" 14 202
" 15 201
" 16 200
" 17 199
" 18 196
" 19 192
" 20 190
" 21 188
" 22 186 Walked 1/2 mile.
" 23 180 " 2 miles.
" 24 177 " 2 "
" 25 172 " 3 "
" 26 167 " 3 "
" 27 165 " 3 "
" 28 162 " 2-1/2 "
" 29 160 " 3 "
" 30 157
" 31 155 " 3 "
February 1 154
" 2 153
" 3 152 " 3 "
" 4 151
" 5 149 " 3 "
" 6 147 " 3 "
" 7 146 " 3 "
" 8 145
" 9 145 " 4 "
" 10 145 " 4 "
" 11 145
" 12 145 " 4 "
" 13 145
" 14 145 " 3 "
" 15 144 " 2 "
" 16 142
" 17 140
" 18 140
" 19 140
" 20 138 " 2 "
" 21 137 " 4 "
" 22 135 Walked 3 miles.
" 23 135 " 3 "
" 24 135
" 25 135
" 26 135
" 27 133 " 2 "
" 28 133
March 1 133

A. H. Potts, Editor of the _Chester County Times_, a man who has the
largest faith in eating only to restore the wastes of the body, thus
gives vent to his emotions after seeing the case by invitation of Mr.
Ritter:

"On January 10 there sat in his home, at 2618 Frankford Avenue,
Philadelphia, Mr. Leonard Thress, with dropsy, hopelessly given
up to a speedy death by the many physicians he had vainly sought
and paid well for relief. His weight was two hundred and nine
pounds. His limbs were at the bursting point, and the water was
close up to the top of his chest. He could not lie down nor even
lay his head back without choking, and to walk across the room
completely exhausted him. At that critical moment a friend of
his heard of Miss Kuenzel's miraculous cure, and told him of it.
He at once sent for Mr. Ri