New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-09-10
DIR. INNER 'OY me PLITFORM

,,,e ,rcr.pr At nootu's THrATRr-DrY NOTATION
OF FALSE DOCTRINES OF MEDICINE.
Although many vacant seats were visible III
Booths Theatre last evening, me aunirncS ' ,,nI
cat hcred 10 hear DR.. ! nncTs lecture was mucn
larger dian one might have expected on such an
unpleasant uight. Several % the proscehuh BOXES
occupied the orchestra chairs were wc n,u
and there was a number i'll the parguet ana balcony.
'You'll see "A crowd Of queer folk. remarAed Nv =
SANDER in The vcstibule. This statement was nor
perhaps, fully Justified. large VI o ~"
medical profession was visible, toRe hcr Win many
of The former visitors at Clarendon Hall. III was
noticeable. however that not single cadhIerou1
yisace was 10 be seen. All were pump ana wei
fed and apparently unacqnaInird ny personai CA
pcTcnce with the art Oi prolonged tasting. -
On king his place on the stage Dr. tanner was
oreetcd with hearty and prolonged applause, 10
which he responded with compacent smile ing
oppearance manifested traces OF the ordeal
throu Oh which he recently passed ms face showed
the color and his limbs the activity OF vigorous
and healthful man, and bis voice sounded as 1ull
and strong as before hIs forty days fast AFTER q
few words of ntr0Iuc Ion, DR.. amer look ms
place at an improvsed reading desk ana began MS
lecture which was delivered from manuscript.
He spoke for an hour and quarter IN
Am easy. conversational tone. with considerable
freedom of manner and action. The lecture
abouuded IN hits at the regu ar school OF me medl
cal profession which elected frequent outbursts OIL
laughter and applause. -, =,
turer besides the notable eases of Moses. Budiba,
Jesus and other religious deyoees instances OF Pio
longed fasting on the part OF varioms lnutNl
by the public IN general. ana by the oln los
sis of tho medical profession III particular
The opinion prevails that life cannot be sns-
tanned wiihnut food for a longer period t1an
ten or twelve DAYS. Many years previous to 1871,
however | had paid cl Sc attention To the lnpor-
lance of modifying the diet in eases of sickness.
After cafe ul iuvest cation cam 10 the CONCLUSION
that abstinence from food was of great value as a
remedial process in many functional DISORDERS.
stood it mysc I. in Minneapolis. beginning July 10,
1877 and went without any iOOd Whatever loT
toitytwo daNs. he inrdlcal profession al once ue
,arrd this impossible. except ny miracle, ana ue-
nouuced me A. either an lmpostor or Il IunaUc..
In speaking of the M0llle Fancher ease, ahd re-
latlnr ms own rXpsrlcuce down to the time OF DIS
recent fast in TINS city. the lecturer iniugcd IN
great amouui OF abuse of Dr. Hammond. NV con-
fest wItn him." he continued has been sort OF
DAVID and Goliath affair. lie al iii~t looked upon
me sp,IcilIousiy, aud called me either fraud or
foul But now even he ~ compelled TO ADMIT tllat
NY furty-lays' last was honestly aud successfully
IN intanrd. The scientific results OF the fast now
ever are Ill under discussion Bnt II IL OF little
moment to ne what the old fogy doctors say.
lhr concession that the fast was honestly cail'eu
ont, and that my Immediate indulgence ~ large
uunutiiIes OF hearty food completely upset All the
od-fashioned theories, has placed IN my hands
weapous with which Will wage unccaSIng war
fare AGAINST what esteem Inc false doctrines OF the
established schoo of medicine. The saaaIIye prn-
Gin q l. i'm man-not ia medicine. IL II nv ann 70
convince the pubic that they should rely upon the
recup raive power of self and of nature: not upon
iurnf toads mercury and arsenic. People nowadays
are too credulons They are easily persuaded TO
pour down patent medicines forevery H."