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...young doctor at Brooklyn's Bushwick hospital squinted incredulously at the thermometer in his hand. The reading: 110° Fahrenheit. Two more readings with two other thermometers convinced Dr. Moritz Wilchfort that Student Nurse Sophie Sapala, 21, suffering from undulant fever, had hit a new high in body heat and lived. High fever marks (with survival) previously recorded in medical history...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: New High | 2/25/1946 | See Source »

...Nurse Sapala's top fever lasted less than an hour. Some other physicians were skeptical, recalled that even 108° temperatures had usually injured brain tissue, caused a quick death. Patient Sapala, recovering from the fever, suffered only temporary blurred vision, so far showed no other ill effects from her unusual experience...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: New High | 2/25/1946 | See Source »

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