healthy tissue, and lesions that lead to bu' one conclusion, viz. Barring congenital deficiency, these deformities, without shadow of doubt, are caused by powerful drugs with which the science of medicine formerly saturated the system.
The following table is arranged to show the diminution in weight in fasts of varying lengths. The average loss, it will be seen, is one pound daily.
No. Weight at of Days Beginning
Weight at
End of
Loss in
Names Fasted of Fast
Fast
Weight
1.
G.E.D.
50
228
Ibs.
174
Ibs.
54
Ibs.
2.
I.N.M.
22
150
Ibs.
123
Ibs.
27
Ibs.
3.
N.H.L.
10
178
Ibs.
165
Ibs.
13
Ibs.
4.
F.H.W.
20
182
Ibs.
158
Ibs.
24
Ibs.
5.
J.B.
23
165
Ibs.
154
Ibs.
11
Ibs.
6.
A.B.
8
135
Ibs.
127
Ibs.
8
Ibs.
7.
G.W.T.
41
109
Ibs.
73
Ibs.
36 Ibs.
8.
F.J.C.
28
136
Ibs.
103
Ibs.
33
Ibs.
9.
T.R.A.
34
117
Ibs.
92
Ibs.
25
Ibs.
10.
R.B.
17
135
Ibs.
118
Ibs.
17
Ibs.
Totals
253
1535
Ibs.
1287
Ibs.
248
Ibs.
A reference to the chapter, "Death in the Fast," will illustrate the lack of development in bodily organs. In several of these cases,
