Examining him to discover the cause, I found symptoms of pneumonia--that is to say, in unmedical language, inflammation of the substance of the lungs.

He breathed with difficulty, and was only partially able to relieve himself by coughing.
I made the strictest inquiries, and was assured that his medicine had been administered as carefully as usual, and that he had not been exposed to any changes of temperature.

It was with great reluctance that I added to Lady Montbarry's distress; but I felt bound, when she suggested a consultation with another physician, to own that I too thought there was really need for it.
'"Her ladyship instructed me to spare no expense, and to get the best medical opinion in Italy.

The best opinion was happily within our reach.

The first and foremost of Italian physicians is Torello of Padua.