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 extent about the end of the third week. From the time mentioned until hunger returned, the inflamed areas rapidly healed, and healthy skin formed in patches that increased and gradually covered the denuded spots.

After breaking the fast, the general health of the patient continued excellent, and the sole remaining signs of former disease were the scarred edges surrounding the areas that were last healed. Even these in time disappeared, and no trace, excepting slight discoloration, which was the result of the previous medical treatment that the case had received, was left as a reminder of the hideous disfigurement of earlier years.

At no time during the long interval without food was any alarm felt concerning the ultimate outcome either by the patient or by her physician. Fear enters and disaster results in cases not properly conducted solely because of ignorance of the physiology and of the philosophy of the fasting method of cure, and the case is but another instance demonstrating the fact that, in the absence of organic imperfection, there is positively no danger in abstaining from food until nature asserts that the elimination of disease is complete.