DOCTORS BAFFLED
A MYSTERIOUS MALADY Almost 20 years ago, John Maces* chan, a farm servant at Kilohrenusn, Loch Aweside. was admitted to tM West Highland Rest Home at Oban suffering from a fractured thigh. , Witlnn a few days of his admission lie developed a mysterious mate"? which has baffled doctors ever since. j* Maceachan foil asleep, and since has slept on an average 22 hours ?*- day. He woke three times a day lor meals, but seldom spoke. . ' /.'Jj? The other daj f Maceachan died Rt ; th« age of 93. ' In the women's ward in the home is his sister, Aliss Mary Mactffe" chan, who. at the age. of 99, is oldest inhabitant of Oban. , Vf
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23339, 6 May 1939, Page 2 (Supplement)
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