, 1881-04-21

The Man Who Proposes to nival Tau
ner}K R1rty.l1ny Fast.

The NIau WHO Proposes to Rival Tau.
ner,x Rorty-naY Fast.
A reporter called yesterday evening upon Dr..
Waitor 8. Haines, the Professor OF Chemistry Of
Kuah Medical College. md interviewed him on
thu subject OF the propoeed forty.days' fast by
Mr.. John Grlscotl.. which tho latter stato1 was
to bo superfntcnded III tho interests OF science
by the Doctor.
Dr.. Ilatnes stated that ho had not detlnitly
made UP hts mlud to a,,perintontl tho fast, but
that he had received from, 30 lnany medical
gpntlcmen In different parts OF tho country
such urgent requests that he do 40
In the interests OF sc!cncn. that
ho beloved II satisfactory arrangements
could be tnado he would undertake. tho tnanaKc-
,nent Of tho tests, the result uf which will bo OF
the greatest valu0 to medical science.
"Tho Tanner fast, while 1t was, believe.
honestly conducted, really addcd nothing moro
to medical knowladeo than tho simple fact
that man had fastod forty days
aud survived. and TINT at certain
periods Of hla fast he weighed certain number
at pounds, his temperature was at certain
hight, and bis pulse beating certain ni,mbcr OF
times per minute. Evou those datn wcro not
atr@ctly reltable for scientific purposes, as DR..
Tannucr waa visited BY q largo number OF
persons and subjected to considerable cx-
oltcment, which, Of course, modified to cGr-
tain extent tho conditions produood by tho fa8t.
Tho tnOat valuable test to be made IN c0nnet-
ton With a fastng person WIS not attempted in
the Tanner faat,-thRt of submitting to che1n1c-
4! analysis tho 0xcreta Of the body, In ordor to
ascertain tho exRot amount OF fot,d which the
living body draws from Its own ttsausst while
not bo!uE supplied with It's usual food Now,
thero arc lffereut conditions under which per-
SONS may abstain frou, fnod. 4 nRn may bo
placed bY accident II, such condition that hu
oannot 0ptAtn food. !n which cAse, OF nuurEo,
thera is nobody on hand TO sttako scientific In.
,yestigatt0ns. Then ther0 In tho case OF u sick
pass0n whU ia uuabto to taks food. which 1T
course, IL mt available for a0Eon.iilo purposes,
hetause the sickness produces cOadltlous max
ing it lmpoas!bln to apply tests ut
TIE RESULTS or STARVATION.
And then thoro IL tho case OF this Qerson who ia
wtlllElk to undergo II fAst simply fur rho pur-
osSS q sGwn thosG q Gspao Of doing 10
ordeal for ths sole object of matnx nlusoii. tue
sswsr " fy pon shs pou
hut be Inns INSURED ne that sGoh 10 hia Intention.
Mr.. lrLscon! bus st,tne very extraordinary aud
hIs ability to abatain fram food which hMye
raiseti doubts in many minds Ms to his ability t9
hsas hs @sn's s1 q 5hS 9fdss @
thotn 9 BE-, they would not tn .he sIIghtes. do:
Esee afocs b. vslas as fasting subject OF
''snl i,us' Doctor Il faster had theories which
woro tot exnotty hoabao6; in tact. II th0su
theories waro tho result pt IN Unbalanced mlntl,
fnr !Rst,an!ese' ho" would the Investigation oe
.ia thas esse7but, + m,nd yeu. ny Esmsrks Do
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y tsiniy wouIi. interiors With ' sSs' .sysstixa:
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4 .as fsst VA 4 Ss essssdlnsly sSuGs;: A *
will hAyB to be Mutic With the utlluat cArt3 In