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the bodies of his carriages to take care OF them
selves while he learned to patch up those OF his lei
ntossoMrYG INTO A DOCTOR.

the bodies of his carriages to take care OF them
selves while he learned to patch up those OF MS lei
lOw-men.
BLossoMING INTO DOCTOR.
Going to Cincinnati he pursued u course OF study
and was graduated at the Eclectic Medical Institute
in that city, Then he decided to try his fortunes in
Hampton, Ohio, and fervently trusting that the
residents of the place would view him with favor
able eve he displayed new but modest shinge
and placidly sat down in his office to await the
course of events. Whether he strewed orange peel
upon the sidewalks, drove furiOusly mp and down
the streets and employed messengers TO call him out
of church, history does not record. But little by
little he began to gain a practice and to reaIlze
that the path OF the physician IS not always strewn
with thoms. After some time spent IN Hampden the
war broke out Dr. Tanner at once enlisted as prl-
vatc soldier He was Immediately appointed hospl-
tai steward, however and stationed at Fort Chase,
Ohio, where he remained for a year and hall.
When his military experiences were ended ne
moved to another town i'll Ohio where he practised
for eight years He also took to himself WIFE and
the chapter of DIR. Tanners marital relations APP
pears. unfortunately. to be history OF domestic
woman-rcmarkable, that 49, for the capacity OF her
stomach, which. to speak mildly, was large. Dr.
Tanner was a remarkable man--remarkaDle
for his enmity to food and the ability OF
his stomach TO thrive upon exceedingly snort
commons. Between the stomach that craved too
much and the stomach that was content with too
little there was an immediate and violent falling
out. IncOmpatibiity of temper INKS into nothing
ness when compared with the domestic br0lls
Dr. / amer VINO Is what an unsynPaattnIzhe TorI,l
would term man of crOtchets and bobbles had long
before arrived OF the conclusion that people IN
general digging their graves with then teeth
Believing that every body Oyerate, he felt IL his
duty, as matter of principle. to make heroic
stand against the all-prevailng vice upon his own
doorstep, and wage unTemittng war upon the flesh
pots in his kitchen. Moreover, the doctor be-
leved that many of the aches and ais that harass
mankind could be cured by abstinence from food.
Practising what he preached, he had pleasing
habit of occasionally lndulging IN weeks fast, III
which, like "A faithful spouse, lie generously invited
Mrs Tanner to bear hun company. But she hrmy
refused.
DR.. Tanner speaks of her more in sorrow than
in anger She was woman who daily ate threef
unlimited meals of cOrned beef and cabbage and
then saw ghosts. She what Is popularity
termed bilious. and therefore Respondent. Her
intercourse with the Outer world In her pro-
fession tended to render her so.
She felt that she required large quantities OF animal
susrenance. Nainly did DIR. Tanner paint TO her the
delights OF abstinence from food. and describe the
ills that would surely overtake her oveItaSked
stomach Mrs. Tanner could lot see her stomach
but she could see the corned beef, and she and the
doctor agreed to disagree. -,
About the close of the eighth year in that village
Mrs Tanner went to Duluth MIMI. and left the IN
appreciated doctor TO hunger and thirst by himself
But after SIX months OF sorroWtul commune
with his SELF the doctor gathered together MS
worldly goods ana followed his fugitive spouse once
more water bubbled upon the family altar and
ethereal nOurlshment appeared upon the frugal
board But there was still difference OF OPINION
Even the sight of "A cook book drew from the DOCTOR
was forced 10 find feeble consolation III lnhaling
the fumes of more fortunate neighbors dinners.
TOO HEMTHFUL FOR THE DOCTOR.
But the inhabitants of Duluth obstinately refused
to fall sick with that prOmptitude which DR.. Tan
ner desired and Mt the end Of year he and his wife
made pilgrimage to Hudson. Wis. They viewed
the land. but whether it was the number of res
t9nrants or the fulfilled look of the rcsidents-some-
thing deferred DIR. Tanner from pitching his tent
there, and he shook the dust OF the place from OH
his shoes and departed. 49,
to practice there The disagreement between MIN
and lIs wife finally became lrrccOnciable. lhcre-
fore an amcable separation was erected. MIS-.
Tanner was allowed 10 dwell IN solitude ana aSslll-
Hate heterogeneous food to her stomachS content,
while the doctor was left to pursue more splritual
and purifying diet OF water. milk and waternciohs'
HIS FORMER FAsTs
In Minneapolis he achieved some success as n
practitioner and delivered some lectures on the
physiological Effects of Alcohol and Tobacco
Abstinence from food became his hobby. He recon-
mended It TO his patients, and practsed it himself,
frequently fasting for from five to twelve days lie
found himself troubled with rheumatism OF the
heart and inflammation Of the stomach. which gre "
much worse in the summer OF ISL lie resolved
TO tTy a fast beginning July Is. Then NJ remained
without food for twelve DAYS. llS trouple seemed
t. have sed away, and he ordered food 10 be pro
Vled. Bat before 1t was ready ne chang'n his
mind and resolved 10 see how long lie could 20
without eating. Much OF the time lie was under
the supervision of Dr. y. Moyer oil MIN
ucapolis and for n part OF the Time
was m his house. Dr. Tanner claims TO have
tasted forty-two days. losing tmrty-eight pounds
In weight and being troubled with nausea ana
vomiting toward the latter part of the last. On
ending the fast he drank large quantity OF milk
and ate some fruit. In two weeks he was IN ms
usual condition of health. When TINS last became
kuoyn il created considerable comment. principally
skcpiical aud DR.. Tanner became involved III a
newspaper controversy. 80. -.
In the course of time DR.. Hammond publ ihed MS
oil
ner wished TO accept it himself, aud after various
negotiations came to this city DR.. Hammond offered
him : 900 if he would go thirty DAYS without food
or wafer provided that he would place himself
under the supervision of Professors Dalton, Austin
Flint IT, and Arnold. OF their representatives. ana
that the fast should he conducted IN a room III DT.
Uammond's house. He was to nave two carriage
drives a day if he wished Or. Tanner declined
this offer and finally put himself IN the hands OF
tha United states Medical College, tine representa-
tives of which have had charge OF The fast from the
beainnIng