The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-09
WITH FEVER
Of 115DEN|Es
SHE IS Ill
Miss Lyons Jokes OF Condition
and Complains Of Cruel
Diet.
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healthy as ever was" says Evelyn.
Whats all the fuss about any
how? I'm the worlds champion
on fever, so why not let it 90 at
that? I'm not going to die; I've
got too much win power"
Only one thing. Miss Lyons COM
plains oC-her daily diet" Of ther-
mometers.
81 can't eat glass and mercury
and I'm tired Of soup and Cruel"
she complains of her physicians.
Give me some ham and eggs-a
big juicy steak. or some pork chops.
fried brown, I'm not sick"
But DR.. Harry r. Nefnet, her
physician. baffled like the entire
medical profession by her strange
steaks or anything else which would
tend to raise her temperature.
Tries to Keep Her Quiet.
I'VE are taking no chances he
says. I'VE are keeping Evelyn aa
quiet as possible. We cannot ex.
plain her case. we must just hope
for her recovery"
been family physician to the Lyons,
said he was first called to the
girls home four weeks ago.
Evelyn had a fever of 108 then"
he said. TT went to 109 and stayed
there for several days. / ordered
Evelyn to bed. but she refused to
stay there. We have to watch her
continually to keep her from leav-
ing the house.
Yesterday her temperature
mounted to lis, the highest recorded
SO far, and it continues there to-
day. We took the reading on a
special weather bureau thermometer
graduated to 120 degrees. The re-
port that her temperature went to
118 Is not true, however,
Has Normal Appetite.
II have kept a careful tabulation
on the case from the day Evelyn
came into my care. Her weight has
not varied more than two pounds
during the last month. Her APP
petite has been normal. There is
no visible effect upon her mind.
Il
blood pressure S-122: D-Se"
DR.. Nefnet says-the girls mother
and her brother and sister are
physically normal and have had no
serious illness for the last five
years. Her father died several
years ago.
THE only previous illness az
Evelyn to my knowledge was about
two years ago when she suffered .
minor goiter," he said. 1T dis
appeared after time and she has
since been apparently healthy.
Finds Nerve Irritation.
The only diagnosis the physician
can make is that the thermo nerve.
at the base OF the brain, has become
irritated.
Evelyn is not suffering from an
infection but from an irritation" he
says. From some cause which we
have not been able to determine 30
far, the thermo nerve which con-
trolls bodily heat, has become
irritated. If it was an effection her
mind would be deranged.
due to the position of this nerve.
an operation il out of the question.
IAN we can do Is keep her quiet,
feed her on light diet, and hope the
irritation will cease.
"As far as l can definitely say,
Evelyn is in no immediate danger
of dying. Otherwise her physical
condition Is good and all we can do
Is to keep it that way.
Goods Off in Snow Bank.
Several days ago Evelyn left the
house and went to a snow bank.
do not attribute that to extreme ner-
vousness or mental arrangement, but
to natural desire to cool Off. She
has suffered no i'll effects from the
experience, although we are careful.
Of course, to see that she does not re-
peat it,
Many kilograms and letters sug-
costing "cures" are received by the
young woman daily. She thanks all
those interested in her but declines
to try the so-called cures"
DIR. Helmet says the previous high
temperature mark set forth officially,
reported through the medical associa-
ton, was three years ago in Switzer-
land, when a patient attained tenn
perature of Ills and lived.
He regards the case as parallel to
that of the Lyons girl.