Paper, 'Observations on the ingesta and egesta of Mr Edward Payson Weston during his walk of 5,000 miles in 100 days' by A [Alexander] Wynter Blyth

Description

Blyth writes: 'On the 15th day of March, 1884, Mr, Edward P Weston finished successfully a pedestrian feat, which consisted in walking 50 miles a day, Sundays excepted, until he had traversed 5,000 miles. The last 300 miles were walked on a level track in the Victoria Hall; and frequent observations of the pedestrian’s pulse and respiration, &c., were made during six days by Mr Green, M R C S, acting under the instructions of a Committee, the active members of whom were Dr B W [Benjamin Ward] Richardson and Dr Ridge. Mr Green also made some volumetric determinations of urea for the purposes of his clinical report; and he measured the urine, preserved the faeces, and weighed or measured all the food, whether liquid or solid.'

Annotations in pencil and ink.

Subject: Biology

Received 30 April 1884. Read 15 May 1884. Communicated by Richardson.

A version of this paper was published in volume 37 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'Observations on the ingesta and egesta of Mr. Edward Payson Weston during his walk of 5,000 miles in 100 days'.

Reference number

PP/5/8

Earliest possible date

1884

Physical description

Ink and graphite pencil on paper

Page extent

31 pages

Format

Manuscript