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enema, but invariably fell to register after the internal bath, which was given twice daily. The fact of an extra-uterine pregnancy having been determined about the third week of the fast, it was discovered on the forty-first day that contractions of the uterus were occurring; the os was dilated, and it was evident that an attempt was in progress to deliver the forming child through natural channels. By outside and inside manipulation of the uterus, a dead, misshapen fetus was finally removed with little or no pain. General relief was instantaneous, and was of such nature as to offer hope of ultimate recovery, but it lasted only a few days, when a decline set in that ended in death on the fifty-ninth day from the beginning of the fast.

Hiccoughs in mild form were present at times during the latter days of fasting, and there was some vomiting of black bile. It was useless to attempt feeding at any stage, for, from the first, the stomach rejected food and water, and the only fluid that the body received during the period named was obtained from the internal and external baths.

The post mortem findings follow: The liver was in such state of disintegration that