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Doctor Tanner
Tanner
also: доктор Таннер
The invented American physician of the embedded newspaper filler-tale in "Artists' Wives," who methodically starves his wife under the guise of dietary 're-education.'
Reading notes
- To N. A. Leikin, 25 February 1887. Moskva*. §5 Tanner ate nothing for 40 days
A reference to the American fasting showman Dr. Henry Tanner, whose widely publicized 40-day fast in 1880 became a stock point of comparison in the press for extreme dieting.
- Artists' Wives §132 Doctor Tanner
The invented American physician-'artist' of the embedded newspaper filler-tale, who methodically starves his wife under the guise of dietary 're-education.'