Prior
to the fast his farewell meal consisted of a whole fat goose,
including the bones, two pounds of roast beef, vegetables for
two, and a plate of walnuts, the latter eaten whole. Alexander
Jacques fasted fifty days and Succi fasted forty days. Jacques
lost 28 pounds and 4 ounces (from 142 pounds, 8 ounces to 114
pounds, 4 ounces), while Succi's loss was 34 pounds and 3 ounces.
Succi diminished in height from 65 3/4 to 64 1/2 inches, while
Jacques increased from 64 1/2 to 65 1/2 inches. Jacques smoked
cigarettes incessantly, using 700 in the fifty days, although, by
professional advice, he stopped the habit on the forty-second
day. Three or four times a day he took a powder made of herbs to
which he naturally attributed his power of prolonging life
without food. Succi remained in a room in which he kept the
temperature at a very high point. In speaking of Succi's latest
feat a recent report says: "It has come to light in his latest
attempt to go for fifty days without food that he privately
regaled himself on soup, beefsteak, chocolate, and eggs. It was
also discovered that one of the 'committee,' who were supposed to
watch and see that the experiment was conducted in a bona fide
manner, 'stood in' with the faster and helped him deceive the
others.
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