Presentation of CaseA forty-nine-year-old steam fitter was brought to the Emergency Ward in coma.Nine days previously he was said to have fallen while intoxicated. The details of this episode were not known. On the next day he had an upper respiratory infection and a headache, and stayed in bed for a day. Six days before entry he felt well, but one day later he complained of generalized aches and pains, and again went to bed. His physician prescribed Gantrisin. Two nights before entry the patient's wife noticed "gurgling" respirations, and on the next day he "slept" all day. . . .
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Cabot et al. (1959) studied this question.