THE SLEEPY DISEASE."
An interesting description of the " sleepy disease," peculiar to Africa, is g-iven in "The Journal of an African Cruiser." The persons attacked by this singular disease are those who take little exercise, and live principally on vegetables, particularly cassada and rice. Some observers ascribe it to the cassada, which is supposed to be strongly narcotic. Not improbably the climate' has a great influence, the disease being- most prevalent in low and marshy .situations. Irresistible drowsiness continually weighs down the patient, who can be kept awake only for the few moments needful to take a little food. When this lethargy has lasted three or four months, death comes, with a tread that the patient cannot hear, and makes the slumber but a little more sound.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXVIII, Issue 211, 11 September 1897, Page 4 (Supplement)
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127THE SLEEPY DISEASE." Auckland Star, Volume XXVIII, Issue 211, 11 September 1897, Page 4 (Supplement)
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