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Show FAMOUS "SLEEPING GIRL" WILL PROBABLY RECOVER r- The strange ease of Bessie Knecht, whose, somnolence has attracted widespread wide-spread attention, is beginning to yield to. the careful scientific treatment of her physicians, and after eighty-four days of semj-unconsclousness, . consciousness con-sciousness and reason are beginning to slowly reassert' themselves. Miss Knecht still sits in her easy chair beside the cot she has so long occupied, oc-cupied, and save when she is enjoying natural sleep, keeps . her eyes open, seemingly observing all that is going on about her, but seldom making any sign that she is aware of the occur-' occur-' rences in the ward. Chows Steady Improvement. ' Miss Knecht shows a marked Improvement Im-provement in her looks and her weight has increased materially in the past few days. . She now assists in feeding herself. X nd partakes of solid as well as liquid , pod, with evident relish; V.liss Knecht's daily routine Includes e bath, after which she is taken for a walk through all the corridors of the floor on which her ward is located. Occasionally she breaks silence, but with only disjointed ejaculations, and never with connected thought. It was feared for pome time that she would lore the power of pr?-?"h, but this ! i f AFT EB 84 DATS - OP SLEEP. BESSIE ' KNECHT IMPROVES. - ; ' . Bessie Knecht, , "the sleeping girl.", has been ill eighty-four days. She was unconscious for forty- two days when she rallied a mo- ment and said "Mammal" She has been unconscious for long pe- riods since that time, rarely break- ing silence. She is now . showing" marked Improvement and will prob- ably recover , ' . , apprehension hasteen dissipated by her infrequently uttered words. Abscess Is Slowly Healing:. ' - The discharge from the ears and nostrils nos-trils continues Intermittently and is believed be-lieved tp be caused by the drainage of the- abscess on the brain which resulted in the peculiar conditions in her. case. Bessie Knecht's pulse and temperature tempera-ture are satisfactory and all the favorable favor-able conditions that have made their appearance within the past week give lh physicians hope that she will ultl-w)j- rscover her health. 4 |