THE LATE KING.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LVII, Issue LVII, 13 May 1910, Page 5

THE LATE KING.

REPORT OF PHYSICIANS. FURTHER PARTICULARS OF THE ILLNESS. [PEEBB ASSOCIATION.] LONDON, May 12. A report of the King's illness, signed by Sir Francis Laking, Sir James Reid, and Sir Richard Powell (president of the Royal College of Physicians), appearing in the medical newspaper, The Lancet, states that King Edward had for some years suffered from emphysema, with its attendant bronchial catarrh. On several occasions digestive disturbances and other symptoms caused his medical attendants to realise that be no longer had the reserve power which stood him in such splendid stead ■after his serious operation in 1902 It .must also be said, states the report, that those around him knew how earnestly concerned he was at the present strained position of political affairs. This fact should not have been lost sight of in an all-round consideration -of his health. "When in Paris t he had a, severe attack of acute indigestion and considerable cardiac distress symptoms, which yielded promptly to treatment, but on arriving in Biarritz it was evident that he had contracted a chill which' developed into a regular bronchitis attack. The King spent several days' in bed. Physical signs in the chest occasioned his .physicians no little anxiety. He returned to England better in every way, but on the 2nd instant he felt out of sorts and chilly. He felt better next day, but there was, much cough expectoration and considerable dyspnoea. Notwithstanding the physicians' urgent desire that he should rest, King JSdward again received official visitors and gave audiences. In the evening he told the physicians that he felt ill. The physicians on the 4th inst. found that the two bad nights and the severe attacks of dyspnoea had told seriously upon His Majesty. On Thursday evening the bulletin stated that his condition .caused some' anxiety. This was issued only after the King had somewhat modified its terms. On Friday the gravity of the symptoms increased, and at about three in the afternoon consciousness began to fail. It never completely returned, and the end came at 11.45 p.m., after a prolonged period of perfect calm.