Word: coma
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...subconsciously, Lavern Roach seemed to know what was happening. "Damn it," he said, "my luck is running out." Then he lapsed into a coma. Fourteen hours later, in nearby St. Clare's Hospital, Lavern Roach, 24, died* of a brain hemorrhage...
Alina, a sturdy, black peasant girl, had been paralyzed in both legs for six months or more. One day she became feverish and lapsed into a coma. Three days later she stiffened and turned cold; then the wake began. One ancient Haitian custom was omitted: no hill-country witch doctor poisoned her or stabbed her to make sure that she would never become a zombi...