The daily gazette., 1880-08-10
DR.. Tanners Conflicting Heals.
HIS WONDERFUL DIGESTIVE POWERS AS
REMARKABLE AS HIS ARIIITY To

HIS WONDERFUL DIGESTIVE POWERS AS
REMARKABLE AS HIS ABILITY TO
FAST.
DIR. Tanner can no. longer be styled
the faster. Spell it with an "e," and he
Is described accurately for he has done
little else but feast since be broke his
fast. He awoke from a refreshing sleep
at 2.lO yesterday morning and drank
two ounces Of wine. Then he closed his
eyes and again slept until 81 O'Clock,
when he awoke and drank half pint of
the best milk that could be procured.
This satisfied him for nearly an hour and
at 8.2O lie tossed off another bumper of
Hungarian wine just TO give him an
appetite for his breakfast, which came
half an hour later in the shape OF a nice
beefsteak. This he ate entirely leaving
the plat er In much the same condition
as the renowned platter of the historic
Spratt family. After his breakfast lie
drank more Hungarian wine, of which
the Doctor is very fond Hardly had the
breakfast been despatched when DR..
Tanner called for eggs. He said that he
didn't care how they were, cooked, but
he wanted eggs. 80 he had two soft
boiled eggs. The eggs reminded him that
he was fond of potatoes stewed in milk,
and so he had stewed potatoes. Another
glass OF rich milk followed the potatoes.
This was really the completion OF the
breakfast and he ate nothing for an hour
anu half.
At 9o'clock the pangs of hunger again
got hold upon him and he called for
more stewed potatoes for lunch. Then
he ate two more eggs, and to aid diges-
tion, drank more wine. At lilo a dozen
raw oysters with four crackers went to
keep the eggs company and twenty-five
minutes later more wine followed the
| oysters.
AT noon his condition was ascertained
His weight was 1924 pounds "a gain of
W pounds In II hours, and of III in the
| forty-eight hours since he broke his
fast. His pulse was 95, and his tenn
perature was 100, showing the effects OF
the stimulating food. At 2 o'clock he
ate half a dozen oysters, drank three
| ounces of rich milk and one ounce of
wine, and then slept an hour. He
stayed his stomach then with an ounce
Of wine at $40, II ounces ten minutes
later, and three ounces of milk at
O'Clock. This prepared him for dinAer
at 8, when he ate another steak and
drank more milk. At 81 o'clock he
took three ounces of milk, and rested
until S:20, when he repeated the dose,
following it up five minutes later with
two ounces more. When the reporter
called at O'Clock, the Doctor was in the
dining room looked for something to eat.
| "The fact that he has such an appetite,
and such enormous digestive powers"
said DIR. Wark, "show conclusively that
he was not reduced to a condition of
inanitiol, even by forty days abstin-
ence from food. He could undoubtedly
have gone on fasting several days Ion.
ger"
The mail of the Doctor was larger
than ever yesterday, there being at least
400 letters and postal cards. Among
them were many proposals frem man
ayers of lecture bureaus, asking him
to describe his feelings iu detail; and
from theatrical managers, offering him
tempting inducements for short engage
ments. The following is specimen:
Boston, Aug. 7, 1880.
DR.. II. S. Tanner, New York:
Can engage you for one week here
Howard A the n@um-and three weeks on
Eastern circuitp State terms by wire.
(Signed) w. Harris.
Manager Howard Athenaum.
The Doctor answered none of the
| offers. He said that he had not made
up his mind what he should do. He did
not 60 cut of the house during the day,
reserving his strength for to-day,ss when
he expects TO attend to some business.