THE KING PROGRESSING SATISFACTORILY.
DISPLAYS ADMIRABLE COURAGE.
ROYAL VISITORS DEPARTING.
Received June 26, 0.22 a.m. London, June 25.
When informed that an operation was necessary, the King, after expressing himself grieved at the public disappointment, manfully added that, operation or no operation, he must be at the Abbey.
The King's temperature last night was normal, and he made unexpectedly good progress.
The Morning Post announces that early to-day be had a refreshing sleep, and there were no symptoms calculated to cause anxiety.
The Lancet declares that the anaesthetic was borne well and the operation was attended with no complications.
Di> Gursuny, of Vienna, one of the greatest surgical authorities, declares that when an operation is performed betimes there is good hope of recovery. Upwards of eighty per cent of such cases are successful.
Eagerness and sympathy are manifested abroad in reading and discussing the bulletins, showing the King's universal popularity.
The Royal Coronation guests, excepting near relatives, are departing for their homes to-day.
The Queen surpasses herself in her calm fortitude.
Mr Balfour announces that the London processions and celebrations were postponed, excepting the charitable festival.
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Marlborough Express, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 147, 26 June 1902, Page 2
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186THE KING PROGRESSING SATISFACTORILY. Marlborough Express, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 147, 26 June 1902, Page 2
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