EXISTING WITHOUT EATING.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 406, 15 January 1909, Page 9

EXISTING WITHOUT EATING.

Sir, —I was very pleased to sea the letter of "Humanity" under, the above heading in your i6sue'of to-day. I would say, however, that I have.'no:'claim to be classed;as-a dictist. _ I am only a follower of '.' those who: have written oft tho subject, andniy aim is toinduce others to roadthe books, and follow the linos laid down. Your correspondent is quite right in, suggesting'that these.great truths should bo taught in the, schools.: ; Un.', fortunately,: the exact opposite- is. the .case ;at ' present. : There': is a .book..largely," usc.d-.in our-' schools called, "Human' Physiology,"-b- Wm.', science instTuctor,-:London County. Council; Tn which, the. following paragraph; appears:—"lf .we cease. to take, food; for; any-, considerable' timo- the body; : gradually -wastes away, and in a few days; .a marked/change" js produced : ih the general/appearance.-". '",'■ ■ .-'.'■' After a few days'the■temperature decreases, . till at about the hjnth of tenth .day the. bofly; has lost about forty per. cent:, of. lits; weight; and is ' reduced to a temperature ,of- about 70 degrees -F.,. when death" ; (these three words emphasised by black'typo) puts an end to "the painful';existenc/e. , ''... v j;' .'; ' After thatj'.what i a' scientist's teachings P. 1 have p'erfonally" three times disproved the truth.'of those/, statement's, by fasting for over 10 days; My weight "did Jotdecrease by 40 per cent.,,..but by;,an~.aVe.rage, of .lib. per, day.' .M do my' temperaturo was, but I--airf /quite ! safe"in saying that it was; little,°, : if' ahyth'ihg,7b'Gldw. normal. ; However, 'my ■"&xp(jrie.h ; cesV are, "as. ;nothing oompared with those jfec6rded : by.Dr. Dewoy, Mr. Haskel,.Mr. :i J, r Austin'Shaw, of New-York, Dr.'Ealos,; of Belleville, Illinois," Dr. Linda B.Hazzard,'of Seattle,,and D'f. :! Abramowski, ; ."Humanity", is- quite, 'right''whon'< ho' says that those who.' die of "starvation."/ after "a ' few- days', deprivation of food really .die-,of : fear, ; and,'he.should of '''ignorance. :' th6 ,f lihes quoted' from Furneaux physiology, : "su'ch, a' result is inevitable, but I. hope thei Jay.is l approaching when' a bettor knpwledgß : will be spread far and_ .wide.,. HoweVori the'knowledge of one's ability;to- live':.and'maintain;;strength : with-: out food, when accidentally deprived of it, is only, a small .'branch .of thisi'-great -subject.Tho teaching,.backed : up by•large'experiehce' of the writers I have.mentioned, 'is'that voluntary abstention irom food-is.'a'certain euro.for all forms'of ,when ; :it. has not" al-' ready gona so'far that the sufferer', is' already doomed, and .many that haT:e.beon;vdoomed''' by, their medical.advisers: havebeeni cured'by ■this means.jii'iMr.. Haskell-.and ; -Dr. -Tenner' .had both boon',doomed by;th'eir advisers;';Dr/Tanrier says-; that '.seven doqtors.;told him- that' thero was not.a, fay: : of :hope,v : and hie' agreed' 'with them. Ho says-that, to had'learnt'the' the/ten days'.theory,;-.of'(Starvation in,;his medical schools/ arid; he, really,- started .out;to' commit suicide.by. abstention;fromlfood;' To. his- unbounded- 'surprise,"r instoad;' of' dying; : every day.Jiel'gpt'better, ; and, he went. ;bn-for--42 days,, and was cured.l; Dr. ./gale's," of rßeller: yillei mentioned/above, 'has; written-,a';book; called "He'altholb'gy," in which he records a diary of a.thirty-ono days' fast,, undertaken by. himself.,".This,fast.was,;donb.-forvreduc-i.tiori", of •,su'rp.lus : 'for "scientific "in^' [ vestigation.' r ,'-Dr'.' : 'E,^les^wbighed■/1921b'. tho' beginning of ;,the Ifast;. and; I.62lb: '' at.the finish, tho; latter:, being; his 1 ' 1 jiroper" normal' ! weight. He, shows photographs of himself-at ; various stages' of 'the -fast,'aiid "tested; hisstrength, nearly ) every' day - by' lifting' heavy weights, etc.'