The Washington times., 1920-08-04
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ton of District physicians.
Mrs. Niemeyers case was character
ized aat Washington Sanitarium, Ta-
koma Park, where she was bedridden
for sixteen weeks, as the most
baffiinG form of the sleeping death
known to the medical world.
Her recovery was brought tbout
largely through curious coinci
dence OF blind faith on the part OF
her husband, after physicians, fail
Ing for weeks to combat the slespii-
ness thsta crept over her. despaired
of her life.
READ OF CURE IN TIMES.
Some time ago Mr.. Nism.yer read
Ia The Washington Times ofthe case
Of the eldest son of the King and
Queen OF Spain. who wss cured by
OF blindness and dumbness from
birth.
When physicians shook their heads
and told him that his wife had NJ
possible chance OF recovery. Mr.. Me
meyer pleaded and pleaded that she
be given the same kind Of treatment.
Finally they yielded to his entreaties
and q physio-therapeutist was called
into the case.
Through the application of the
sponal adjustment method. the pa
tient gradually began to show signs
OF coming out OF her long trance.
foot, Mrs. Niemeyer finally became
able to sit up In bed and take more
staple forms of nourishment. In an
other two months she was able t.
leave the hospital fully recovered.
STEADILY GAINS WEIGHT.
When Mrs. Niemeyer went TO the
hospital last March. after an illness
that caused much anxiety to physi-
clans, shc weighed 145 pounds. Soon
after returning to her home she
weighed 162 pounds. and, according
to her husband, is gaining weight
One OF the most terrifying results
of sleeping sickness to those who
have recovered is insanity or other
forms OF mental and physical weak
ness. It Is remarkable in the case OF
Mrs. Niemeyer that she 10 In better
health today than she has ever Deen
before, and physicians say that the
disease has left absolutely no marx.
Soon after her arrival at Washing
ton Asylum. Mrs. Niemeyer began to
show the first symptoms OF the dis
case that is still'bafflins the medical
world Inconsistencies crcpt upon hef
gradually and for eight weeks she
slept, while physicians dcspatred OF
saving her life.
FRIENDS sUGGFsTED REMEDY.
During the early stages Of her III
ness Mr.. Niemeyer was told by iei-
low employe of the Western Union
Telegraph Company In washington
that his own wife had been cured OF
sleeping sickness by the spinal ad-
justment method Of treatment. Inc
name Of the patient was Mrs. John
Wright. Coupled with the news dis
patch in the Washington Times tell
ing of the recovery of the ittic
Spanish prince, Mr.. Niemeyer became
greatly Impressed. The more pny-
sicians despaired of his wires re-
covery, the moro convinced inc nus,
hand became that she could be cured
by the same method. Mrs. Nlemeyer
declares that her husbands faith as
much as anything else was responsl,
BILE for the fact that she Is alive ana
we'll today.
During her long unconsciousness'
Mrs. Niemeyer was FED iauios' con'
sisting chiefly of fruit juices. since
her recovery she has had raVehous
appetite. For a time she ate s
meals a day. Whether this Is one OF
the effects which the disease left
upon her or whether 1t Is a natural
craving for food after her long fast'
Mr.. Niemeyer does not know.
MORTALITY So PER CENT.
Her case was diagnosed as Pc
culiar form Of sleeping sickness, re-
rardcd as practically incurable. The
mortality records in her case are so
per cent, greater even than the NOR
tality rate in Asiatic cholera.
The case of Mrs. Niemeycr, accord
ing to District physicians, is more re-
markable than the recovery Of other
patients who have suffered from the
disease. Out Of a list Of twenty-eiGht
recent cases Of sleeping sickenss in
the District only four recoveries were
Announced by the District Health Of
fce. Baltimore 10 reporting numerous
cases and physicians At Johns Hopkins
University Hospital declare that the
city has averaged six cases each week
for the last two years. Staff physi-
clans frankly admit that the disease
has b,ffled them and that they are
working in the dark both a. to it's
cause and treatment. Specialists
have held frequent conferences over
the disease, but no specifc treatment
has been volvd.
There have been several other cases
in the East. 1t Is understood, where
the spinal adjustment method has ef.
fected a cure, but like the case Of
Mrs Niemeyer. recoyery In sayd IN