New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-09
nuE DAY AFTER THE FAST.

vpr,T AND MUCH SUBSTANTIAL FooD-PRACri-
"a, BENEFITS TO BE DERIVED FROM THE TEST
A. the end of the fast DR.. Tanner weighed
,o,1, mounds. Yesterday noon he weighed
zoe mounds and at 6 o'clock last
.;cbt he weighed 100 pounds. This ex-
,roordinary gain was due to the enor
.,ous amounts of beefsteak potatoes
heef tea. milk, watermelons, apples, ale and
vine that the Doctor steadily devoured Not
the slightest trace of nausea or sickness has
onneared. and to-day the Doctor expects to
he ont attending to business.
M RAD RESULTS FROM THE EXPERIMENT.
Dr Tanner sat in pleasantly furnished chamber
% DIR. Gums house yesterday afternoon witha
o,unlacent and satisfied expression upon his face
us ewes had lost their hungry glare, and the deep
o;rc,es around them had partly disappeared His
tace showed healthy color, and the deep cut lines
,h,t had marked it were toa degree smoothed ont
Tho ridges Of his forehead and cheek
homes still stood prominently ont, but
~; checks seemed little plumper and
oyen his lips looked fuller, and the fit of the
Dcctor's waistcoat wonderful to contemplate
T. was no longer wrinkled into loose folds indcat-
ING collapsed vacuum where the stomach should
he. but well rounded protuberancc underneath
caused the tightly-strained garment to stand out
and subjected the very buttons to severe test Four
noppds and half was the doctors gain in weight
between Saturday and Sunday noon. At noon of
the former day he weighed 1912 pounds, and yes
terlay noon 1916 pounds. The monotonous record
offutlle attempts to drink water and of painful up
beayincs in his stomach has changed to an equally
unbroken chronicle of regular and satisfactory as
sanitation of food
Retiring about / | Saturday night the Doctor slept
until midnight, when instead of waking distressed
and suffering he leisurey opened his eyes and asked
f,ra becfsteak This was provided, aud at quar-
fer past the Doctor babe defiance to Nightmares
and intrusted his stomach with the care of half a
pound of steak aferward he drank half an ounce OF
wine. He slept quietly until u, when he awOke.
No nausea, nor vomiting, swarm of morbid
visitors disturbed his morning hours, and at
half.past he contentcdly devoured anOthes half
pound of steak and some stewed potatoes. The
forenoon passed quietly in resting talking and jest
ing and at 1890 he drank eight ounces of milk.
Then be dozed for short time but still his stomach
cried More" and he asked for some beef tea and
stewed potatoes. AT about half past l be ate the
potatoes with great relish, and two hours later par
took of the beef tea.
AT 2:43 Dr. Tanner drank six ounces of BasSs ale.
Then he dozed for short time, and at $3.50 drank
eight ounces of milk. At $40 he followed up the
milk with fourteen ounces of watermelon. and hve
minutes later with twelve ounces of beef-tea and an
ounce of bread. The doctor inclined to he talka-
tive He sat in comfortable chair with rockers, and
another chair stood before him. on which his food was
placed. lie spoke of the kilograms and cabegrams
received Saturday from physicians recommending
oatmeal. haxseed, slippery em beef-tea and di-
lutcd preparations of condensed food as fit matter
Oh which to break his fast. They seemed to afford
him intense amusement.
Several of the watchers called. and the doctor
jOlned freely in the conversation.
" What are you gong to DO now, doctor T. asked
Il haven't really allowed myself to think of my
future movements the doctor replied. "fve had
an offer of - 700 TO deliver ten lectures III Cali
lorna and, as | have long been anxious TO visit the
Pacific slope, am lucllned TO think favorably OF
II was also stated as possible that DR.. Tanner
might practice medicine III this city
well. doctor. you've done what you promised"
said another visitor.
Yes but there's one point not generally under
stood | came here as MOllie FancheTs substitute,
determined to beard Hammond IN bis den. Another
reason of the fast was this: The reports of MY for
mer fast were noticed IN medical journals IN sar-
castle way and the untayOrable nOtOrety injured
my business. 80 resolved 10 perform tls last to
substautlate my claims, and to vndcate my Teputa-
ton Then | wanted te show the power OF the hu-
man WILL aud to prove TO materlallsiS that tleIe Is
something beside oxygen, hydrogen ana carbon III
the BRAIN" ,
Haven't You come out of this fast better than
Won expected 2
No. thought I'd come out all right. but I've
rallied better than did from my former fast. Then
vomited and llccoughed tOr two days after taking
food
How do you account Tor your wonderful recu-
pcTatlOuI
Well will power has something to do with it.
Then, think food taken In small quantities at
sucn a time IrIItates the stomach and does IT harm
but in large quantities it fills up the stomach eXcltes
the peTlstaltc motions and Is readily absorbed.
Why. suppose when you're thirsty you only take a
small mOuthful OF water, IT simply tanlaZes YOU
but If YOU take a good drink 1t satisfies YOU. II my
stomach had not taken large amounts oil fO0d OF
course should have been forced 10 be contented
with small quantities."
How does this fast compare with your former
NV suIerings during this fast have been much
greater than during my fast i'll 1871 This has been
Occasonc by the lack of fresh AR, the bad Smells
and the impossihility of obtaining sound sleep.
expected 10 make some interesting psychological
studies of dreams, but have not had single
dream"
Another visitor came in and asked the doctor how
he felt. Tlp-tOp" exclaimed Tanner executing,
war dance on the floor and striking ont vigorously
right dleft MY cooperation is filled out now,
SO ! can stand mp straight"
Did you ever feel moment of dcspondency dur
mo was confident all through"
The doctor received an invitation by telegraph 10
visit Cape May, which he laid aside Tor future con-
sideratiOn while he began to eXpound his views OF
the importance OF electricity. PhysiOlogIsts
believe that oxygen received into the lungs pETles
the blood" he sad ." but think electricity from
the air does il. ! believe electricity runs through
all the body. and is the seat and source of llfe Dr.
Gardner, in England, took rabbit, and giving II
food cut the pneumSgaStrc nerve. when controls
the function OF DIGESTION The stomach reiGsed 10
act and the rabbit died. Then he took another, ana
after feeding II cut the nerve and applied the cleo
tnc current to the cut The food was readily disested
and the rabbit lived. Hence think electricity Is
The great agent of life"
DR.. Tanner. what benefits do you think can be
derived from your fast ." was asked.
One OF the most important will be In the treat
ment of disease. Thirty or forty years ago
physicians used what they called the anti
lhloPistlc treatment-that Is, bleeding and pur2ing
and using low diet. But now this mode OF treat
ment has gone out, and nutritive treatment IS en-
ployed instead. Doctors ill their patients with
beal,tea aud soup III inf immatory diseases. Inc
pendulum has swung too far the other way. and my