Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-07-17
DECLIN Els TO DIE.
The CRISIS Believed to He Approaching
Want OF Good Ate ndance-L Letter irom
Miss Fanoher-A Light and Airy Bill OF
Fare Increase IN W eignt.
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Want OF Good Ate ndance-L Letter trom
Miss Fanoher-A Light and Airy Bill OF
Fare Increase IN Weight.
From he New YORK Herald.
The more closely nr. Tanner Is
watched the more the confidence oi the
Sa,chers in his integrity aud good faith
increases lncredulity In tho genuine
less ui his experiment has almost DIS
appeared among those Who have been
ais most persistent watchers, aud TINS
ur the simple reason that they see the
.reat changes which have taken place in
hr man since lac Comnenced his sell
imposed task, aud that he Is surely
,reakinv down under IL. That hc will
hold out for forty DAYS no one oi the
orps of observers believes, or that lie
would be alive at the end Oi that period
he persisted in refusing food
At the rate he Ii sink
in, now 1t would seem that
about thirty DAYS would be enough to
end life and fasting together. The watch
rrs generally concur in the opinion that
about next sunday or Monday the man
sill be IN "a condition to make II a ser
Ious question whether II would be
safe 10 Allow HIM to Continue HIS Fast.
-ven supposing he is willing. Ii IL slg
nihcant that the attending doctors have
necome anxious about having restOra
lives and s,inulants ON hand, and much
dissatisfaction Was expressed at the neg
Iect To supply these. At the same time
pr. Tanner mas already so upset all cal
'ulatiuus rs to the llmlt ol human en-
,iurance that il is lelt Ia he unsafe
to indulge in predictions OF how
long he will or will not last.
These calculations have been based on
cases OF involuntary starvation, which
involve not only deprivation at TODD
tut IA severe mental ani nervous strain.
When an enthusiast, who j. himself a
medical man, comes forward and oilers
himself a. AN experiment, IN support
ri certain theory, the conditions are
necessarily very largely changed. I'll
YOU nut man IN a cage, said one oi
the dortors. land tell him he is 10 he
starved To death, els dead IN six days
from nervous exhaustion. But this man
il fasting To prove his own theory, and
in the knowledge that he has only To
ask for food at any moment anu 1t Is
ready to his hand. We have never had
ANYTHING like this before
The Effect Of HIS privation
shows itself quite as much IN DR. Ian
ner's mental condition as IN his physi.
cal. lie has become 50 irritable and
petulant that it Is not a particularly
a pleasant task to attend upon hun
Throwing his sponge at the attendant AS
a hint that he wants II wettei again,
AMI abusing the doctors II there il mo-
mpniary delay in attending to his wants,
are triiilng matters which indicate that
the faster Is not IN the most eqnahle
state Oi mind. About midnight OF Tues
,Iay he was especially irritable at times,
his ride during the evening seeming to
have quite exhausted him. On one o.
casion he woke up to ask tor water.
The doctors were a little long IN meas
uring 1t, when lac exclaimed:
"Oh, You're Lot Of Old Fos'es,
quibhing over a drop OF water while
I'm almos, dead lie drank something
over an ounce OF water, aud several
times after he called ior more with
which TO rinse his mouth, tie also
sucked pieces OF Ice. Except for these
interruptions he slept soundly iTom
eleven o clock on Tuesday evening till
half-past four Yesterday morning. The
only watchers from midnight 10 that
hour we're Dr. &. : Allen lelectisl and
the reporters The Neurological Socie-
" has not. as is commonly supposed,
any regular watch. That was broken up
with the Bradley affair, aud DIR. Har-
wood. OF that society, has been unable
to reorganize the watch since. The reg
ular" doctors only come in as observers,
one of the most faithful OF these being
DIR. Maurice Miller.
Ill Attendance
At half.past tpur yesterday morning
the Doctor awoke after q sound, re-
ireshing sleep oil nearly three hours. He
seemed very restless, moving his legs
aoout In an uneasy manner. At ten
minutes to fve he spouyed his taUe and
hands, and then doied of again until
ten minutes 70 six, when he awoke and
asked for lump OF ice 70 suck Much
to his annoyance there wss none 70 be
found In the baildine, and one OF the
Hrrah watchers vent out and pur-
chased sufficient ice 70 keep the Doctor
going for some time. The jsnitor wss
asleep. and no provisions Of any kind
had been made for the fasting mans
comfort Dc. Allen, Who came on duty
ct miduighs hsd no fscilities in the vsv
OF ics or snslasous conyeniencss Tor the
faster. A ~ wss the oely medical
watcher at the ia,e hs could not leave
his poss, and b in no vay 70 DO blansd
for the neglect of the Uaitsd State:
Asdieal Ootlss. yhioh hss eharU OF
the pssssas sxpsrinsnl y ~ prsyd-
| ius such thtaR - srs necessary. TIE
gallery who're De-. Tsnnsr lie eppssrs
nos 20 have bssa ewsps siscs he came
there. IL b noe u .
w'sssAss's Hssa,s:s:s -. s@A Ds''s ossA'-
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