THE FASTING CURE.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 24, 23 October 1907, Page 5

THE FASTING CURE.

.'•';■,r-'v.&me' wonderful.cases. ■ .- T ; Wo.have recoived the' following letter on tlio/subject'.of the.fasfciiigicure, prompted by; . tlio-account of, tho Wanganui.man's .twphty-. sixMtlaj-E; rfnst,:.nnd its beneficial' effect .uponhis'health, which appeared in Tnr. Dominion Inst' week. : Tho'co'rrespoWdeh'co , ' and 'printed matter: ly.hicbVMr.iiloyd' Jones forwards with' ■liis.lQtt.o'-f.iTviirbe founij ;. : Sir,—l;read with- much/interest your articloof "17t.li' inst. on ."The Starvation Cure," /with ! ,Mr, ; Clark's notes oil'bis 26 days'i'fasfc. , ' V may.'explain .that I am. the "Mr. J.;" re- ! ierrect to.b'y Mr. Clark. 1 tion to your heading, "The Starvation Cure.'' Fasting is,not starvation. I,take the latter to be the /inability'..of n hungry person to ob■'thm food. Fasting is a voluntary abstention :| rprn' fooll 'by a : 'person who/is'not hungry 1 , ; ,'iiufhc'/proper'''sense (if 'the 'word : ."'-:Tho ''ox '■ ; parienco "otyporsons' wh'd 'have'fasted is', that 1 ■aftor tlio'first two or throb days.therbjs-rio'- , hunger..and.food has rio : temptation for-'one.; This cannot'bo.callecl starvation. '• Aftcr'fast.iiig"for j : tlia iiuriibcir'of days thatNaturo'inay: 1 require for-the'cure 'of a' , disease,'- 1 natural lunigpiv returns and.-tlieri'the faster resumes Oating with'pleasure! 1 : ',i ; .'. , ' ■ ■:'."•■" '■'•'■''.'.. -■'■"■ .'■ I -firstVbecaine' dcqua'int&Pw-ith' Dr.'Dewey's "No Breakfast Plan and Fasting Cure"'about' •.thfeo'yeais ;agb; and- hiivo applied 'it'to 'my' ; >'' "self. for "that';period' w'ith'''-completo: success, and I can' say that from a : rather : s'ick]y''ari(j ailing man T have been steadily' , building tip' my health, ; arid- regaining,'.life 'and vigour' with"a-sor.se'of , renewed:'-youth -that ; is most delightful.' '■■.'■■-7 1 ';; ■;'•■■• '■■• , v '' •'■•':'-' '. ;:1. have endeavoured to'bring this system of , •"health , ciilturo" under .the .'notice'.of all' • ■p'ersotis'i'thatf I' know tb bo in bad 'healthy ■I particularly chronic cases'. According .to'the' ■|)opks'6f.iMr:"Haskell and, Pr. : 'Dewey|Some'; "nibso. marvellous' cWes have "bben'effected b'y' fasting. ' r'onclose'you somo articles'which T hai'o contributed ;r to ■ the • "Wanganui' Chrori-' iclp,"' and : l)p,glad 'if : you "w'oiild pub-' ■Jisji. sucji'pgrtio.Ks"ns you may'spare rocnr for.. '■[ alsb'Jcncloso copy of ! a ! letter from''a" lad;, 1 ' certifying to'her'curb'from cancer.- Mr. Has- , 'Ijfollj lii.sqnding. me,tliiit'!lcttor,'''sa'i(l ; :' : ;"j[' : cjiV clodb'copv'.of'cyletter'just 'received, telling , of 'iho'Virondcrfiil^curb;''of that'most terrible disqaseV'malignant ! cariccr. 'This ''sh'qws''' the povrpr l of Living , .'■ in ' curing'-' ;Wliat.'■ all Hhe .medical' profcssib'n; decla'rcd 'to' : bo;incurable'.': '• I- know"'of ! aiiot.hcr caso; cf : "-a' ! woth'an who' had'"a : terrible "'cancer, .and' ttiree - .doctors: ; said 'that,''she'. : .'could'- not; live' tw'i' under the 'la/iy. of ■'Fasting aifd, l St7.iio'''fe'ontifio'-' : LiVing,'"'' s ß'°'''y?y ciiried^ ; cn'-:' tlr.oly, and is in perfect "health Jo-tidy? 1 That 'took' place, three years/ago." t'" ' i ''.j L. oncloso.;.yoiucopies. of letters -from per r sons' who ''"certify tb their' recovery from paralysis and bleedmgpilcs'byineans of.long vasts." 