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 himself in bed, to rise at intervals, and to help himself in ways that seemed marvelous when his physical condition was considered. The results of the autopsy follow: The brain, weighing forty-eight and one-half ounces, filled the entire cavity of the skull, and was perfect in structure. These facts add corroborative evidence to the truth of the theory advanced by Dr. E. H. Dewey, and developed by all who have -given time and practical thought to the treatment of disease by the fast, viz., that, in a fast, nerve tissue is never depleted since its supply of nourishment is gained directly from body reserve and not from food ingested. The lungs were in excellent condition; the heart, organically speaking, was perfect, but was filled with a gelatinous mass of serum affected by post mortem change; from the cardiac opening of the stomach to within two inches of the pylorus there was not one particle of healthy muscular tissue, and the appearance of the walls of the organ was that of smooth, wet chamois skin; the duodenum was below normal in size, but the upper portion of the jejunum was considerably dilated; about midway in the tube of the small intestine a downward intussuscep-