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THE FASTING-CURE.

XI.

The forty-two day fast of Mr. W. W. C. Cowen, of Warrensburg,
Ill., and its successful end--Press account--The twenty-eight day
fast of Mr. Milton Rathbun, of New York, and its successful
end--Press account--A second fast of Mr. Milton Rathbun, of
thirty-five days, in the interest of science, and its successful
end--Press account--Adverse comments of Dr. George N. Shrady, an
eminent New York physician 117

XII.

The remarkable fast of forty-five days of Miss Estella Kuenzel,
of Philadelphia, resulting in a complete cure of a case of
melancholia--Press accounts--A still more remarkable fast, of
fifty days, of Mr. Leonard Thress, of Philadelphia, resulting in
a complete cure of a bad case of general dropsy--Press
accounts--General dropsy in a woman of seventy-six relieved by a
fifteen-day fast, with the cure permanent--Rev. Dalrymple's fast
of thirty-nine and one-half days without interruption of pastoral
duties 136

XIII.

Insanity--A study from a new point of view--Its radical cure
deemed probable in most cases by protracted fasts--Feeding the
insane as practised in the hospitals sharply criticised--Some
direct words to physicians in charge 157

XIV.

The evolution of obesity, and its easy relief by fasting--
Overweight prevented by a limitation of the daily food
and without lessening any of the powers or energies--The
evolution and prevention of apoplexy 177

XV.

Chronic alcoholism--The evolution of the drunkard--His complete,
easy, rational cure by fasting--No case so grave as to be beyond
cure by this means--Asthma; Its cure through dietary means--A
railroad tragedy--The need of railroad men to save their brains
from needless waste of energy in their stomachs--An illustrative
case--Some of the Author's troubles from the ignorance of the
people--The death of Mrs. Myers, of Philadelphia, on the
thirty-fifth day of her fast--Adverse press accounts and
comments--Adverse comments of Prof. H. C. Wood, M. D., L. L. D.,
on fasting and fasters 183

XVI.

A successful sixty-day fast under the Author's care--More about
predigested foods--Bathing from a physiological standpoint--The