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fifth day he had lost in weight about ten pounds, or an average of two pounds a 
day. 
On the seventh day his temperature was 984° Fahr., and his pulse 96, soft 
and compressible. The skin was moist and healthy, the countenance pleasant, and 
without the usual appearance of anxiety that follows long fasting, and the eye 
clear and unwavering, with normal dilatation of the pupil. The tongue was moist 
and slightly furred, but not more so than would naturally follow twenty-four 
hours’ privation of food. His conversation was deliberate and coherent, but a 
little languid. The dimunition in the excretion of urea was surprising, as deter- 
mined daily by Dr. Van Der Weyde. 
On the ninth day his temperature was 98,3,° and his pulse 96. On the roth 
day some interesting experiments were made by his watchers about g o’clock to 
determine whether or not his sensibility was diminished. The zsthesiometer 
was employed, an instrument consisting of two sharp points which are arranged 
at right angles to a graduated scale, upon which they can be moved backward 
and forward. ‘This was applied to Dr. Tanner’s feet, legs, handsand arms. He 
was almost invariably able to tell whether one point or two had been applied, 
even when they were very near together. He distinguished distance as small as 
three-eighths of an inch, and the opinion of the physicians was that his sensibil- 
ity was not diminished. 
On the eleventh day he succeeded in regaining some of his lost sleep, and his 
face looked a little less pinched and haggard, and his voice was clearer and 
stronger. At noon Dr. Harwood made a careful examination. The tongue was 
found slightly coated; pulse 88; temperature, 983°; respirations, 14. The 
weight as taken that day was 13934 pounds, showing a loss of about seventeen 
pounds. His legs and arms appeared comparatively plump and full. About 
eight o’clock Dr. Gunn tested his strength and sensibility with the cy Semone, 
and esthesiometer and detected nothing abnormal. 
Dr. Maurice N. Miller, of the University Medical School, watched Dr. 
Tanner during three days as a scientific observer. He made a number of anal- 
yses in the college laboratory which convinced him that Dr. Tanner had taken 
no food. After carefully ascertaining the amount of urea in Dr. Tanner’s bodily 
fluids, he pronounced him to be really fasting. On the 13th day he said: ‘‘To- 
day has tended to increase my conviction that the Doctor can not last another 
week. To me he seems unquestionably more feeble to-day than yesterday. His 
temperature is very high and the back of his neck and head is exceedingly hot 
and feverish. ‘This indicates an excessive amount of nervous wear and tear, 
which, of course, results in exhaustion of the nervous system.” 
On the thirteenth day his temperature was 9734° and his pulse go at 8 a. m. 
At 6p. m. his pulse was 96, temperature 98,8,°, respiration 14. By the dyna- 
“mometer test it was shown that he had not yet lost any muscular strength. 
On the fifteenth day the temperature was 98°, respiration 15, pulse 107, weight 
133 pounds. Much of his time is spent in dozing and rinsing his mouth with 
