The power in the lower extremities soon returned.
In relating his travels in the Levant, Hasselquist mentions 1000 Abyssinians who became destitute of provisions while en route to Cairo, and who lived two months on gum arabic alone, arriving at their destination without any unusual sickness or mortality.

Dr.Franklin lived on bread and water for a fortnight, at the rate of ten pounds per week, and maintained himself stout and healthy.

Sir John Pringle knew a lady of ninety who lived on pure fat meat.

Glower of Chelmsford had a patient who lived ten years on a pint of tea daily, only now or then chewing a half dozen raisins or almonds, but not swallowing them.

Once in long intervals she took a little bread.
Brassavolus describes a younger daughter of Frederick King of Naples who lived entirely without meat, and could not endure even the taste of it, as often as she put any in her mouth she fell fainting.