River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-08-19
DIR. TANNERS SENSATIONS.
a Gain OF Eight Pounds and "A Half
Within Thirty Hours.
Ny. sun.

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beef-steak last evening at the residence
of DR. Gum, he was asked by visitor
what his sensations were during the
| fast
II suffered most he said, from de-
privation of air. 1t IS difficult to de
scribe how felt. But lack of pure air
seemed to have distressing effect on
| the gastric nerve. Mysensations seem
ed to centre in my stomach, but it was
not apparently longing Tor food. |
could control my stomach to that extent
| by my will. suffered ut the stomach
/ from Il sense of weakness and depres-
sion there which | cannot make you
understand very well the words. When
| held the peeled peach in my hands
| few minutes before noon yesterday |
| longed to set my teeth in it, but prob
! ably with no greater intensity than you
have often longed for a delicious NOR
sci when YOU have tasted an hour or
two longer than the ordinary interval
between meals. / suffered more at the
first part of the fast. | depended on
good, pure air. That is what | had to
pay for my carriage rides. My expe-
| rience in this fast was the same that it
was in my former fast, except that in
this case | suffered more from lack of
sleep, which was caused by distur-
bance. Some of my watchers were
very noisy.
II have been asked if | dreamed of
| feast" DR. Tanner continued, "as it is
reported that starving men usually do.
The fact was that | did not dream at
all, because had no sound sleep. There
| to- ,,,Y4ol, and ~ I
was sorry for that, because | hoped to
be able to make a paycholog-
ical study of myself My sleep was
such that had little opportunity for
dreams. In my waking hours / would
not allow my thoughts to run on feast
ing"
1t was suggested to him by caller
that Lieut.. Truxton Trains exploring
party on the IsthmuS of Panama called
for sugar on their rescue, after they had
been reduced to the last extremity by
starvation, and that he had selected
sweet fruit.
Il had no special reason for the selec-
ton of watermelon, said Dir. Tanner,
with which to break my fast, except
that | found it delicious when | broke
my former fast. | don't know that |
had any particular longing for sweet
ness"
Glow have you felt since the fast
was broken?' he was asked.
Il feel, he answered, las if every
vein and artery was filling up. 1t is
like coming into a new life--a new
birth. To-day | can stand up straight
for the first time 1t was said during
the fast that my height had decreased,
and there was a great deal of nonsense
talked about the absorption of cartridges
between the vertebr;e of my backbone
/ appeared to grow shorter because |
gradually bent over, through emptiness
and weakness, and because when was
measured in the course of the fast |
wore shippers instead of shoes in which
| stood when | was first measured.
To question as to what he was 90
ing t. do when he fully regained his
streng h, he replied that he had not al
| lowed himself to think about that mat
ter. He had an offer he said Of $500
to deliver ten lectures ON the Pacific
slope and he had thought some of ac-
cepting it, but at present everything was
uncertain. The pecuniary receipts at
Clarendon Hall, he said, would net him
very inconsiderable sum. Precisely
how much he did not know
He had not suffered from nausea
since the fast closed
He awoke from deep sleep at II
O'Clock Saturday night and demanded
some beefsteak. This was not easily
obtained for him, but at Il twas ready,
and he ate half a pound, rejecting the
innutritious part of each mouthful. He
also ate two pieces of milk toast. Then
he rested, slumbering part of the time,
until o'clock, when he drank one
ounce of wine. He went to bed and
slept without interruption until y
o'clock, when he awoke and drank an
| ounce of wine At S o'clock he drank
anot er ounce of wine. At twenty min
utes before II o'clock he ate II half
pound of beefsteak, swallowing the
fibrous part as well as the juice. With
the steak he ate stewed potatoes and
drank another ounce of wine.
After his breakfast a steak and stew
ed potatoes at 1890 o'clock he passed
the time in conversation with his at
tendants, at times sitting up and at
times lying down, until noon when he
was weighed. His weight twas Just 1863
pounds Twenty-four hours before, Just
after he had eaten the peach with
which he broke his fast in Clarendon
Hall, he had weighed 1913 pounds
This was gain in one day of five
pounds, to which the weight of the
peach should be added in order to OBJ
tain the full gain after the fast At five
minutes past noon he ate another
half pound Of beefsteak. At
| III he ate some watermelon. A half
an hour later he drank eight ounces of
milk. He lay down and dozed for
time, and then demanded some more
stewed potatoes. At 2:43 he drank six
ounces of BASES pale ale. So far he
| had been under the care of DR.. Kelley,
At 3 o'clock Prof. Wark became his
purveyor. At 800 he drank eight
ounces of milk. Twenty minutes later
he ate a pound of watermelon After
five minutes had elapsed he drank
twelve ounces Of beef tea and ate one
ounce Of bread At o'clock he tasted
some kumys, a Russian preparation of
fermented milk, but he didn't like it
and spat it out Then he lay down and
slept until o'clock On awakening he
drank eight ounces of milk and four
ounces of beef tea mixed Nine min
utes later he drank an ounce of wine.
At five minutes past 6 6 o'clock he
was found to weigh 1870 pounds. show
ing gain of three pounds and a half
in six hours, and of eight pounds since
the fast was broken on Saturday noon.
Three-quarters of an hour later he took
"A warm bath He came out Of it great
ly refreshed At half past o'clock he
drank six ounces of beef tea and eight
ounces of milk, and ate an ounce of
bread. At S o'clock the attendants
were preparing some more beef-steak
and potatoes.
Alta late hour it was learned that his
appetite lost none of its edge during
the evening. 1t was proved yesterday
that the food he had taken was proper
ly and quietly digested, all the func-
tons of nature having been resumed.
At the Seventh Street NJ f. church,
yesterday morning, the Rev. c. 5. VIII
lams, the pastor, said he profoundly
regretted that so many members of the
medical profession paid attention only
to muscle and bone. The doctors had
had to draw in their horns a little. He
had not found a man on Saturday who
was not glad that DIR. Tanner had sue
ceeded Any demonstration that re-
buked the intolerant spirit of physici-
aro M Williams Thought a blaSSipcr