Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1921-02-09
SINTEEN.iEttt,-CI.D sCN Dies
Or Sleeping Sickness---Ered look
was orner Walhailh IiOl.
tCharlOtte Observer

Following an il.rt:s as ,y%.
l3 Of which he w&s co!n4;e 'rcl
Look, the G-year-old son q! and
Mrs. b. S. Look. Of 9O6 Hs !:h
street. diet yesterday nol 81
sleeping sickness"
The do"'i of youii. i.Gb,, U.,. =;
TO Il close cre OF the mos, int. IN:
cases that has commanded Ell
tion Of the Charlotte mcdica> r,~ulcs-
sion in 4 long time
The case Of "sleeDing Sf...nss"
which claimed the 1G-year. 10Y.
is one Of the few that have ~ re-
ported in the United state as;
year. physicians here said Ia ;ht,
about twelve cases of the n ady
were reported on the paciR. ulst.
Scattering reports Of cases in ..I Gus
sections Of the country h4,.. ls0
been received at Johns Hopk o.. nj
versity.
Interest in Local Case
A great deal Of interest cen
manifested in the local case n.. ioc-
tors. and last night an auto vas
held when group OF ph ans
made an examination Of the brain. Of
the young man.
1t was reported that innan NJ ion
Of the tissues Of the brain CO. vas
quite evident. The tissues W., oft
and there was congestion OF .r
The disease is basicaily ain
disorder, DR.. G. f. Petteway, at
tending physician, said. IT r.. be
the result of blow on the y in
fection In different parts Of Il. n~iy,
and 1t IS not necessarily an altar ef-
feet Of Influenza, accordinr Dr..
Petteway.
From the very beginnine ,,u1g
Looks case was Of mallgnu" 'rpe,
DR.. Petteway said, adding '... nc
found the patient in state o nor
when he was first called. -. Had
been sick two or three days nc
doctor was first summoned.
On the morning Of Janua III
young Look went to work lie
Charlotte Steam Laundry e.. ID
been slightly i'll for two dns is
mother then asked him nor /. y 10
work, but he went anyway, .a ut
the noon hour was Unah' l.
He went 10 bed, and + V
was called that aftcTuoon.
symptoms OF the sleep. scE~
ness repoIte from The Pacjnc coast
we're evident in Looks coyt' DR..
Petteway said. "He sufteryu with
paralysis Of the eyelids, VIII IN gave
the blank expression and sletDy ,ook
At first he suffered with hch0ache
but had practically no tcmi err: ture
However. the temperaturc DcgnJ tC
rise and reached as high - IQ2 dc,
grees.
He had another chtr#cter.,tie
symptom--that of 'douh'- yiS,un.'
said the physician. DR.. prr oway de-
before young Look and aa .ould see
four.
For the past fortnig D., lay in
stupor and was only .nred when
shaken or spoken to. rh.u spoken
to he would open his eyes. and if a
question were asked hiI y. aid start
to answer, but would laVsn into a
stupor before finishing the sentence
The boys death cam Ia her sud.
denly, for the day befo,n p, seemed
greatly improved. Yes,cg1. y morn,
ing he made an effort ,lear hR
throat, and died imm ely, Dr.
Petteway declared last ls..t.
Tuesday morning u. Pettnwtly
said that he remarked Halut some
flowers in the young y 3 to3m
| and the patient smile euaantly
During the night he owed nc
marked signs OF appro ,g death
| It was said
Rapidity Of the pulls y 5 ono OF
| the characteristics OF Hak's. case
| but on Tuesday DR.. "r.n gay said
| that the pulse-beat he orped tc
40.
| The funeral Of the Y, ,sr. nan was
held yesterday aftefnOt y O'Clock
at EIarry's funeral no IN NORTH
Tryon street, DR.. w. Y Irr, pasto,
Of the East Avenue ia r3cle. hay
ing been in charge.
The body will he io Wal
halla, S. c., the forme no OF the
family, this morning a : 0'CIoclx