breathing, placing extra < strain on the heart muscles, hence the bulletin's reference to cardiac or heart weakness. Oxygen is one of the com- . monest aids in overcoming this embar- , rassment. ] Sir Maurice Cassidy, an authority . on heart diseases, was summoned to ■ Sandringham at 8.17 a.m. The King's ; condition was unchanged at 7.45 a.m. , It was stated before the second bulle- . tin that the anxiety expressed in last . night's bulletin persists. The use of . the word "anxiety" indicates that the . doctors view the King's condition with ( considerable concern. The little Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret Rose have been told that their grandfather is very ill. They left Sandringham for London this afternoon. The fact that the Princesses were sent away is a further indication of the gravity of the illness. The only hopeful feature is the restful sleep reported in the bulletin. FREQUENT USE OF OXYGEN. Sir Maurice Cassidy has left Sandringham and is not expected to return, but undue significance is not attached to this. It is explained that the fact that oxygen was administered and further supplies rushed from London should not be exaggerated, in view of the fact that the King, like other sutferers from bronchial troubles, has frequently had oxygen in recent years. It was officially stated at 10 p.m. that there was no change to report in the King's condition since the previous bulletin. At midnight it was learned that tlie King was sleeping peacefully and that his condition was unchanged. The announcement that his condition is unchanged is regarded as showing that his Majesty has not lost, ground although it has not indicated appreciable improvement. Sir Frederic Willans, Sir Stanley Hewet.t, ana Lord Dawson will remain within call throughout the nicht.

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