THE KING'S HEALTH

Waikato Times, Volume 104, Issue 17585, 14 December 1928, Page 8

THE KING'S HEALTH

EXPERT /VIEWS.

AS GOOD AS POSSIBLE. Ll . A GOOD AUGURY-. * ■ ——»— : THROUGH FIRST 24 HOURS. M i CBy Telegraph—Press Assn.—CowrlßM.l Australian Press Assn.—United Service.; X (Received Dec. 14, i-io P- m -) LONDON, Dec. 13. ': An eminent authority commenting on to-night's bulletin said: "It is as good as one could get. The fact that the King is safely through 24 hours is a yen- good thing. The immediate danger after such an operation is shock. Fortunately there is nothing like that. The outlook is now completely changed The fact that the King is even ever such a little better is very hopeful." % Commendable Frankness. ■-' The British medical journal in introducing the authoritative review as cabled yesterday, says: "The bulletins 3iave kept the public informed with commendable frankness. Local signs •in the chest are general symptoms of a patient's reaction to the strain of very severe and exhausting infection. The -Bulletins have recorded the fluctuations of an extremely virulent malady Iwhich would have taxed the strength jjrif a young man of powerful physique." I' Foundation for Hope. '•■ The Lancet iu an introduction to the "statement says: "The position so far •is satisfactory. Those conversant with :the course of the symptoms and their in these cases will recog;.nise that we have here the foundation -for renewal of legitimate hopes." The King Should Recover. |: A leading surgeon told the Evening that had the case not reJ solved itself from medical into surgi{cal it would have been hopeless. Now ithat it is of a surgical nature some- - thing would be done, and by the end sof twenty-four hours after the operation the heart should 1 be showing dis- • tinct signs of relief if all were going : welL If the King has enough strength ;"to see him through a few more days : then he should recover. s