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GIRL'S LENGTHY TRANCE

<» OVER A YEAR UNCONSCIOUS. To be gradually awakening from the tiance in which she has lain for more than 13 months was the recent experience of Miss Doris Hinton ( of Chiiwell, near Nottingham, England. First of all a movement of her body wa s observed, and then she partially • recovered the use of one arm and of her hands. Sho did not recover her speech, but was able to communicate with others l.y means of the finger alphabet, which she learned as a child. She recognised members of her family and confident hopes were entertained of her ultimate return to a normal condition. Miss Hinton who is 17 years of age fell asleep at the end of 1925, when her parents were away from home. She was listening to a wireless concert, and, suddenly taking off the headphones, without a word lay back on a couch. Month after month she lay like a marble statue and doctors were completely baffled by he r condition. The Duchess of Portland engaged a.LonI don specialist for the girl, but his examination left him mystified.

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Shannon News, 8 February 1927, Page 4

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GIRL'S LENGTHY TRANCE Shannon News, 8 February 1927, Page 4

GIRL'S LENGTHY TRANCE Shannon News, 8 February 1927, Page 4

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