\OnVthe'last day-;he lifted on' ;to bis..back .a'man weighing; 2521b.; and'-he says, that' hb'.maintained' his !full;strength. ' throughout::'-- Dr.','-. Bales'-, records; numerous cases of ,the',.successful application - 'of. the' |:,"fastiiig: cure" .to/his patients. : '.v/- ; /'-' Pr.Liiida Hazzard. ot. Seattle, is probablythe;,most.experienced exponent".of;,the .fast-:, ing cure now living! In a book shehasjust I published, sho-'.records: ..that /she"has-'; hadthrough her.hands over.one.thousand 'cases, of long' fastings'/varying .from . eight-; to 1 seventy-fivp days. :\ These are spread-over:a I. period' of twplye.years, and-.during; that time she has, lost only eleven, cases, and; in. each of thbse,..an;j autopsy", disclosed,; a fatal-or-, ganic. disease; which made.;-recovery impossible.-. Sho ; says' that: the " cases., she ; ; has' ■ handled cover, all -forms; of: disease known to medical pathology. ..Coming .nearer .home, Dr. Abramowski, ;pf Mildura,. has -just issued ,a. little. .book -called/. "Eating" .for Health." : 'In- this' ho records- how-by '--fasti ing,: reduction /of .eating,-.' and' attention .:•:to diet,; he has restored himself to good and. ho .now- applies.the': system to; his-pa-' tionts with.great'-success.. • ■;/.', :'/,-:. ;, In America- thbre ; are: scores of doctors now practising this system,.and Mr.- Haskell-tells mevthero;.arb''.,cbnstant accessions •&.'; the ranks. Is-it not'/tiroo that, our: own medical .advisors- took/this-matter ,up. and-at, least inquired into, tho truth, of it? -A fast' : is much -.better opftducted -under.' the" supervision of a competent medical-man- than when thoiufferer has',,to;act for himself.; Dr: Hazzard always sees 'a fasting>patieht every day , and also make's 'daily use of the'enemav'as part,of. the,treatment.; The results obtained by .tho latter:; means-/are -most/'astbhishingj and few persons have' the'least idea of ''the ..quantity of rotten,"decayed matter that most of them, have'stored up. in;their- : bodies' as the result: ot yours of over-eating." After reading Dr.: Bazzard's'/book 'one: does''nbt ponder .Uiafc.-.'persons., die ;atvall ages; "The wonder is now so'many maintain fair health arid Jivo tea moderate old age.'" However - a new vera, ia • dawning. -When'-, these gf cat truths which .aro. being spread:by this noble band oi '.reformers' are .'kriow'n throughout ■the world, a mighty,chaiigo will-come' about.' bickness of all kinds can be avoided, old' •' ago' in the ordinary sense of the "words, will'be' abolished,;and men will bo able te^live'but theiriiycs to'the full natural length in "good health, and. strength; /And' let'me say; that ■ifew people realise 'what/ is the full "natural • length; ■;.' Old ago" is only a disease brbueht' on by wrong . living and wrong: thinlcmg. People :"gei old" '.because ,they; lock ; foi--i(; mvite-.it. .-"■ -•'-■.-■' ,-. ■•"•,' ..;>■•,•>■■■■ : 1J < :. 1 fi, "war- ceaso toi''.be u thankful'-that I learnt truths. Iwf ore" I'was" too'bid''tb take them.' in--iiqw ,' 'old. age" i has no feti rors forme.. , I believe. I/'cari'live' for "many years beyond, the so-called.. [.'allbtte'd ; span/" without incurring any of the usual disabilities, of age./ All the writers;on-the subject agree on,this. - Tho 'summing-' up'-bf "the whole tetachmg is' this:: There is only '' bhe disease--impuro blood oalised by:"' iihprbb'er habits of eating- and drinking;" If .you are sick usothe.fast aid its: accessories', and yoii will got well. If-you' af o, well,"learn -how to regulate eating and drinking; 'and"you heed never got sick.' 'The old can - recover, their useful strength-and activity, and the ybunc necd_ never get old. Do Perkins, of Phih£ delphia; says of, these" teachings:" "It impresses me as tho most important announce- . ment made; to tho world' .'since.' the ahcols proclaimed the birth; of 'phfist:',.' / /So, far as my four years' experience enables 'mo ' to speak,.l firmly beliovo,that ho is-right.,■'- '..; I apologise for tho length of /'this "'letter" but 1 trust that the gi«at;importanco'of/tho subject will warrant-your : finding "room 'for it.-—I am, etc., ' .-'■-•.- .... ,'■'. ..V- ■ '• : Wanganui, January 4.;/"/';. :[} -. .'■:."';,-/;';„.-'"