Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-10-30 | Page 4 | Woman Sleeps for Three Full Weeks

WOMAN SLEEPS FOR THREE FULL WEEKS NEW YORK, Oct. 29. Mrs. Dora Mintz, 29 years old, has been asleep for three weeks and all attempts to rouse her have failed, Dr. B. S. Copeland, health commissioner, announced today. The young woman first became ill on October Octo-ber 1, when she complained of a sore throat. A few days later she developed a severe headache and on October 7 she went 10 bed and has been in a semicoma semi-coma tose condition ever since. She has been fjiven nourishment in liquid form. The "sleeping sickness' ' is believed lo be the aftermath of -an attack at-tack of mflueiK'.a.