Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-05-09
UYprRNKArH rHB a4OUND.
mr.. Kramer About ID. rry the Hibef-
nation Act.

Ur. Tanner AD0ut W
nation Aet.
Philadelphia Evening Herald -
The celebrated DR.. Henry .. 1anneI,
who nine years ago made hlmselt = loi.y
DAYS wonder by trying to starVe hiniseai,
IA about to come to the front again anu
set the people agog by getting in.o
coffin and being buried under grouna'
II was early in 1880 Tint Dr., Wiiiam a.
Hammond offered certain moiae
Fancher OF Brooklyn, who claimed ~
have lived IA years without food, Si,Voc
II shs would consent TO be watohed ior
one month, and not take any food during
that psriod. DR.. Tanner, living nt the
time in Minneapolis, saw the ohaiien8e'
and offered to perform the experlinsan.ss'
Or. Hammond agreed, and on the zotn
day of June, 1850, nj noon, began last
which lasted, not thirty, but forty Gays.
He lost 10 pounds OF aesh during thlh
neriod. but did not suffer in health. lie
took no food whatever. but drank al the
water he wanted. On the morning OF the
fortieth day he cat with 3 peach IN hIs
hand, pselinR it OF few minutes DeIo oi
noon. At II o'clock he aie the peaoh,
which was followed BY other NUT ana
more substantial food. The experiment
was performed to the satisfaction OF tne
watchers, and DR.. Tanner won the VI ,UUV'
Tanner has experimental upon MIN
self and dieted with view to gaming
sufficient strength and control OF ms
forces to enable him 10 gain every adyan-
taee. One Of the acts which enables one
10 live in this cpmatose condition ID
throwing the tongue into the gullet, so
that radical change OF the circulation oil
the blood occurs the conditions thus
effected being similar to those Just before
birth. where there is no respiration.
Sir Charles Martin Wade, governor
general in the Lahore district OF the
British empire in India, has given @
statement Of the resuscitation of Brah-
man fakir who had been thus buried. Sir
Charles had not seen the interment, but
witnessed the resurrection. He accom-
panied an Indian prince, Ruujeet Singh,
who testified to the burial, to the fuild-
ing in which the body had been inclosed.
The only door 20 the sepulcher had been
closed with hard, dried mud, the paddock
of which had been sealed with the pri'
waite seal OF Runjeet Singh. The seal
which was found unbroken, was taken
off, the door unlocked aud the place
where the fakir WAS buried entered by
Runjeet Singh, Sir Charles Wade andss
servant, who descended with torch tc
tho cell where the body hsd been placed
in wooden box sealed and locked. The
: writer THUG describes what followed:
"On being opened by the servant VIZ
saw a figure inclosed in bag of white
linen, fastened by string over the head
The servant lifted the body out, aud
Runieet Singh and | descended furthel
into the cell, which was so small that W,
were only able TO sit on the door in from
Of the body, and 10 close 10 it that GU
hands and knees came in contact with 1t
The servant then began pouring warn
, water over the figure, but to satisf
myself against fraud tore open the bag
which locked widowed, Rs though It ha
been long buried. The legs aud arm
!. were Btin aud shrivaled, the faces full an
the head reclining on the shoulder Tx
that OF corpse. l then summoned med
! icai gentlemen, who came and inRpeote
the body critically, bat could discoye
!, no pusation Of the heart, the temple {
the arm,
1.-The servant then recommended batt
ing him with hot water and gradually II
l6xing the legs and arms from the rigi
: state in which they were contracted, Rui
= jet Singh taking the right and the ls
!, leg TO aid by friction in restoring the
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