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SLEEPING SICKNESS PATIENT (Received June 15, 11.30 a.m.) NEW YORK, June 14 After being in a coma for 65 days, Doreen Peabody, aged eight years, who was suffering from sleeping sickness, was aroused when a violin teacher seated beside the bed pjayed a familiar melody, which the child began humming. A few moments later she opened her eyes and spoke for the first time since mid-April. The child has suffered relapses, but the coma intervals are shortening.
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Waikato Times, Volume 132, Issue 22064, 15 June 1943, Page 3
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