The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1915-02-24
Strange Case Of a Seattle
Woman
WHICH Axlz:s the DOCTORS
Drugs Have Been Tried In
Vain To Briag ,Slumb:r
10 Yer Eyes.
GIFTS EhsT SITTING IN CHAIR

*. y dFN iauch, OF tDiS city say
she has slept only half an hour 1
the last seven years.
Her husband substsn4ates he
statement.
Seattle physicians say il is i'm
possible-that IL Mrs. Hauck hash
slept for seven years. by all th,
laws Of nature she would have beer
dead long ago.
The average person." declare,
Dr. G.. w. Griffin, local physician
whom Mrs. Hauck consulted
couldn't go much more than a
week without sleep. They would
lie of exhaustion. The brain will &c
Just so long without the rest given
q in sleep"
Doctors are puzzled by Mrs.
liaucks affection.
DIR. c. c. Mcclure thinks Mrs.
Hauck is mistaken when she says
she hasn't slept for years.
1T is well-established medical
act he said. that persons often
convince themselves they have not
alosed their eyes in sleep when in
ruth, the opposite is true. Such
asses are often noted in hospitals.
The patient will assert he hasn't
slept wink. while the nurses rec
ord will show he has slept for hours,
perhaps"
The three doctors agree chat q ner-
vous disorder is primarily respon-
sible for Mrs. Haucks plight.
DIR Griffin says she is neurss-
thenic.
"She is honest enough. / believe.
n saying she hasn't slept for seven
gears." the doctor stated, but it
ant be true"
in addition. Or. Griffin noted
hat the woman has a floating rib
"hich he says undoubtedly has
contributed to her nervous condi- |
lion.
DR.. Mcclure stated he found
Indications. too. of heart trouble.
IT'S all very well for the doctors
% shy I'm mistaken" Mrs. HaucK
herself said. but no one who knows
ne, I'm sure. will say am out of
my right mind. and guess / know
better than any one else whether
have slept or not"
Two or three years ago, one
hight, she dosed OF. she declares,
md slept for fully half an hour.
Often now. she feels sleepy. and
Immediately lies down. in hope that
he longed-for unconsciousness will
ONE. But it never does.
She weighs twenty-five pounds
ess than she did seven years ago.
Fhen her long period of sIaepless-
less began. She suffered severely
or the first two or three nights,
she says. That's all.
1t has come to be a sort OF
aatter OF fact condition with me
low" she went on. There is no
iain, only kind OF dull feeling that
weighs down on me. And the [
lights. you know. are so long when
'ne is alone. and everybody else in
he world Is sleeping"
She passes little OF her time In
,sS {
Early in the evening she lies
Town with her little daughter. Irene
Sell, Y years old, until the child
s IN Sunderland. Then she gets
~. clears away her work. and pre-
'ares for her long siege against the
Oming OF daybreak
Edward Hauck, the husband, IL
mployed a. a cook. He works
lights.
Il worked in the daytime until
ecently (though." ho said. "snd slept
ere at home at night, and know
~ wife is not mistaken when she
avs she spends her nights just AZ
sy. Occasionally, when she tried
Gang to bed. I'D wake up and ind q
'ide awake as she Is during the
er tossing beside me. always
wake. Generally. though. she
-ould be sitting in our one rocking
hair. with the shaded lamp near :,
er, reading"
Mrs. IHauck says she finds she can o
ct more physical relaxation in a
lair at night than in bed. She al
axes the chair comfortable with
partially disrobes. and
Is back to count OF the hours.
She's such piueky little per-
a" her husband explains. that
e hardly ever complains about 1t.
ID seems anxious only that baby
d ! shall get our rest"
Mrs. Hauck sought relief from
ysicians in the East before com