The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1898-09-16

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slonal observation. Hiss wiBer ha.
been unconscious since FEB. N Of this
year To the present time nothing
that science can suggest seems to have
any other effect than to sustain phyHi.
cal life; mentally the patients mind Is
a blank. On the morning Of Feb. II
/ was called TO the residence OF the
young lady and found hor suffering
from monoxlde poisoning.
! "The patient was IN n precarlous
condition and I Immediately applied
the usual remedies for such cases.
Respiration was slow and labored. NOT
moro than Eve per minute; the face
wss dlscolored, In fact. quito black.
with pulse scarcely perceptiblc. Tho
patient was blod and ieeched. stimu-
lanta administered hypodermlcally.
lnd finally the action OF the heart ana
respiration werc restored. and although
there was no sign OF returning con-
sclousncss ! considered the patient on
a fair way to recovery.
Months have elapsed since that time
but my patient has never recovered
what you might call anything APP
preaching reason say II Is u most
remarkable case. for the reason that
all the organs seem to perform their
functions In a most normal and mat
ter-of-fict manner; her color is good.
and she has lost no more flesh than
would a healthy person under similar
circumstance mean being hodriddcn
Tor such long time. Here / wish TO
say that. although some OF the young
lady's friends seem to think II possible
that there never was any foundation
for the story that the patient was
asphyNlattd and that Il was purely =
case OF mental shock. II 10 a mistake.
Mls8 WILDER was certainly n victim
Of the deadly gas. and her life was saw
ed only by prompt and vigorous mcdi-
cal treatment All the prominent
medical men OF the city have been calf
ed In consultation on the peculiar case,
and al yet tho advice OF each and all
has been unayalling. what we intend
to do next | would rather not state
until the treatment 10 definitely decid-
ed on. as to the final result. that iu
a question can not answer; we must
await developments.
Tho patient eats. sleeps and hroathes
90 does an ordinarily healthy person,
except that she Is at times bit or
rattle about swallowing on course II
10 necessary that she should have nour-
lahing food. and whoa she refuses TO
swallow, 90 she does at times. we are
Obliged TO feed her through n tube.
This reluctance sometimes lasts one
day and the day following she will
take q little Ice cream from a spoon
and swallow Il with ease aud without
ohjection-of course I mean muscular
objection. for she showa no montai
signs OF either pleasure or resentment
The condition ~ not absolutely eat
alcptio. for the face plainly indicates
pain II a needle Is uaed 10 puncture the
skin. There IA very little muscular
movement. but on rare occasions there
Ia a slight change OF the position OF the
hands or lower limbs. Specialists OF
all degrees have been called TO try
their skill In this case. We have tried
hypnotisin. ostonpathy and electricity.
all with the same disappointing re-
suits.
II believe I am safe In saying that
tho trouble In purely a mental one As Il
stands today. Tho cause Is stlil
matter OF doubt"
Nothing known 10 science, nothing
suggested from any source. has been
omitted By Mr.. Dunphy and tho VII.
Der family IN their Efforts 10 bring tho
sleeping beauty back to life. Duuphy
ia at her bedside most OF tho tins
eagerly watching for q sign OF return.
Ing consciousness. but In vain. All
day long she lies staring into ths
empty air. and n her eyellda are press.
ed down they instantly ny open again
when the pressure Is removed. She
does not speak, and only at rare inter.
walls are there movements OF tho limbs
II an arm il moved II remains In the
position In which II IL placed. Alta
short interval during tho night tho
eyes close az though Miss WILDER were
sleeping and after an hour or two they
will suddenly ny open again without
any OF the premonltions OF awakening.
such as signing, yawning, or the like
exhibited by persons In normal state.