His reason for fasting, which it was impossible to combat, was that he had no gastric juice and that it was utterly useless for him to take any nutrition, as he had no means of digesting it.

He lived on water until the day of his death.
Richardson gives an interesting account of the changes noticed at the necropsy.

There is an account of a religious mendicant of the Jain caste who as a means of penance fasted for ninety-one days.

The previous year he had fasted eighty-six days.

He had spent his life in strict asceticism, and during his fasting he was always engrossed in prayer.
Collins describes a maiden lady of eighty, always a moderate eater, who was attacked by bronchitis, during which she took food as usual.