The Archive · 1925

SUN YAT-SEN WEAKER

Calm and Brave when Told of iis Real Condition: To Receive Radium Treatment Peking, Jan. 20.

Dr, Sun Yat-sen passed a comfortable night. He was rather weak yesterday afternoon but his pulse improved during the night and thix morning it was 108 and his te perature normal. The wound hax healed and all the stitches have been removed. No. complications are expected from the operation, Owing to rumours in this con nexion a member of the politico committee which is in change of Dr. Sun Yat-sen's work during his illness to-day informed Reuter's representative that "there is no truth jin the report that Dr. Sun Yat-sen intends to leave the Peking Union Medical College Hospital where he receiving the utmost care and attention from the authorities, par ticularly Dr. Adrian Taylor, the attending surgeon, and Dr. Hen Liu, the acting medical superintend: ent. Nor is it true that Dr, Sun contemplates resorting to native leeches for private treatment, Ax 'a modern-trained physician Dr. Sun of course believes in modern medical science and though facing, fan ultimate crisis he is not one to abandon scientific certitudes for the medical bizarrerie of Chinese therapy. In his astonishing career Dr, Sun has faced death many a time and he is again meeting it with courage and resolution, which shall make Death's victory' a thing of struggle and not of panic."

Jan, 31

According to a bulletin issued this morning Dr, Sun Yat-sen'x temperature yesterday reached 101.33 jand his pulse 140. He was quite weak in the afternoon, but respond-jed well to medical treatment. He had a comfortable night.

This morning his temperature was 99:1, and pulse 120. He feels stronger, and his mind is clear, as it has been throughout his illness, Feb. 1.

Dr. Sun Yat-sen yesterday afternoon after slight exertion (presumably owing to official calls which were made on him) suffered extreme weakness. His pulse rose to 160.

his temperature also went up, at he passed a comfortable night and this mernihg his pulse was 130 his temperature 99, Feb, To-tay's bulletin says that De. Sun Yat-sen passed amore cent fortable night and feels a little stronger. His pulse wax 149 and his (temperature 100.7 Inst night, but this morning: his pulse was 124 4 his temperature 99.3, Mr. Sun Fo, General Li Lich-chun and a group of Kuomintang leaders arrived at Peking this afternoon from the south and immedi went to the hospital to see Dr. Sts, Considerable political importance is altuched to their ari Feb, According to to-day's bulletin, Dr. Sun Yatsen was weaker this morning, although his pulse was 110 and temperature normal, The physicians informed him of his real condition. He received the rows calmly and bravely.

Feb. 4.

Dr. Sun Yat-sen passed fortable night.

His temperature this morning normal, and his pulse 108, His general condition remains unchange but after a good night he feels stronger.

The patient repeated in great detail to the physician -an account of his illness, which extended over decade, talking for 45 minutes, Certain friends have urged him Chinese medicine, and Dr. Sun was told that if he desired, he could be moved safely from the hospital for treatment by x physician the old school, or remain for radium treatment, which is offered as a palliative measure only. chose the latter saying that he had personal knowledge of both, Feb. 5.

According to a bulletin issued toby the Peking Union Medical College Dr. Sun Yat-sen's condition unchanged. His temperature is normal, and " pulse 120.—Reuter's Pacific Service.

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