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Show LONG SLEEP WORRIES FRIENDS OF PATIENT For th fiist time In eiphtv-tour hours. H. O. Ciarlt of 1-S K street, opened hid eyeM vesterday without helns aroused by attendants. Conip'alninsr of a headache Sunday noon while playing cards villi friends In a lo- al hotel, lie rook some m,-dlriiic and shortly after fell Into a sie,j from whlCi l.e could he r.rousej only when stimulate. His condition alarmed his friends, and they summoned medkal aid. The cause for 1,1? unusual condition, uremic poisoning, was learned after an examination by his physician, iJr. I- it. Steele, and a specialist. It was at first thought he was suffering from the uncommon un-common disease called "sleeping-sickness." because of its drowsy ,,1','e, t en the vicllm, ultimately resulting In death due to lack of nourishment and Inertia. This malady lias never made lis appearaut-e In Salt Lake, according to T)r. Samuel C I I'aul, city h-alth commissioner. The possible appearance of the dread ' disease aroused much speculation in medical medi-cal circles yesterdsy. After first falling asleep In the hotel, Clark did not open Ins eves without physical per-, laslou by Ids attendants. When aroused he displayed dis-played a semiconscious condition without with-out any desire for food, and asked to he left alone to sleep. When first taken from the hotel to a taxlcah. the cool air revived him for a few minutes, but he was again asleep before reaching his home. , Dr. Steele said last nlstit that his dlag-nosl.t dlag-nosl.t of the case was uremic poisoning and although Mr. Clark's condition was considered serious. It had greatly Improved Im-proved und,-r treatment. |