The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-07-24
Woman Puzzles Doctors.

Throwing herself down on Tuesda,
morning to rest herself, Mrs. Clara Marter
of Burlington, who had been in i'll healtl
for some time, fell into deep sleep.
The strange case puzzled the doc
tors attending the woman, who pronounced
it the most peculiar they had met in al
their experience.
ter, telegraph operator employed by The
Pennsylvania Railroad Company. He Ii
stationed at the depot at Cooper's Creek
The Matters reside on Stacy street. They
have one child, daughter, Margery, four
teen years old.
! The Marters have been married sixteen
years. A year before her marriage Mrs.
Marter fell downstairs at her mothers
bled with headaches that have become
worse from year to year. Just before she
went to sleep on Tuesday they became
almost unbearable.
Shortly before she fell asleep Mrs. Mar
ter told her sister, Mrs. Edith Phillips,
who lives next door, that If the headache
did not cease soon she would go crazy.
When Mrs. Marter failed to awaken on
Tuesday night her sister and husband
called in DR.. Blair and DIR. Davis and
they tried every means possible to awak-
en- the sleeping woman.
Five years ago Mrs. Marter began to
have trouble with her eyes, the sight of
which seemed to be impaired. The trou
bic grew gradually and she became al
most blind. Finally two operations were
performed by a Philadelphia specialist,
but they did not seem to help. At last
she lost the sight of one of her eyes and
the vision of the other became so blurred
that 1t was almost impossible for her to
recognize anybody.
Ever since Tuesday the woman suf-
fered with commissions from time to time.
A trained nurse was constantly by her
side, for when she had the commissions
she became violent and tried to arise
from her couch.
Mrs. Phillips, the sister, denied the re-
port that Mrs. Marter had been unable to
sleep soundly for the past five years be-
cause she feared that she would die like |
her grandmother, who died while asleep |
Mrs. Marter, she said, could not sleep
on account of the severe headaches she
had. She added that during the past five
years Mrs Marter could never sleep over
half an hour at a time and it required the
strongest kind of opiates to enable her to
procure sufficient rest
Mr. Marter, in speaking of the case
said: Il believe my wife had a Fremont
ton of this critical Illness Tuesday
morning on awakening l found her up
and about the room. said to her, WHY
don't you go to sleep?' She replied, 4 am
afraid to- She would not tell me why,
though After breakfast she got pillow.
and putting it on the couch, laid down.
She was feeling drowsy at the time, and
her headache was severe.
DIR. Blair. in speaking of the case, said:
The case is a most peculiar one. 1t is
more than likely that Mrs. Marter has
.umor on the brain. will hold consult
alton with Philadelphia brain specialist
n regard to this case. An operation at
his time is out of the question. 1t would
be dangerous and l do not think the
woman could survive it,
After 81 hours of continuous sleep Mrs.
Marter awakened early Friday night.
Sha fret hoy |
Margery, and she asked them where they
lad been as she had not seen them for
several days On Saturday morning she
began to recognize everyone present.
Until made acquainted with the fact by
Ter husband, she did not know that she
lad been sleeping SO long. 1t is said her
ong sleep has been due to a brain trouble,
he nature of which may be ascertained
)y an operation.