Daily Republican., 1881-02-02
UNCONsCIOUs1EH DAYS,
A Man who Won 90 BIssD ifa . Car
Cannot be- Az a&ened.
Prom the Philade lphia Record,

Cannot Dc Az 0wenOW.
From the PhiladeIphis Record.
There Is a patient In the male ward
Of the Jewish Hospital, ort At Tabor
Station, on the North Pennsylvania
line, whose ease is watched with con
siderable interest by Or. Aloysius
Schapring,r, the chief medical super
and his assistant, Doctor
Cohen.
The mans name ia Willouyhpy B.
Miller, and up TO within q couple OF
weeks ago he was employed as travel
ling carpenter on the North Penn diyi-
sion Of the Philadelphia and Reading
Railroad.
Miller ia AZ years of age; and comes
of Pennsylvapia Dutch family rss!d-
ing Ia Hamburg, Borks county, where
his wife aud several relatives live. The
pesulisrity Of this case lies in the fact
that for the last ton days he has bsen
in a oona.ose condition, and all the Of
lorts Of the doctors to restore him to
consciousness have 30 far been OF no
avail.
Miller, in company with five fellow
workmen, occupied at night u car on
the side track at Wayne station, which
is comfortably fixed up as a sleeper for
lheir convenience.
On Friday evening, January Il the
six retired as usuai. Wnsn five OF the
number atose the next morning Miller
was to all appearance sleeping soundly
One OF the men essayed to arouse him,
bat in vain. Then another tried, aud
another, until the entire FIVE had giver
II up as useless. Thinking that per
hsps the man had become affected by
gas rom the stove they opened the
windows and doors and gave the fresh
air full sweep. Sill he slept on anc
one OF his companions agreed to watch
him while the others went 10 Work
When thsy returned the condition o.
fairs was just the same, and all ina
Saturday night slow, labored respira
tion was tue only token that Miilei
still possessed the spark of life.
When Sabbath morning came the
workmen were thoroughly scared, anc
it was determined to send to the Hos
pi,al for medical advice. A casual ex
amin alton by DR.. Schapringer was sui
6cisnt to justify him in ordering thu
mans immediate removal to the lnstl
tution. Here a diagnosis revealed thu
fact that he was suffering from a stroke
Of apoplexy, while both the right arm
aud leg were partially paralyzsd an'
the left eye entirely SO. Since then h
as laid like one dead, making no sigl
and apparently having no knoWledg'
OF what is going on around him, excep
on one occasion, o few hours after Ill
admission, when the doctor said to hin
| in German: "Put GU. your tongue,
and he made faint attempt 81 com
pliancs. Whether any Of his menta
faculties are still ip force or whether
while helpless in body, he is cosnizsn
OF what is transpiring in the room is
lproblem which his attending phys
| clans Is unable 10 Eolve.
1t is very unusual for q victim
apoplexy to remain alive In an uncon
scious condition for more than two 9
three days, although it oooaSionali
Happens that patient survives to th
sud of the fourth day. Sometimes tn
comatose condition is not proOnge'
above a few hours. Miller is watched
oarsfully by experienced nurses nigh
2 II 4
and day, aud he is regularly fed Will
milk, beef tea aud occasionally whisky
(which are poured down his throat trou
cups which have elongated mouth
pieces specially adapted to the pur
pose. No solids, however, can be glVei
nim. f'he temperature of his body an'
different parts Of the head is taken a
intervals through the daV with surtao
Thermometers. When the body is be
How the normal heat hot sand bags ar
applied. The clot of blood which super
induced apoplexy has been located Oh
the lett side of the head and the lowe
part Of the brain. A sister OF Miller'a
who visited the institution a few day
ago, said that he was one OF thre
brJthers-'ripletg-and that one OF th
number had died Of sp0p'exy after b.
ling unconscious a few hours.