Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-04-16
STARVATION.

III tno muttet VI VoiunssAy W
tary starvation. the method BY which IL
il accomplished. the bodily and mental
condition and the degree Of active s1sr-
ton or quiesesnt reposs arc very essen
tisl points for consideration in studying
the result. A man who willingly sub
jecls himself to complete abstinence
from food for the benefit Of science or
some real or fancisd benefit to himself
will live very much longer than n who
through accidental circumstances or
willful force 10 deprived Of food and
deliberately starved sesinst his will.
DR.. Tanner voluntarily tasted forty
days, and could doubtless have con-
tiuusd q few days longer II be had do.
sired. Hattie Deuel. died after q voluntary
absolute fast OF forty.ssven days. And
o We read Of one John Gumbert. in
.Psnnsylvanis. who has just walked up
after q solid sleep and fast OF ffty-ssven
days. Loud noises. whipping. electricity.
nothing could arouse him. and he hn.iiy
walked up himself. feeling all right sI-
cspt being somewhat weak and hungry.
In these cases the patient or subject
has been in . state Of reposs. with the
mind conasnting to the deprivation OF
food. There was no waste OF energy or
vital force consumed through the sction
Of the muscles and bodily e1srtion' out
both body MINI osing u fes'' u wac
merely q test a. TO nov long lunar
vitality could sustain itself against death
how long The human oooy eoa'o 'ees
upon itself and 1.-Two. Inc deaa oooy OF
Miss Deuel., after her %forty.seven days
g.. -. ,,r,d n .on,.in mt ons drop
iA''' wa
OF blood. and the poor emaciateo frame
of this full-prown woman only weighed
ioi'y'n'e pou"u -.
Forced starvation or thirst on sea OF
land In n verv different thing, The VIC
um sees Possioie ~" P''u"P' wy NV
able death, and most strenuously exsrts
.,m..,, 10 .,o;d ,bsa ,eafnl elimination.
n'N -
III connned anywhere on isns 'nfoukn
accident or design, ho strives frantically
a. -, 90, .,a In csss NJ famine mona
"s''os
voluntarily cease their eager search anu
.,,uoOle for food. Starvation through
-.
famine OF W a'sea 10 VIC" Auo"u
10 partak. Of the same characteristics-
- go. ,,.,r .af,,,s n, ..c.ps or
no"' s
rescue until exhausted. III very inter-
eating article on this subject the Sacra-
- n, u.,...u.
mento hsco'u'o"'o" says
Hattie Deuel. IL dead. after passing forty.
.seyen DAYS without food. This young
woman wanted to die, and could not. She
WAS prostrated by an incurable disease.
and she had made up her mind that she
would not bear the hopeless pain any
longer. SO she calmly ceased to take
uourishment, and though her friends very
improperly made 9 sort Of show Of her.
and by ths excitement thus induced prob
ably exhausted her strength more rapidly.
shs lived. a. We have said. forty.seven
days. This is no doubt q very remarkable
instance OF endurance. but no law can be
deduced from 1t. Experience indeed shows
that endurance Of starvation Is Of the most
widely different kinds. Thus We have. on
the same day, the case OF tho crew Of the
ship Tiger, bound from Liverpool to Balti.
more. i2O days out. and nine days without
food or water. The condition Of these
poor men when the good steamer Nebo
spoke them. was evidently desperate,
but they had not been altogether without
s~ustenance. They had shared the captains
dog. and they had made some repssts from
strips Of boot.leather soaked in lamp-oil'
No doubt this food was innutritious, but II