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Show THE INSOMNIA RECORD. An Indiana Farmer Sots the Mark High aJM Puzzles the Physicians. - Since the case of George Woodruff, the Ros8ville (Ind.) farmer, has beeo made publio through newspaper accounts ac-counts of his strange affliction numerous numer-ous inquiries are being received from medical men in all parts of the country. Mr. Woodruff is a substantial farmer, well known a his and adjoining counties. coun-ties. Some two months ago upon retiring as usual at night he found himself unable un-able to sleep. Woo it as he would, sleep would not come. Th6 next night he was also unable to sleep, but felt no worse for his wakefulness. For tww- monies ne nas gone witn less tnan an hour's 6leep. On the third night a physician phy-sician was called, but even under the influence of opiates Woodruff refused to close his eyes. The only thing which conquered bis ailment was a quart of whisky, taken in rapid doses, and that only produced a half hour'B sleep. TheD his attending physician gave up the job, eonf easing his Inability to fathom the mysterious ailment. He had heard of people sleeping indefinitely, but here was a case of a man who couldn't sleep at all, and who was apparently none the worse off because of it. Several other medical men took a hand at Woodruff, Wood-ruff, but each was in turn baffled. Woodruff complains only of a slight distress in his stomach, but his appetite is unimpaired, and he attends to bis duties as he did previous to breaking the record as a man who defied ordinary ordi-nary rules of nature and to whom it was all the same whether it was night or day. About three years ago he had a similar attack, but it lasted only week. Reports of his strange disease became current several days ago, but they were discredited. To satisfy all doubters Woodruff has made a statement of the truth of the reports. His physician and family declare that he has slept less than an - hour in two months, and that all his faculties are unimpaired. His physician will make extensive comments com-ments on the case for several medical journals. -St. Louis Republic |