, 1880-01-04
LIVING WITHOUT EATING.

4 A Minneapolis Man Who Sny1 he Can Dc
So--Chn1lenginE Or. Hammond to Teat His
Mem Fork Iym<s, DEE. 81.
DR.. William 4. Hammond, Of this city, has
been challenged to put his theories about the
ability OF human being to live ans
length Of time without physical nomish-
| ment to a public test The challenge has
been made through Minnesota paper. by abr.
| Fl. S. Tanner, Of Minneapolis, who offers himself
/ us the subject Of the test, DR.. Tanner claims to
| ba able to live In comfort without food for at
! least thirty days, md that he has twice publicly
submitted to q test, each time maintaining life,
consciousness, health, and the ability to take
physical exercise, although totally abstatning
| from food for the extraordinary period Of
torty-two days. He asserts that DIR. Ham
| mond is all wrong in his published opinions
| about the power Of the human system to
! endure long fasts- About two years ago Miss
Mollie Fancher, Of Brooklyn, attracted public
attention by her claims to be ''a fasting girl"
! and to possess powers Of "sccond sight, DIR.
| Hammond probably derided the claims made for
the girl, and offered her reward Of 81 900 IL she
| would make'a successful attempt Under his SUI
peryison. to substantiate them. The chal-
| lenge was not accepted. aud the Fancher
case dropped out Of sight. The girls friends,
however. have. continued to maintain that
she does possess the extraordinary powers
disingcnuously, because, as they say, he must
have known that on the grounds Of deceney she
was compelled to refuse to allow her every
movement to be closely watched by him. and q
number Of other men, for thirty days. DR..
Tanner comes forward now and announces that
he has no objection to being watched during the
men as may be selected for the purpose. He
does not want to win the 81 Goo; he does not want
to make any money out Of the affair; he says he
as d living proof Of the fallacy Of DR.. Ham,
Penses to and from New York. and nd while there,
If desired, and makes only single condition in
sec Secured for In saab rpas wa
Is erg g ath IL hs Fl TT food ha5 5r RSs 1s es @
thirty days; to place himself wholly under the
pertinent to be conducted either publicly or pri-
vately, DR.. Tanner says he repeatedly made the
above proposition to Dr. Hammond, who did not
anan OF this city, and had him make the prppo-
sition. This Dr.. Buchanan did twice without
the M en mad a
and had it republished in New York yesterday.
A reporter OF the 1Tn.es called upon DR.. Ham
challenge. he said: II never claimed, under
any circumstances, that 1t was impossible for
human being to live without food for thirty days.
food Men have been confined in oal-mines
oed ses fa Men at hsa 1s2st 1e Saot aazs Etsa 4oo
more than thirty days while buried
n ara ayalanehes eeh g. Insane persons have lived
hysterica1 Women. len I did % not make the proposi. m posi-
ton IL the Fancher case rs DR.. Tanner states
did. 1t was claimed that the girl could read the
great number Of days without % food, drink or
ssR hap s sw woad soa S9s fsad
fcr t14a- r4F
a sealed envelope That was the of1er. Il Dr.
Tanner, whose name does not occur IN tbs
Of Fad o %ea ea Dc f what a
certify to it. But as to denying anything in
nature outside Of mathematics, certainly mean
sbi1ity Of q mans living whole year without
food, no matter how improbable such thing IS
will accept Or; Tanners proposition. provided
1da eer6cate to Rs TIT eject II hs s'e doss @
VII, W. not ha cast 5edy any Rat him
there ia no waste Of tissue, the amout Of tissue |
consumed in more existence is small, and under !
without food. Dr: Tanner does not say whether
or not his proposition includes abstinence from
water, Fit does, then I would be inclined to
csrried saa do out. People have lived without water
ten Or twelve days, not longer Without food,
e he saxa 9y oneer Of 5ho
publish me as saying that I will g1adly
accept DR.. Tanners proposition. He should
come on hero before the middle Of January.
would Ike to have, the experiment tried at the
Medical College Of the University OF the City OF
New York. Wo will see that Dr.. Tanner Is FUR
nished with as comfortable apartments as he
can desire. would like to have all the watch
ers in the caso selected from among the
medical students. They will prove both patient
collusion Of al kinds will be out Of the ques~
don. A certificate Of success under clrcum-
stances like those ought to be- very desirable to
Dr.. Tanner, II be sincerely believes he can fast
FOR thirty days: And # he docs succeed, We viii
gladly certify to the fact The students will
cave ut the end Of January, and that IS why
would like to hare DR.. Tanner come before the
middle of the month. The reason did not an
,wer DIR. Buchanan was because did not know
,im." The reporter could not find DR.. Buchan-
N, his mime being neither In the City nor the
Medical Directory.
4 Nineteenth Century Wonder for tlle
Fashionable World.
Paris Cosrz.poadtnee Nffo York G7uphfe- !
Tho learned in these matters are talking Of a
lew system Of starting the fashions, which is
hortly to be tried It is whispered that q lady |
It noble birth, and once Of very ample means, |
vim hns been reduced to poverty by unforeseen |