Telegram-herald., 1890-12-23

gone forty days without food. bat
they were 30 weak that they could
not sit Up. Dr. Tanner could not
SIT up after the tenth day, and
could not write his name after the III.
teenth day. but Sacei has ssorned the
idea OF weakening all through the weary
weeks. On his fifteenth day he rode
seven miles on horse back and has
exercised every day since. The
doctors took the last examination
az 9 o'clock. the result Of which
is as follows: Weight, lO4sl; on Novem-
Der At $40. 1874; a total loss Of 4@1s
pounds, or less than pound a day.
temperature, 9s ,; pulse, O.; respiration,
10; general condition, weak: tongue,
clear. moist and steady. The bulletin
was signed by the thirteen physicians
who have watched during the
fast. The worst attack OF gastric
trouble that he had during his fast
occurred al o'clock Saturday, during
which his pain was SO acute that IL was
feared that he would collapse, bat his
indomitable will power carried
him successfully through. From
o'clock until he took his first
cup Of cocoa, at SEQ, his pain con-
tinncd 10 be more or less acute
1t was evident in many ways; by the
distortions of his face, which was
terribly shrunken; by his frequent
change of position on the lounge upon
which he was reclining; 10y the nervous
twitching Of his wasted hands; by the
restless glare of his deep. sunken
eyes, and in various other ways.
When the cocoa was prepared,
shortly after o'clock, Succi
got OF the lounge and staggered TO the
table where the nouirshing diet was
placed The spectacle lie presented
was truly pitiablc. lie looked like a
skeleton automaton, and when he
smiled il was simply ghastly. When he
slipped the cocoa there was a burst of
applause from the spectators.
During the forty-five days OF his fast
Succi drank 29l ounces of Croton water.
100 ounces OF mineral water. and ate G4
ounces OF ice. Besides this he took
7l0 drops OF his elixir, which he AYERS
contained only Is grains Of opium. He
only took the elixir during thirty seven
DAYS OF the fast, as he used more of it
during the first three and last four days.
Signor Succi ate an elaborate meal
Sunday with extraordinary relish. He
occupied two hours i'm consuming the
food placed before him, and partook of
it with zeSt that astonished those
present.
tSucci has undergone the ordeal OF going
without food longer and moro frequently than
any other man. His FIRST fast was iH Italy q
dozen years ago. when be essayed and carried
out a fast OF thirty days. This feat IN land
where eating is the principal industry at
once mado him famous, and TO
satisfy doubters be tasted thirty Eve days.
Thirty-nve times after lat he showed 10 ~ Q
people OF Europe that he could do without food
as easily az they could draw breath. In
April of last year he appeared in Lon
don and created a sensation by proposing to
fast for forty days lie began this fast
on St Patrieks day and carried Il out sue
cessfully. On the day that he ended the IN
dertaking 10000 people saw him eat hearty
meal He lost thirty four pounds in that fast
but regaincd Il in two weeks He made s. 600
in that undertaking, OF about so.JJ0 more than
he has cleared in New York.
Other fasters have preceded Succi in this
Brooklyn. attracted the attention OF med
ical men and scientists BY going with
out food for fifty days al least she
said she did - but when DR.. Hammond
offered 10 give her $1,000 n she would
abstain for one month under surveillance
she declined the offer. Dr.. Tanner. who was
then practicing physician in a small Ohio
town. saw DR. Hammond's offer 10 the
Fsncber woman and offered 20 bet that be
could abstain from food FOR o period
OF forty days. The wager was made
and IN February. 1880. Or Tanner be
gan 10 do without food in Clarcn.
Con Hall In this city. A committee Of ply
sicians Who watched him declared that Tanner
had psrtaken of nothing but water in the sprei-
fed tima In the presence o. 900 people
! he broke his fast. watermelon beng hs
arst meal Tanner refused 70 undertake the
feat second time and has never tried a. o.
recent years the most famous fastcrs have
been The httica Sleeper" and Mrs Wuchtsr
the Anentown Pa paralytic, whose friends
say she went without food for i0i d-rsl