TOLSTOY DEAD.
DID NOT RECOGNISE THE COUNTESS. TWO CARDIAC ATTACKS. UNCONSCIOUS AT THE LAST. By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright. 'St." Petersburg, "November 18. Count Leo Tolstoy declines to recoivo his relatives,"" fearing-that, they might shako his resolution to- spend tho remainder of his days in isolation. There are crowds of peasants at tho station praying for his recovery. .'■ (Rec. November 20, 5.5 p.m.) ' ■'%■.'■■ "St.: Petersburg, ..November 19. Tolstoy took- a fow spoonfuls of gruel to-day. The catarrh is gradually disappearing. " Ho ■is conscious, but sleepy, and very '' weak. Artificial respiration has been applied. ' ' ' (Rec. November 21, 1.2 a.m.) • St. Petersburg, November 20. After Tolstoy's second, cardiac 'attack yesterday morphia was. injected, ■:. The .Countess was then, admitted to his bedside this morning, 'but her husband did not recognise her. . A later: message states that the first attack lasted for twenty minutes. He became, conscious in "the evening and slept. He had.a second seizure early in the morning, and again slept, but did not regain- consciousness. ■: He died at six o'clock in the morning.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 979, 21 November 1910, Page 5
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