Show asleep seventeen years dr herbst in the wiener ischen presse tells ot a woman named gersene who falling asleep in 1886 remained in that state for seven teen years during that period the woman s eyes were closed but she was otherwise in possession of her faculties she was nourished with pap milk and eggs and invariably made movements with her mouth when she wanted to drink during the seventeen years she suffered from colds and an attack of influenza these ailments had no effect on her sleep when at last the woman awoke she had the feeling that she had only been asleep during the night |