News of the Week
SINCE we wrote last week the comparatively satis- factory progress of the King has given place to a renewal of deep anxiety, and yet again, by a sudden and surprising change, to hopefulness only tempered by the recognition that there must be a long struggle for mastery over the disease. The grave anxiety was caused by a fresh - spread of the infection, but, by a remarkable coincidence an improvement occurred directly after the arrival home of the Prince .of Wales, owing to another localization of the infection. This enabled the . doctors to .perform an operation for the drainage of the right :side of the chest on Wednesday evening. His Majesty was strong enough to bear a general anaes- thetic. The demonitrations of sympathy all over the world with the king and with his people have been much the most striking and gratifying that we can remember on such an occasion. As ,science makes the world smaller it provides new opportunities and channels for good will, and one of the good signs and the few con- rsolations of these days of distress is that the opportunities • are being most generously used.
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