Evening star., 1927-03-10

pital for a possible call for their
services in the relay work OF enforcing
artificial respiration.
Fricks legs always have retained
some sense of feeling, although he
has been unable to move them. They
are straight as he lies in bed, but his
sensation is that they are in a
cramped position.
The valiant sufferer was considered
still to have a chance for life, although
the odds against recovery were almost
prohibitive.
He had four teaspoonfuls of coffee
at z am.
I'VE are hopeful that the paralysis
win disappear in the reverse to which
1t grew on the patient" said DIR. T. Z.
Conley. who, with DR.. H. H. Conley
and Dr. Charles +. Read, neurolo-
giSt, is in constant attendance upon
the 22-year-old patient.
THE tongue was the last to become
paIalyzed 1t was the first TO regain
its strength. We are in hopes that
the diaphragm will be next"
The doctors pointed out that the
paralysis began with the bladder.
then the legs, the diaphragm and
lastly the throat muscles.
Fr1ck'S desperate chance for recov-
cry seemed to depend chiefly upon his
ability to endure the treatment. ac-
6ording to the doctors.
"If he<is constitutionally able to
Withstand the rigors of artificial res
piration until he regains the use OF
the diaphragm he will live" said DIR.
T. f. Conley.
Diagnosed as Landry's Disease.
A few instances of recovery from
paralysis in cases where the condition
has been diagnosed as Landry's dis
ease have been reported, said DR.. Nor
ris F'ishbein, editor OF the Journal of
the American Medical Association.
.'Iandry's paralysis usually occurs
in men between 20 and 80 years OF
age" he said. Some cases of infan-
tile paralysis occur which closely re-
sernble L.andry's paralysis. The dis.
ease usually follows specific feverS or
acute infections, but the exact cause
Is unknown and has not yet been de-
termined even approximately. Most
patients die within one or two weeks,
hut a case has been reported In which
the patient was kept alive for Al days
by the use of artificial respiration.
The necessity for carrying on arti-
ficial respiration by hand rather than
by mechanical devices is related TO
the facts of length of time, Importance
of the patient receiving sufficient food
and that respiration by mechanical
devices cannot be regulated over a
long period to avoid injury TO the
tissues"
Frick's two comrades who left his
room at il O'Clock after their 10.
minute period of supplying life said
that he was talking more and that as
a result the motions of pumping air
unto his lungs had to be faster.
Utters One Word at Time.
Frick is able to utter only one word
at a time, with the downstroke of his
buddies' hands as they eXpel the air
from his lungs.
He said that his shoulders hurt
from the hours Of being forced against
the bed and asked THAT his position
be changed.
once, said the men relieved at IL
o'clock, Jenneth Keeling and Lewis
Thayer, nurse, walked into the room
and asked for "Dr. Fisher"
Friek heard her and between
breaths replied:
"No you've -- got--the--wrong--
number
The continual pumping was not
interfered with even momentarily as
Frick's bed was changed and he was
given an alcohol bath
His friends said that the lights
seemed to make him restless and that
during the night all save one at the
side of the room were turned off
They described an eerie picture OF
the shadows dancing rhythmically or
the wall as they forced air from the
paralytic's lungs to let in the new
life giving air.
Grim Battle During Night.
The spark of life flickered feeblS
early today as three score workers
fattled grimly against death.
Through the long watches they
toiled, two by two, compressing anC
relaxing. compressing and relaxing
the lungs that became numb Sunday
morning, fighting to stay the ent
physicians feared was near.
Except for brief administration oi
oxygen, there were no breaks in the
rhythmic process, but there were fur
fher signs Of exhaustion In Frick's
stricken body and a blush color
spreading over the features Of the
22-year-old patient told Of tide OF
battle against a straining heart.
Paralysis Advance Indicated.
Doctors said this Indicated faulty
circulation and marked additional ad
vance for the creeping paralysis thai
brought Frick to deaths door Sunday
morning when il reached the spina
cord and the nerve contact with the
diaphragm, causing lower chest
muscles to cease functioning.
An oxygen tank was brought into
use shortly before midnight. after the
eighty-siXth hour of artificial respira
y tion. when Frick's respiration showed