1 also-send,.ypji some .printed matter bearing;'ori'this"subject,"and' 1 trust 'that you will imako such extracts as you think advisable; 1: -r^-b-jld.':assuro r look ''wcll'-mtb■ this matter you;will bavo a- grand' "opportunity" of '-benefiting;, suffering ity/;'' I'have been doingifwhat -little'.-I.'can,-'.but it -is -so difficult to got at.!peoplo,i:and they.' are'-co unbelieving/: Ncvorthedcss, •-. I know.of ,a; good' many IcurcG -now ;standirig-,t,0. ;the; credit of,tho -system, .-iand there .aro; no:: .failures : wjieiv it' is faithfully followed.—l .-■axe.,. ■ Ptc:, r -.:•'.'-'i!■'.'■' ' <:':. :■ :' "■ i: "»io '■'■'•■ '• ■ ''■''• '■<'■•./ '■ '.;•,;.;. . ;.|r. f -: ,-,,;■ / : -.. /. LLOYD JONES.,',. 1 '..'.....\.>;,.V,-.- ! .. ,:-,:;.; ..,, -, ~;..■',:, ■ ■ W* : > \: :■' •..■."- ■'.IRajscl/Ppisoninß.: , ; -./-,,. ..;. ~,/[ , r \ ■..-..:.; , .-.. '!-i The 'fasting cure, wo:gnthor:from'tho ilitey-. i atifro Vhicb - 1 our correspondent" for.wnfds, is , ■ospbunded'-'byi Dr: E. H. Dowey,- of Ponnsylvariia. ":Dr. Dowcy says:that all fprmsiofdis'-. •ease' arise, -from food ( pois6iiing caused-, by, an, ■/excess 'of'-food- being? sent: into' tho. stomach, and 'excess he <lefincs".as -air.-lar.gor quantity, i'thait thpravailablo gastric juico .caii^eflcctivc.ljv ileal' with.' "All -food. takeni 'in .oxcess.of : ,.tiip .proper quantity decomposes; inijtho •storaacli,. '.ana cause's- impurities, to! into .tho, blood. .Strong."people, .may- withstand tho. ; qffccts ,of . this- ■ior : ..man'y 'years,; j;hpugh tliey /willcypii-,. "tiially'-sucajimb to.,disease...' JY.oak pcoplc : na.. ■'Kiirnflv iwill-.'fall victims', much oarjief.,,' '. ~".:.'

■niTOUJr.'-VWIIVIUII .YiuuiniD, iiiuy.i «»y.w., p . ..... ~ •'Book's 'containing- his... .teaching; entitled "The Trnb Science■:of,.Living; or a .NewrGcs-, ,pel'Of-;Hea]th,"-. ivnd. ','A , New;;, Era;,, for Women','-'.: have ; .bcbn-published [for Dr...Dc-woyby■.rJlr.-'C. C ~HaskoJl/..l o f;",ljfonyich,'i US.A.,-ohq:o.f'liis first,patient's,'.'who.■claims; to -have! followed the .systcni'Succcfssfully '.for twolyq yoars,. and , , who has .also, fvntten on the subject..;■>;,•. •;.;■.,. :,,;: ~,' :.„ *!,(..',!,-; j, , ' > I ■RG-narliabJcjFacts'. ,7 .';^ v . ''/ \.Z{^:'_'"'■'.!''■■■[ : - iTlie.'cas'oV'df Estclia'i'F;' Kucnzcl, tin ;IS9D,. 'nrsfdrcw'attention'vto the ■ now ithcory nil its. 'bstrerhc applicationi-of'• protracted, vfaeting::. 'Aftor'siifferiiig from'- , months' from, melancholy. Illusion's , hrid :; tired■ out- stomach ■ and nerves, andf consulting doctors and isp.cpi.il■istsVtovho'purposo,,she c6mmcnced-.;what;shc ■'calls ! "thoVmdst' natural;■ sensible,''.and. est of 'all cures;!' - Sho:fastedfor;4s daysmen,23 of which she went out walking, covering .jv, ■ ! all' : li2 ■'■•miles. :■'. "I did not-, in. tho-least, fool : tired'or-woa'ky buthnppibr-.and brighter,qacn,< ■'da,r ! ofi'tho iast,:as I could.feel , tho effectsiof-, a: how. 'ilife;' throughout- my,-'whole .body. Mf mind;also became clearer, -and ..dizzinqss 'lief, camo a thing of tho past. This.waßy indeed,., jpy.supreme to me, and,]ife becaino once more •a joy. instead of a'burden.'- , ;": ' -i I Almost 'moro rpmnr-kablo; cure of .(Mr. Leonarcl Th"ress,.la_suffcrcr from' dropsy, -whom .doctors, .bad given"iip : " to a speedy death. -'-His' 'weight l Vas : '209 > pounds J 'His : limbs wcTO at the bursting/.point, and .the 'water ;wais. close up to the top of his chest il-le:;cbultl'^ri r (it lib down"or'-eyfe'ii lay:his:- head.' /baolv-' , with'6iit choking, arid to'walk-acrqss-.the: ,'rodthcoiTip.lotely exhausted 1 'him;' 'Hearing of i\lis!