The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-08-20
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Fhttenipg Himself for the Attempt
4 what Results are Expected.

fhtteniHg Himself for the Attempt
h what Results are Expected.
| NHw YORK, August l9.-Dt Robert A,
Gum was questioned this morning as 10
EDr. Tanner's intention to fast for ninety
Idays. .s-. ,..w a.
"Dr. Tanner," said Dr.. Gum, "has
written TO me 10 say that II the proper
arrangements can be made he Is ready at
any time to- begin a fast OF ninety days,
under whatever supervision or inspection
may be deemed best, He wants the most
reputable Of our medical societies, 60.
peciRlly the Neurological Society, to
appoint Patchers, and expresses the hope
that the phenomena OF the fast may
be more closely watched and record.
ed thsn was the case lAet time. have
written 10 him that cannot sp ire time 10
attend to any arrangements for his fast,
and Hhall not even he able TO serve as one
lpf the watchers. But will gladly act az
Tanners physician, gRlughlm The beat
Iadvice In my power as the circumstances
require. lie is how In the wildS OF Penn.
eylyania iAttening up for the trial"
"How did science profit by Tanners
hrst,fast?" askedIths reporter! iJib103
''The most important fact brought out
by Tanners fast concerns the treatment O
persons recovering from starvation, due
either 10 accident or medical nepeeeines
II was held until Tanners fast that moth
ing was more injudiuious than To give food
10, B1ch patients except in minute quRnti
lies. Tanner began 10 eat vofaciouely The
homent his fist wAb over and was nc
whr4e toriL His theory was that a. .stotn.
acll without food toft eh d,tye collap sed, ID
ID, speak, like Child's balloon when Il haI
bden priCked. The walls OF the stomach
having no food to act upon remain inaC'
tits. But Introduce o small quantity o
lobd, and what happehs2 The walls oil
the stomach, the mucous membranes, be-
Hih TO work, grinding up and dseoIvlrg
rebnlt 'is that the h1uCduH 'nenbTh
work against each other, and al irritation
IL produced which brings ON IL t1amma'
ZION Of the stomach and the patti mt dies,
This was Tanners theory. he held that
N was best to give the stomach plenty oI
food 10 work Upon and the irritation
would be- avoided. The result oI this
treatment Ia his case was SO remarkable
thht 10 two cases recently, lhave tried
what would formerly have been consider.
cd a fatal td0aa nj Hood, and In both
instances with 6nGGesA Tanner also
proved bevoud Catli that man can 90
without food, Tor weeks Without dying OF
loaing bis feAsoh, and that water plays q
more .ini pdttant. part ID the nAintenance
OF strength than Wss commonly supposed.
"Whan Tanner undertakes his next fast
the careful watching by members oi the
Neurological Society and others wi en-.
able many observations 10 be made for
which We weto unptepafed. We would
like to know; iot inst nee, more about The
loss Of phoaphAtlG matters, which In Tan.
net'B last fast amounted apparently 10 The
whole o! The phoFphatl6 matter contalhed
In his body, yexGsplibgy oil OItitse, The
bohes. The maerlallsia, who hold that
avery mental operation, every Thought,
IHbsAns The g1mbuSuon, Of ono phosphate
cell, expected that as Tanners phosDhates
Vate out he would lose oil menLal power,
Wills In reality nothing Of The boft tOek
place, / do not know k4OllY what TAnnet
ine ns BY demanding electricity az 4 Sub
Rtilu q foi food HtyI fH,Fy