New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-07-15
THRIVING ON WATER.

puyercIANs PITZZLED BY DIR. TANNER.
mrs coxcrr,oN ,mprnyEp-rnE REVIVAL BELIEVED
TO BIZ ONLY NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS."
HIS VISITORS. .u,..
"Iys stranoe very strange" said physician
vestsrdov afternoon after examining Dr. Iahnoi
I don't md ,rstand the case at ALL" anu '""'.u
Dr Tanner bids tar 10 become human rlduie ~
was predicted that he would last Cor ten days' ,no"
the limit was placed mt fifteen bat st'il ne i've,
and this noon will in all probability have conpieteu
his seventeenth day. On Sunday aud Monday tne
doctor showed signs OF weaKen'"s'
On Tuesday his condition was perilous
in the extreme. His attendants "a'cne"
him with hated breath. fearing an instant dissoIn
tiop The doctor himself must have felt that h's
power was strained up to the last limit Ior ne R"'o
Nh his abstinence from water, and duripg Inc iaS'
tbirty-sx hours has drank 1t freely. Apparently he
has proved that water is food. for he has been re-
,;vod and AZ il wele simulated bv the
hauld he has taken. Had ne co"'i''".u
70 refrain from water it is probable
that Tuesday night would have tound DIS "a'o"o''
usnp every known means to rouse him from "
do,dIv letbarrv or fatal d.iirum. Once at least.
the doctor has approached deaths door. aud IL Is
still the opinion of those qualified 10 judge that MS
death is only question OF Time
Human nature has shown itself in many linseemiy
nbases during the fast at Clarendon Hall An un-
ballowed desire to Qloat over human suffering pas
seem,d TO actuate many of the visitors DaihtnV
clad ladlos have crowded toward the doctor as ne
sat half-clo!hed on hls cot rinsng MS mou'h' anu
have watched with hardly suppressed eaRerneS'
his every motion as he sp0nged DIS Lace
or arranged bis scanty gray halrs' Nc"
have stood near him and made coarse
unfeelipe remarks so loudly that they must have
reached the doctors ears. idiots. professional ana
otherwise from every part of the country, nave
sent he doctor insane letters about mighty prlhci-
pies involved" his q" heroic struggle" and physi-
cal forcesn Sellers of almost everything iroih
scoIes IN flowers the doctor with sam
pies of their wares, anxio1s to ayo'd puD''c en
tion "a the numerous pIanists. who, declining to
p,ve their names have left friends behind VINO
willingly volunteered all possible information, in
case fine nerformer forgot to have her or his card
nromlnently displayed upon the table. Long-haired
enthusiasts representing every vaglry of medicine
mr. ralicion have hocked to the hall like buzzards
to q corpse.
The revival of Yesterday is considered by many
n he only temporary Some of the physicians say
that death in any case is not likely to result. Or.
Westcott said Yesterday: really doni thinH
me will die He is a man of much Intelligence. ana
be follows his own conditions very clearly so inat
ho Knows ahout where he IL. II lie finds himself 80
low that a fatal termination must come, thlnk
he will acknowledge It. aud take nourlshmeni. ~
he dnesr'r and becomes del rious, OF course ne VIII
be treated like any other lunatlr, and kept alive by
fOrclbe means. lie seems better to-day, Dut TINS
recovery may last only tor a very short Tine
ASH m. Dr. Miller said " don't know what to
saw. am about giving uD my theories. lie seems
better than Yesterday aud Is apparently all riSht
AGAIN. believe shall make no more prognostIca-
Nevertheless the battery was placed in readiness
and stiniiiants at hand ~ case OF an
emergency during the nlght. Inc u'u'l PhSSlc'hhS
After his drive through Central Park. Tuesday
evening DR.. Tanner was exhausted enough to sleep
very souudly dung consldeiabe part Oh the
NIGHT The morning found him brighter and less
feeble About 4. IN. his pulse was 10, and WAS
fuller aud stronger than before HIS temperature
was 9S2,oc lie drank some filtered Gro
ton water and then looked over the morn
ing mail. About IL a. m. tie doctor went
down into the all and tried lis new scales. His
weight was 1872 pounds lie snail decrease since
Monday Is probably due 20 the Use Of water AT
$3.50 p. IN. IN eager crowd ~ visitors was lnIem'N
gazing at the sole Of Dr. tanners supper. bat
was all that could he seen. The, doctor
Law on his back, his left leg doubled up
and and td ms F H. capae Wa sppF concealed on
OF beholding soul-harrowing spectacle
stared sta oc at canot be- nccsssy '0" exhb
Itedv selections from " IrOyaore Ivy gentleman
with "A strong tenor voice and some performances
upon the piano aided in whilln9 aw ~ the m0notony
nj the afternoon. Some bGautI al flowers covered
fable near Dr. Tanners COZ sent IN Or city Horst.
The doctor also received present OF pair of hight
Indian cubs and dumb heils.
At6 u. m. Dr. Maurice Miller and DR.. Westcott
found Or. tanners pulse S., and his temperature
98lo2 Or. Miller pricked DIR. Tanners hands and
collected few drops OF blood on glass slides. hese
are 10 &c rxlmined under IlI 5rsc0po 10 endeavor
to ascertain whether or no. he quantity OF red
blood corpuscles has been diminished dur
ing the fast Ar $50 DR.. Tanner went
for a dc in Central PARK. He was Occas onaiiy
reoogD zad bV persons in the street who stopped and
stared while they pointed HIM out to inqdlsltiye
fr ends. TIE party drove M FfthaYe. to StetSo =,
stopping at observation-disclosures th-st. 10 get the
doctor some wafer from spring. He drank sew
eral times during the ride, and returning about
O'Clock lay down on his COT aud Was covered with
blankets.