10. Are you willing that your name and address should be quoted
for the benefit of others?
The total number of fasts taken was 277, and the average number of days
was 6. There were 90 of five days or over, 51 of ten days or over,
and 6 of 30 days or over. Out of the 109 persons who wrote to me, 100
reported benefit, and 17 no benefit. Of these 17 about half give wrong
breaking of the fast as the reason for the failure. In cases where the
cure had not proved permanent, about half mentioned that the recurrence
of the trouble was caused by wrong eating, and about half of the rest
made this quite evident by what they said. Also it is to be noted that
in the cases of the 17 who got no benefit, nearly all were fasts of
only three or four days.
Following is the complete list of diseases benefited--45 of the cases
having been diagnosed by physicians: indigestion (usually associated
with nervousness), 27; rheumatism, 5; colds, 8; tuberculosis, 4;
constipation, 14; poor circulation, 3; headaches, 5; anæmia, 3;
scrofula, 1; bronchial trouble, 5; syphilis, 1; liver trouble, 5;
general debility, 5; chills and fever, 1; blood poisoning, 1; ulcerated
leg, 1; neurasthenia, 6; locomotor ataxia, 1; sciatica, 1; asthma, 2;
excess of uric acid, 1; epilepsy, 1; pleurisy, 1; impaction of bowels,
1; eczema, 2; catarrh, 6; appendicitis, 3; valvular disease of heart,
1; insomnia, 1; gas poisoning, 1; grippe, 1; cancer, 1.
There follows a brief summary of some of the most interesting cases. A
number of longer letters will be found in the Appendix.
Mrs. Lulu Wallace Smith, 324 W. White Oak Ave., Monrovia, Cal. Age 28.
Fasted 30 days for appendicitis and peritonitis, diagnosed by four
physicians. "Yes, indeed, I have definitely been benefited by fasting.
My stomach is not distressed after meals, I have regular evacuations
of the intestines, which I had not had since I was seventeen. I feel
perfectly healthy and look the same."
William N----. Syphilis, with advanced ulcers in throat. Physicians
declared the case hopeless. Complete disappearance of symptoms after
four day's fast, but they gradually reappeared, and longer fast
intended.
Dora Jordan, Connersville, Md. Indigestion, extreme nervousness,
neuralgia in its worst form. Fasted thirty days; did most of cooking
for a family of five, was at no time tempted to eat. "I am no longer
troubled with the old diseases, and weigh more than ever before. After
my fast I felt as happy and care free as a little child."
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