The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-08-05
New York Herald. yeste erday.l

ferlpg the deepest agony. 81 am so tho
convinced OF his sincerity" said
DIR. Osborne, OF Bellevue. " that l would
trust him 10 20 TO Delmonico's unattended,
and " he promised me that he would not
eat / would believe him. lie is almost IA
naiical on hi, theory OF fasting, and he alb
stains partly as Il religious duty TO himself
in keeping faith with the public and partly
TO show DR.. Hammond that he is no i'm
poster" 81 have the same opinion" add
ed DR.. Goodman. "He must endure the
tortures of the damned, and yet he never
Just before midnight, on
Monday. terrible gripping spasms took hold
OF the Doctors stomach and crushed IL a.
il 1t were in vice. The great cords and
OF his legs knotted, and his blood
seemed TO congest a. il he were in the last
stages OF the cramp. There was no doubt
that he had at length reached that condition
which was so ably described by Mr.. Gil
bert's old sailor in "The Yarn OF the
Nancy Bel" " when he said:
For mopth we'd neither wittles nor drink,
Till a-hungry we did feel.
He was so weak that
HE COULD HARDLY CRY ALOUD;
hut he made noise enough to call the watch
ers. They lifted him from his cot and
placed him in a large chair by the open
window, where he lay doubled up like q
iack-knife, with his teeth set tight together
and bis powerful jaws clenched. Then
came spasmodic attempt at vomiting, APP
parentIy TO ease the eXcruciating pain in
his stomach. A distressing, prolonged, and
feeble effort only brought up a drachm OF
mucus tinged with bile, and after few
easps the faster feH back again, and hls face
resumed it, pain-scarred but cold and pas
sionless expression.
The night wore slowly on and the hours
were struck by the clocks OF the neighbor-
ing churches, but the "man OF nerve 3"
made no sign of impatience or indifference
at the slow passage Of time. Shortly after
midnight he was on his cot again. The pain
evidently continued, for when he called for
water and it was brought TO him he could
not drink IL. "The most critical period III
his whole fast has arrived" said the attend
ant physician, "and bis life hangs in the
balance" Hot water was kept constantly
over an alcohol lamp on the ta-
BILE, and other appliances were in readiness
TO cOunteract any
FATAL SYMPTOMS
that might set in.
At half-past O'Clock in the morning DR.
Tanner raped loudly against the side oi
his cot, and when DrS. Wark aud Osborne
went 10 him he asked TO have the towe
upon bis head moistened. HIS request wa:
com,,lied with, and the faster fell INFO al
easy slumber. He did not again awake un
iii five minutes past . O'Clock, when
glancing through the open window at th'
motionless leaves Of the trees, he complained
of the sultriness OF the atmosphere. Z"
need all the air can get now" he said; -
have rested pretty well, but, oh! wasn't
tired! Ii dent take much 10 tire me now, bu
thank goodness am nearly at The END o
the race A few minutes before I O'CLOCK
the faster rose to dress and prepare for III
drive. When il was over he exhibited him
self in the main hall, where the curious pub
lie gazed their ill. In the course OF th
morning lot of torpedOes arrived for tn
Minneapolis hero. These explosives wer'
presented with the design Of securing tn
neaceful slumber- OF the faster by destroy
ING the concerts OF the cats.
VISITORS
continued to pour iuto the hall, amoni
them many ladies', and at 10 O'Clock a mum
ber OF groups stood in front of the platform
where the faster sat in an easy chair. Shortl
after 10 O'Clock Dr. Tanher asked for th
Herotd. DR.. Griswold got him copy an
proceeded TO read the article headed "Tan
ner's Trial. During the early part OF tn
afternoon an immense watermelon was re
ceiyed as a present from George Barden
Of Nyack, on the Hudson, but not eve
The presence OF the luscious fruit, whic
had been placed adjacent TO the easy
chair in the lower hall, bad the sllghte>
onparent effect upon him. Presently ID
Gum arrived and made his daily OF
seryations, with the following result
Pulse, IA: indications by the SphygmC
praph. irregular but strong; temperature
0S As: respiration, IA; measure by ID
dynamometer, 81 right and 81 left. On eN
animation by oscutaiiOn the respiratory ol
CANS were found to be in normal condition
while these observations were being mad
the patient complained 10 DR.. Gum tha
during the day he had often felt as II hi
heart had stopped beating. When welghe
he timed the beam OF the scale at 1855
which showed that since Saturday last b
had lost one pound, and since the Degil
ming of the fast tbirty-two pounds III all.
DIR. SAYRES DISCUSSES THE FAST.
DIR. Sayres responded with a smile whe
he was asked by Herald reporter last eve
ming what he thought Of DR.. Tanners las
ITO tell YOU the TRUTH" said he. 81 hay
not thought much about 1t. / thought ;
first that there was good deal OF clap-lra
and humbug about it, and not seeing an
particular value in the experiment maven
paid much attention to it,"
"Tben you do net look upon 1t as gel
nine fast?" asked The reporter.
"I would hardly say that. Perhaps 1t
genuine. But do think that it Is not frt
from suspicion. When man is IN the p'
sition that DR.. Tanner has been IN, seem
crowds OF people in a public hall, II IS &
most impossible to watch him so closely
| 10 be certain that food has not been col
yeyed TO him or that he has not eaten It,"
"But are not the chemical tests that nav
been made good proofs 7"
81 don't know about them."
"Would the fast, il conducted under
scientific watch, be OF any value in your e
| timation?"
al don't see that it would. II is slmpl
| a question OF endurance that DR.. Tanner
settling, IL he settles anything. The Ia
that he can fast twenty DAYS, II he can, Is |
evidence that YOU can. You may take tw
dogs apparently Just alike and starve then
and one may last several days longer ln'
the other. The men in the walking match
demonstrated something similar. Th'
showed that one man could go on the trat
and walk for six days and another one cou
not"
Would il not be OF value as an indie
ton of medical treatment 7"
81 don't see that it would. The princlp
trouble we have to contend with in medic
practice is the lack OF nutrition"
"Then you think the honesty OF the 10
| Is omen TO suspicion. and II it is genuine