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 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,