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Evening Journal
Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware
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Nineteen-year-old Robert Layfield, son of Atlas Powder Company VP W. A. Layfield, remains in critical condition at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore after a football injury broke his neck and paralyzed him from the shoulders down, defying death despite fever.
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Racked by fever, his neck broken and body paralyzed from the shoulders down, Robert Layfield, nineteen years old, son of W. A. Layfield, vice-president of the Atlas Powder Company, still is defying death at Johns Hopkins University Hospital in Baltimore.
The youth who received his injury in a football game, was believed to be dying Saturday night and Mr. and Mrs. Layfield hurried to his bedside. Young Layfield, however, rallied and his condition is about the same as when he was first brought to the hospital. The wonderful vitality shown by the injured youth holds out hope that he may recover unless repeated relapses drain his strength.
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Baltimore
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Saturday Night
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neck broken and body paralyzed from the shoulders down, racked by fever, believed to be dying but rallied, condition same as when first brought to hospital, hope for recovery unless relapses drain strength
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Robert Layfield, nineteen years old, son of W. A. Layfield, vice-president of the Atlas Powder Company, received injury in a football game, now at Johns Hopkins University Hospital, defying death with wonderful vitality