The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-06

sen was suffering from a peculiar all
ment, which affected her so that she
was always falling asleep.
Ihis strange craving had come over
her only i'm the last month, said Miss
Ebbersen, during which time hi had
become almost impossible to keep her
awake The Dalles family in which
she did housework managed to get her
up sometimes at noon, but oftener not
until the afternoon. And yet she went
TO bed early in the evening. This de-
sire to sleep had grown upon her of
late and the family, that of a shoe
maker by the name of Jensen, though
feeling kindly toward her. had come to
the conclusion that the girl was in
need of medical aid.
I'VE came down on the cars to Port
land yesterday" continued Miss Eb-
bersei. and Lena slept all the way
from The Dalles. When we reached
the city l managed to awaken her and
took her for the night to a family liv-
ing at Cos Quimby street. Then she
went right to bed and to sleep, and
slept until she was reused at O'Clock
this afternoon, to come to the hospl-
tai"
Miss Hansen during the interview
maintained absolute silence. When
she was taken into the womans ward
herself and demurred when the attend
ant took some of her wearing apparel
from her. Otherwise she was perfectly
passive. She was finally got into bed,
and no sooner did her head touch the
pillow than to all intents and purposes
she went to sleep.
Thus she has lain asleep in THE cot
In southwest corner of the ward.
Women racked with pain and suffering.
lKri a.,
their own pain occasionally to wonder
at the pale-faced girl who is always
asleep one young woman in a cot not
10 feet away has been occupied observ-
ing her strange sleep at all hours of
the day and night. and she says THAI,
up to Wednesday night, she never
heard her speak. or saw her move or
even open her eyes, voluntarily.
All this while Miss Hansen. who was
in fair physical condition when she en-
tered the hospital, kept growing thin
ner and the bones i'm her wan, white
face began to show i'm a way that was
pitiful to see.
Not being in a state of pure catalepsy
the organs of her body feebly con-
tinued to do their work. and. of course.
IL was necessary to give her nourish-
ment of some kind. Left to herself
the. doctors say that she would sleep
until she starved TO death. According
ly her nurse. Miss Dinah, was in
structed to give her half a glass Of
milk every three hours. At first the
milk was poured into her mouth, after
her teeth had been pried apart. the
action OF swallowing. the doctors say.
being merely mechanical But of late
they have been feeding ner the milk
through a tube.
when IL comes around to the hour for
her 10 take her milk. the nurse arouses
her in much the same way a tired
sleeper is awakened. Sometimes the
girl will open her eyes when thus
awakened. and maybe attempt to muir
muir a reply to a persistent questioner.
But. even when thus aroused. she is
never completely awake, being in a
sort Of doze. and. as soon as the nurse
leaves her cot, she goes sound asleep
again.
DR. Giesy became interested in the
poor girls case. and. believing that she
was suffering from a low form Of ty-
phoid fever. he began with doses OF
iodides. which We're increased until
finally she was taking 80 grains TO a
dose. But the iodide treatment failed
to have the desired effect. II is but