aspoonful of a tonic
consisting chiefly of iron, but the rest of the diet he
continued until two weeks ago, when he discontinued the salts
and orange juice and confined himself to a hot lemonade at
morning and evening. This was his only sustenance until last
Thursday.

"According to Thress's own recital, the effects of this course
of treatment were amazing. He says that the natural craving for
food was gone after the first day. Three days later he had
regained so much strength that he was able to go upstairs to
bed and enjoyed a good night's sleep. From that time on,
although he steadily lost in weight, his vitality grew greater,
and on January 22 he left the house and took a half-mile walk.

"Before three weeks of his fast had elapsed his dropsy had
disappeared, and thereafter he took almost daily walks,
increasing the distance with his strength. Some days he covered
as many as five miles, and never less than two, even while he
was growing thinner and thinner, as the accompanying table
shows.

"For the first time since the beginning of his fast he became
hungry last Thursday, March 1, and he felt that he should like
some pigs' feet jelly. It is one of the prescriptions of the
fasting cure that when hunger finally comes the patient shall
eat whatever he craves, so Thress consumed two slices of the
jelly and one piece of gluten bread, with butter. He says he
enjoyed it and felt well afterward.

"He ate no more that day, but at noon yesterday he became hungry
again, and this time his appetite was for something more
substantial. He disposed of a dish of mashed potatoes, some red
cabbage, another portion of pigs' feet jelly, apple sauce, and a
cream puff for dessert. He even smoked a cigar after the meal,
enjoyed it, and felt still better. He says he will eat no
regular meals, but only when he becomes hungry.

"While he looks haggard and worn from the loss of flesh, Thress
declares that all his ailments have left him and that he never
felt healthier and heartier in his life."

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"The following table shows how Thress grew stronger and walked
miles while he was constantly losing weight from a fifty-days'
fast:

Weight.
January 11 209
" 12 207
" 13 205