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 to steady the fluctuating pulse, but after a short time these were discontinued since heart beat and temperature made constant improvement from the beginning. Dark, foul-smelling discharges that did not cease until the latter part of the fast formed the bulk of the liquid in the returned enemas.

The patient showed extraordinary vitality throughout the entire period of 42 days of abstinence from food, and she daily walked a distance of two miles, underwent osteopathic manipulation, and returned to her home without undue fatigue. Towards the end of treatment she was able and desirous to increase the amount of her exercise, while her mental condition improved from the very beginning of the dieting period. On the thirtieth day of fasting and thereafter the young woman performed her portion of the housework well and cheerfully. Hunger returned on the forty-first day, and the fast was broken on the morning of the fortythird. Two weeks later the sisters sailed for their home abroad, and a letter written by the patient since their arrival shows a mind in every way rational.

The case of a man 47 years old who had