Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 109, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 May 1915 — PATIENT FASTED 56 DAYS [ARTICLE]

PATIENT FASTED 56 DAYS

And Buttermilk “Did Taste Good at the End”—Lost Nearly One Hundred Pounds. Warsaw, Ind.—After establishing a record for continuous fasting, Jim Robinson asked for a glass of buttermilk and as he slowly swallowed it admitted that it tasted good. This was the first nourishment taken by Robinson, who Is an inmate of the county infirmary, for eight weeks. His long fast was due to lack of appetite and the fact that the taste and smell of food nauseated him. Physicians here declare his case has no parallel in medical history. Fiftyfive days was held to be the limit of man's endurance, yet Robinson passed that mark by more than a day and is still alive. During that period he lost nearly one hundred pounds. Except for being weakened, his general physical' condition was not affected.