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possible. Thus while the normal
daily amount Of water is from seven
ty-fve to ninety-fve ounces, DR.. Tan
ner exists on ten. Physicians bring
up Closets experiment with animals.
as illustrating what may be expected
in DR.. Tanners case. Chosset found
that animals deprived of food lived
for a length of time proportioned to
their amount Of fat. After some time
there was a gradual, but not very ex-
t~ensiye fall in temperature. The an
imal lives, on an average, until ninety
per cent of the fat of the body and
forty percent-two-f fths of the en-
tire original weight-was lost. Short
" before this was reached the fall in
temperature became more sudden,
torpor succeeded, and
WHEN THE TEMPERATURE FELL
twenty-nine or thirty degrees below
the normal point, the animal died.
According to Closets result, DR..
Tanner would need to lose sixty-three
pounds before dying. He has lost
about twenty-five pounds, but sufi
GENTLY exact comparisons cannot be
made to make even this a favorable
outlook for Tanner. Chosset also
found animals could be rescued from
death, even after the beginning of
torpor, by exposing the subject to
artificial warmth, raising the temper
allure and supplying food" The fast
has now reached a point when meth
DDS of resuscitation are daily dis
cussed among physicians at the hall.
The advantages Of the galvanic bat
terry and its use, of milk, brandy and
beef tea, are subjects in which the
watchers are profoundly interested.
Their interest increased to-day when
they discovered that in the event Of
DR.. Tanners death they would be
liable for manslaughter. DR.. Maurice
Miller called in the morning, accom-
panied by Prof. Arnold, the physiol.
Ogist, and found DR.. Tanner so much
changed for the worse that he ex-
pressed some doubts as to his lasting
through the day. In his evening
watch DR.. Miller said. DIR. Tanner
has frightened up a little since morn
ing, so they tell me, but | am more
than ever confident in my opinion
that he
WON'T SEE ANOTHER SUNDAY.
He is worse to-day. In my opinion,
the purple appearance of his hands
and feet, coming from a sluggish
circulation, is due to the fact
that the blood is becoming denser,
owing to its daily loss of watery ele-
ment. He will become delirious be-
fore he sinks into a condition Of
torpor, and when delirium comes |
understand they will try to revive
him and force him to take nourish-
ment. l suppose they will use cleo
tricity and brandy at first. No,
don't think he will object when he
finds he is really far gone" Subse-
qusntly DR.. Miller added:
This relief the doctor gets from
the water he has drank is only tran
sient, and l don't see hat there is
much relief anyway. This irresisti-
BILE demand for water in a man Of
his strong will is a bad sign. He is
too much exhausted to allow me to
take his temperature and pulse. He
makes a sudden effort and then weak
ems as when he runs upstairs before a
crowd. He walked up briskly from
the carriage tonight, and then sank
down exhausted on his cot. He has
been more drowsy to day, which is
also bad. l think he
MAY HAVE A sPASM
at any moment, though he will very
likely gradually become delirious. /
would not give a penny for his life