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the fast there was no perceptible change to my mind in any particular, save that 

 a thin, white, moist coating of the tongue at the start developed in 4 days into a 

 moderately thick, white, moist coating, and the blood pressure in the radials was 

 lowered enough during the stay in the calorimeter to be perceived by the examining 

 finger. 



Yours respectfully, 



John E. Loveland, M. D. 



The reports for experiments No. 75 and No. 77 follow : 



During the fasting experiment of March 4-10, 1905, I visited your subject at 

 practically the same hour each afternoon and endeavored to judge of his condition 

 by observing him through the window of the calorimeter, talking to him through 

 the telephone, reading his written reports, and observing his pulse rate and force 

 by the examining finger introduced through the rubber curtain. As far as could 

 be made out by my observations, the history of the subject's condition during this 

 fasting experiment was almost entirely uneventful. On the sixth day of the fast 

 the subject expressed himself as feeling doubtful about his condition. On all other 

 days he was more or less buoyant. On the seventh day of the fast and the first day 

 of food he appeared to show emaciation in the face and the color of the skin 

 appeared slightly dusky. On the same days the subject showed a slight sordes 

 on the gums and the tongue was slightly swollen showing indentations by his 

 teeth. The tongue on the first day of the fast showed a moderately thick white 

 coating, which grew thinner during the fast. 



The pulse rate varied from 50 to 68 beats per minute. The rate, roughly speaking, 

 tended to grow less as the fast progressed. On the first day with food it rose to 74. 



On the fourth day of the fast the force of the pulse appeared less than on previous 

 days. On the fifth day there was an irregularity noted the individual beats 

 varying in force. On the sixth and seventh days of fasting, and the first day with 

 food, the force appeared greater than on the other 5 days. At no time did the pulse 

 rate and force appear to approach a dangerous condition. At the end of the fast 

 the subject was in a condition that, in my opinion, would have warranted his con- 

 tinuing the fast with impunity. 



During the fasting experiment of April 8 to 11, 1905, the subject's mental condi- 

 tion, as shown by his statements, his facial expression, his carriage and actions, 

 was one of depression and apprehension. His physical condition was apparently 

 normal. On the first day there was a moderately thick, dirty, white coat on the 

 tongue. This coating appeared less thick on the second day and did not change in 

 character from that day. The pupils were moderately dilated on the fourth day. 

 The pulse was always of good quality. 



John E. Loveland, M. D. 



SUBJECTIVE IMPRESSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS REGARDING GENERAL 



CONDITION. 



It is commonly believed that the withdrawal of food for one or two meals 

 results in dizziness, a feeling of faintness, and, at times, in pains in and 

 about the epigastrium. With fasting men the experiences are varied. The fast 

 of Merlatti, 1 * which was said to have continued 50 da} T s, was characterized by 



28 Monin et Marechal; Stefano Merlatti, Histoire d'un jeune celebre. Paris (Mar- 

 pon et Flammarion). 



