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Show Prodigies In Fattlnrj. A French Birl, ono Christina Mich-clot, Mich-clot, when recovering from a severo attack of fever, Is said to have llv.ed from November, 1761, to July, 1766, i 011 water, "without any solid food o( an description." ' Twenty jears later Monl'.a Mutchot-crta, Mutchot-crta, a woman of Suabln, while, suffering suf-fering from n complication of nervous disorders, subsisted for two yoara on a dietary of curds and whoy nnd wiv tor, and, to add to her discomfort, she was unablo to sleep during tho whole, of this period; whjlo In 17C2, wo learn (nnd wo aro simply quoting records of cases which appear to havo been well attested), Ann Walsh, a 12-ycarold girl of Harrogate, England, survived for 18 mouths on a dally allowanco of a third of n pint of wlna and water. |