The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-06-17
BEATS DIR. TANNER.
DR.. Wilkerson, Of Augusta, Ca, Has
TASTED Forty-three Days.
ANN THE END IS NOT YET.
He Has Been a Great Sufferer from
Acute Indigestion and is .Un-
dergoins the Fast
Ing Cure.

The Auguta Chronicle says Dr. W.
Sterling Wilkinson, wellkncwn
young physician Of that city, and an
honor graduate Of the medical depart
ment of the University Of Georgia, is
on fast that promises to break the
worlds record for length. DR.. Tan
ner's record is already discounted.
Tuesday vas the forty-third day that
Dr.. Wilkinson has taken nothing in
the way of nourishment, limiting him
self exclusively to water. He has par
taken of water freely during the fast.
Throughout the fast he had suffered
no inconveniences, although he has
lost weight very rapidly. Naturally a
man of Slight build, although tall, he
is now living shadow Of his former
self. DR.. Wilkinson resides with his
father, Mr.. Win. NJ Wilkinson, att
All Second street, and throughout the
fast has confined himself to the homes
and its grounds. @
TAKING DAILY EXERCISE.
DR.. Wilkinson takes daily exercise
Including walks about the house and:
grounds, and is also using a pair Of
light dumb-bells. He declares thathes
feels strong all the time, although any
exertion he undergoes proves to him,
that he is quite weak. His stomach is ;
giving him no trouble whatever.
Dr.. Wilkinson and his family haYe3
kept very quiet about the matter, and
only few intimate friends have been
advised Of the treatment to which the
young man has been subjecting him-s
self for the past month or more. Only
in the last day or two has the doctors
fast become general property in az
news sense and reached the ears Of;
newspaper men. Z:
SCIENTIFIC TREATMENT.
The fasting of DR.. Wilkinson is IN
the nature of scientific treatment
for an aggravated case Of Indigestion
or dyspepsia, with which he is afhict-
ed. For years be has had the trouble
and failing to get relief from all other
treatments, adopted the fasting treat
ment. @z
Recently fasting has been advocat-
ed for the cure Of digestive deranges
ments, and where tried has been high-.
ly recommended. 1t is claimed by the
advocates of the method that it pro-
duces permanent cures in nearly every
FfaStance, and that where it fails, it is
because the treatment was not per-
sisted il long enough. The theory is
that the perfect rest afforded by the
fasting practically gives the patient
new stomach or digestive organs
While the organ is not at work it IS
claimed that nature repairs all the;
damage to the organ from overwork:
and past abuses. -
FOLLOWS M'FADDEN.
1t is understood that the treatment
is nothing more or less than an extend
ed use of the advice Of the Physical
Culturist McFadden, Of New York, :
who recommends that whenever there
is stomach trouble that his pupils fast
for few days, in order to effect a
cure. DR.. Wilkinson believes that the
theory of fasting for stomach trouble
is the correct one, and be is demon
strating its usefulness.
DR.. Wilkinson has not yet complet-
ed the fast. 1t is his intention to con-
tinue the treatment until his appetite
returns, when he will gradually return
to a normal diet. The return OF the
appetite is said to be an indication
that the cure is complete. OF course
the appetite must be normal, and
must be constantly with the patient.
That is, it must not be Of the kind
that comes and goes but the desire
for nouriShment must be continuous.
FELT HUNGRY TWICE.
DR.. Wilkinson has already at times