Show S. S L. L Woman Unconscious 24 Days I HoVers Between Life and Death 1 o Accepts Food With Mind Blank Unusual Condition Results Following ving Dental in Which Gas Was Administered Administered Adminis Adminis- ter d to Mrs Alfred W. W Joerger M MEDICAL S EDICAL science is baffled by bythe the strange case case of Mrs 1 I Alfred W. W Joeger Westminster avenue who on Thursday entered her twenty fourth day clay of unconsciousness which followed the administration of gas in the office of a ameal a- a meal local extract extraction on specialist on November 17 i A JV corps of ot experts have puzzled I th ca case e. e t three ree occasions occasions occa occa- they hey are said id to have given occa-I occa up hope of ot saving lavIng her life lite Each time however the patient has ral rallied rallied ral- ral lied to renew the hope and lead head to 10 still greater efforts on her be be- be half Thursday her condition was wag re reported reported reported re- re ported as considerably improved and she is said to have shown a marked Improvement each day forthe for tor forthe the past several days It Is 19 now thought that perhaps she he will survive survive sur sur- vive the experience regain conscIousness consciousness con con- and md be restored to her normal life lite with no material ill ill- effects resultant from fron her prolonged prolonged pro pro- longed hanged sleep Just Justh h what t effect the experience ma r have her sya 1 may upon nervous System tern tem or what developments are to tobe I Ibe be expected from one moment to the next none of those connected with the tho case seem prepared to say The condition of Mrs Joerger Joerger Joerger Joer Joer- ger is rarely encountered There appears to be no e established course nothing upon which those attending can formulate with certainty certainty what the outcome will wll be Meanwhile Mrs Irs Joerger is taking taking tak tal- ing nourishment At first it was sas necessary to feed her forcibly and this manner has been reverted to during her periods of relapse it is said saM Recently however and for several hays days her condition has been such that despite her apparent apparent ap ap- parent unconsciousness she has accepted food when the nurse in attendance places it In her mouth Just how to explain Mrs Joerger's Joerger's Joerger's Joer- Joer gers ger's condition even the experts who have been consulted on the case are said to disagree One theory theory theory the the- ory that has been advanced is that her system had been so poisoned by infected teeth that she was Unable unable unable un un- able to throw oft off the gas Others familiar with the case scout this opinion and declare deare that It Is next to Impossible t to d determine the factors factors factors fac fac- tors In 90 SO O unusual nus al a case ase The that on November 17 Mrs Joerger entered the theoffice office of a local specialist to have her teeth extracted Gas was administered to the patient and the operation was performed But Mrs Joerger did not come from under the anaesthetic The effect of ot the I gas upon her was to produce a r reaction ac- ac acI I tion of at first violent motion tobe to tobe I Ibe be followed by an almost complete failure of ot the motor centers It Is Is' Is Iss Is's s said ld Mrs Joerger was taken to her home and medical experts W Wire wre re summoned Her condition ha has im improved irn- irn proved pro and relapsed But But Uld and the experts agree on this this this-so so fr I as has been determined ahu ahl hc has been i unconscious for tor nearly tom y eE 5 Recently she ehe has shown sho evidEnces evidences evi evi- dences dE of at continued ed improvement ement It is said Thursday U Jt was be believed he- he that she more ne nearly rb approached ap- ap approached approached ap ap- a conscious state than at any time since the gas v va YM a 3 adl ad- ad l and those directing the treatment now entertain hope for tor her recovery recover |