>-Kupn ; zel's'"eurei'hb fasted-for" fifty''days,' ..takiiig ■n6tliing ; but'watef, a kittle-lemonhdo, .and'rardly.'thc jiiico of "'an- orange. : .Ati.thp: .ond'of'His'lorie fast he was compietcly curedj-. and 'his' - weight''was ; .;]ess,'than 135:pbunds,nearly:'7'3 pounds iof. water 'having passed at ' tho'" rate,'•of live 1 . or six .pounds .per ;timps. ''.'V ,' :l '," ■.',;''''''■ : > '"'■ '' . ; -' '■'■'' '•'-,• f i Two.'.years 'ago, a l ;fasfc\of 45 : 'dnys,''!'whose'. ■.'ge.njuirib)i'eSs.': : is'''eridorsed';by , reputablo'pliysi-: .'cians;-' rostoired to. ybutlv and'vig6iir",Mv,. 'Austin Tpungi',a'well-known''Americaiv'jour-nalisti'wlip.hail.sufferedfforar r a lortgtime from rhe.umatism'and A 1 ■physician'writes: "Kroiii' -yrith'in 1 ' ii' fraoyion ,, of-"two' huiidred 'llpuiifls "on vVnril 9—the 'bbgi mi i hg; of - his fast : —until' May 2i : as) its close; ;a' few' hours?over 1,45 Vdaj's,-.'hq ; lost less, than-' , 27' "pounds iiv ''lveißht, .and'at no-time 1 during 'tliis'.ldng- fast cbi'ild I : any' evidence 1 of 'se'rious !; wpa'ki'nes's or i'diminution' of" strength'.' 'I saw liiiii iancl'ii examined- his'heart !and'.pulso "almost • daily.''.'ln'. ; constant;' devotion 'to Ins"'- ocbupa- ' tiqii,C'tirelcsSiiesS!,"' an: d : spM '"i?! , ."? 8 ' 0 c .°^7 r ditioji fat' itsVclbso , ,"l , cotisitlbr v this; : 't.ho most ;Vomnrkiible fast over 'madfr'in. this country I ."' : Pqllghfnot/liriowri foi- Years.V : ; ' '." : r! > :i ■,; patientourediri l l9os wrote ito Mr.Haswell:—"l went for 28 days, without ■■ food '.up 'to' last Saturday,-■during- which: timd ■lilbst about 40:lbs. For-the 1 first meal . ; l;;at'(:i"nlfbnt eight zweibach,":steopcd-.;ini hot' ninlted rtiilk, and, oh, what a: sensation! 1 •■ sliajj; never 'forgot- that? day.':' I: chewed- every :atom.of'itj'and.ate {hifj'saiuhviches besides," ' anci.from' that moment on I began to improve; rapidly. :That night" I slept' like a 'ohildf ancli ■ : awoke ■fc'elihg fine. - ! I ; ato soino 'or(vngo jiiico, l ' 'rolled wheat.-, 'iioach';!! eggs; "and ' -zwoibadlv (another, delight) ; ahbiit 11 o'clock, regular dinner nt; 5 o'clock p.m. "You say,: truly, a man does not know the delight and l ■pleasure in eating "until "lie'"lias been really hungry, aiHl,.l.,am. sure,-I will never, again, (Joil;- helping me, oat.iir.less' I r fccl.hungr.v;, fhr-1 '• iiave:->ynstod'.tliis Oorl-givon.'delight,tq'i',. long,'and, f. realise, now.to.tlie.,full .the joy of,, eatjtig,'. find .Lean say .that : I, havn,.from, jriyj ■fiVst'-'me'a,l .'feft;, improvements ".going /right ; al<mj3!.., Jly.-licatl is 'clear.ns a bell, my tongue 'ciojining,li)) 'fiiib; in fact, clear, and -in ,fact..l icnow that'iny body..is clean, and everything', 'thoughts, mind, body, i;iid. spirit, taking on. iiow'.]ifo r lil;c a tree blossoniingjoiitjn,springtime,'a'ftcr'Vsi Monk,.cold,winter.. When I-.Vut. tlip first ■mouthful 'into.my mouth I pxporieii;' cmi a drlight not kjiowii' in ..years.'-' , .... ........ :'The.-i ftiifowhig is.,from...,a I letter, received fi'orii Mis'.: Sarah ' .Kirkpatrick, 105'-'Griijid ■Truiik,. "jUontTchl. who-'Tlaimod-to havcbcicn■ cureil of canecr liy a sorics of fasts,'somo:ijciimUtingriiidisome short, spread nvcrn.ywir: "After"examination by soinnof tliebosf phy- 1 siciav.s , iii 'Almitrcal -I was'givc>r up n's 'in-_ curJililo;' , Dttt how,'after, a course of so mo 1.2" lnoirtlis , . 1 "can. truly..say'.l.,am curril,. sbniq-; thiiii? 'that.-appeared an,.' impossibility 'caiicn.rs liavn bcoii killed aiul. the. p:ir.ts com-, pleteiy destroyed, and. have left ino.so.that. 1-feel-tc:day that lam a uev/: woman.", -