Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-07-15

very variable you can readily under
stand h indaeace age and abeaity
""oid exeruIse. Judging from the
numerous individual instances of
starvation automatically reported,
oeata VIII TAKE place in from FIVE TO
eisht days after being deprived from
all Kinds OF food. IN 1916 one hun
oiets LIT fifty persons wrecked on the
rflsate Atedusa, were exposed on d
ra't lii the open sea Tor thirteen DAYS.
NJ The end Of this time only fifteen
were found alive. But eases are
upon record in our works N which
NE a been prolonged much beyond
the period above mentioned, but il
most OF these cases nc exercise was
permitted and water was taken. both
OF which have an important influence
III pfolonging life. One Psychologist
reports the case Of a convict who
aied of starvation after sixty-three
days, but this person used water.
various authorities report cases Of
deprivation of food, varying from
iour months to sixteen years. All of
these subjects were females and they
are undoubtedly examples of that
morbid desire to excite sympathy and
interest, which is often observed, and
which leads to the most adroit and
perslstant efforts at deception. Dogs
will live from thirty to thir,y-five
days after being entirely deprived OF
food and drink. The experiments Of
Dr.. VIM. A. Hammond, of New York,
which were published in 1868, were
ofgreat interest to scientific men, but
these were observations upon the
nutrltive value of different articles Of
food. think DR.. Tanner, very like
ly, desired to distinguish himself in
the profession and realizing his ina
h'iity to accomplish the end III any
other direction chose this method.
The New York World says: IAN
members of the medical profession
who have taken any interest IN the
wonderful fast ri forty days under
taken by DR.. Tanner express great
surprise at the vitality exhibited hy
INN on tic thirteenth day Of The .r,a,.
Heretofore tiis Period ha. ;uyua irol,-
Cd upon by All schools u Il,GIc;r. ~
a Critical point ald ~ almost the iln...
oI i~.:iiii:ll eA'i.iaa>c. At 40 bIcrn-d-
ihg time, ]loWcver, since he commence
ed the task, has tie man who ciaims
to have lived solely on sir and water
almost two weeks appeared az
lively rs he did Oh Friday night.
With the exception Of the few hours
when abused nature asserted iier
rights and bound him IN chains Of
sleep he was not only brisk in bis
manner but seemed free from all pain,
and walked up and down the CALLER,
near his cot with a firm and rapiC
step. His face gave no indication o
the terrible struggle through whic:
he was passing. 1t had not only los,
the emacIated appearance which char
acterized it the tenth day, but seemed
to be as full and round as that of
man in perfect health. Skeptica
physicians after examining him thor.
oughly admitted their establishment
and asked how he accounted for hi
almost perfect condition. To such h,
replied that they had much to ieari
concerning the human body. "Man,
he said, sis like q plant or vegetable
and can live under certain conditions
| for Il great deal longer period than i
| generally supposed on air and waite
alone. l do not claim superior power
of endurance, mol do / think that al
men can live as long ~ | can withou
food, but any one with al indomita
. hle will can exist on those element
: which afford Nourishment to the who'll
vegetable kingdom.
At one time /. frcsh-looking gi,
appeared at the back of one of til
houses facing II of the gallery win
t dows. She held up y loaf Of brea
: and q mug of smoking coffee, evi
IDENTIFY intended for DIR. Tanners nc
~ceptance. He got up on his elbow
l looked wistfuIly down at the proifc,c
food and said, "Bcdad, send it II
here At twenty-five minutes t
. seven he repeated the moutil-rinsiu
operation, using this time twei,
= ounces of water, which was. diminish
U ed by three-quarters Of Il drachm.
It do not get exhausted, but emaciatet
Why. the thirty-eIghth day Of my las
fast | walked nine miles At la
past eight he had once more rinse
his mouth, and five minutes thcrea
| ter got out of bed and dressed, oil
a serving, MY clothes are gettin
quite too large for me-
n HIS WONDERFUL CONDITION.
d DIR. Weitzel, requesting to fe
= Turner's pulse, after a momcntal
hesitation was allowed to do so ar
found it at ninety-six. To a HeraI
, reporter DIR. Wciizel said. al
breath is good and he Is generally
|" good condition, the pulse is not fai
II ing, the mucou membrane is mos
d and altogether his condition is r
a markable. / have cen starvation
Ireland in 1874, and can state rs Il
y result of my research that, as far
10 the stomach is concerned, there
no difference between voluntary ar
involuntary starvation :tle physiGlog
cal result in both cases is the sam
!. This temperature is one thing in f
- yor of the success Of this exper,mei
up to its present point, by its inil
" ,cnce in keeping the body VAIN. Flu
,e than this 1 a only say sirDpl..
Wonderful! Wonderfully
Rinsing his mouth out with Gig
CT ounces Of water, he lay anxious
Nc awaiting the noan-dar whistles fro