The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-06-23
Tuesday Morning, June ~, 1897.
The Way to Get Fnt aad n Way to Get
Thin.

The Household W ords contains an article which
Il interesting to every body lss nothing less than
an initiation toto the art and mystery Of making
ourselves fat or lean we may feel disposed The
oninions advanced it is tru e. are somewhat at
variance with those generally given by phys cians
hpt are entitled to quite as much weight as they
retbe result Of G xperience TO which science itsef
looks for verihcaiion
The cause of obesity are various. First, there 10
the natural disposition and constitutional tendency
70 fat Obesity may be hereditary. Almost every
ore is born with certain predisposi;ion, which is
written on hs oountenance Out ofevery hundred
persons who die of consumption, ninety have
brown hair, long faces ard sharp noses. Out of
every hundred obese persons. ninety have short
fsces, round eyes and obtuse or srub noses. Ii is
fact, therefor that there are individuals predes
tiaed 10 obesity whose digestive organs elaborate
an extra Quspiity Of fat You remark In society =
lively ii,tie girl with rosy cheeks, rosuish nose
plum hands short broadish feet, and rounded pros
portions generally. The prophetic sage beholds
her ss she will be ten years hence. and sighs over
the fuil-blown expansion to which her form will
become developed Perhaps her mamma sits be-
side her TO ,eIl you what she will be, without the
exercise cf second sight. /: is proof, amongst
huadfeds of others. that 1t is not for the happiness
Of man 20 be able 10 read the future
Secondary causes of corpulence are long iudul-
Eence III sleep In bed and constant riding In car
risges, to The exclusion of walking exercise. The
BeiouiI Arab, who is always astir to procure
tie meaEs OF his nomade existence, Is never fat
nor are English husbandmen, who live on shil>
ling day, and who earn it. Even well fed ani-
nAIs OF restless sud sctive habits, never laden
with gre asc or suet; examples, the stag the roe
deer, the hare and the antelope The same of
bigds whose flight Is prolonged and energetic
while poultry put up 10 fat, are kept ia coufue-
Iaent. Ertental ladies', who are compelled to stop
at home, and also the lady abbesses of converts
oftea present extraordinary instances of obesity
Further causes are, great fondness forfarinace~
star Cuy. and susaTy diet; wRnt of thought as is
manifest IN the puffy condition eff many idiots q
great absorption OF fluids, whether water beer
tea, or pIeparations Of mix, by frequent iepid
Lalhs or even by constantly breathing damp air
or 1ch slightly surcharged with csrbonic acid
aud def ,ent IN oxygen AT every Inspiration the
more Oxygen iaken in. the carbon Zone of
the elements Of fst) is thro oHn eff from the lun g.
and consequently from the general system. The
inhahitsut OF The clear, pure atmosphere of the
mountain Is rarely 80 fat as the resident in the
raoister stratum which fills the valley.
Bug the grand cause CT obesity, is cur eating
aud drinking more than enough Ii has been said
that one CT the privileges OF the human race is
70 eat w!thou! being hungry, and to drink without
being dry. This double propensity is found where
ever men exist SAvsges indulge It, to q brutal
extent, whenever they have the oppor unity; and
IL Is uude.iAbie that We members of civilized so
Ciety both eat and drink too much. AS dinner
giveIs, oIners-yUt; at weddings and other fam
iiy meetings; e political teasis; at charity ban.
quets, emo nous quantities Of eatables ana drirk-
aDies are CONSUMED, OF WHICH our bodily frame
stands III no real need. Such OF US as have good
g:onacbs convert the surplus into fat while those
who nave bad ones transnute it into iudig ges,ions
COLES, and cramps.
The prospect tor ia. folks is far from cheering;
but happily there Is occasion Ter them TO dispair
so long DIR. naucel shall continue TO reside in
Par3. lie ssks the question, Is it possible to d.
mnish embonp0int without itjuring the health 2"
and Ne answers IL iu the affirmative.
There have existed professional enna cators, who
which consisted IL cutting hole III The patient and
taking out bis Troublesome lump of fat, very much
in the way ID which the aVaricious farmer opened
his goose that laid golden eggs. have heard of q
ma4-cUok possessed everything that could
make life happy-neHltb, wealth, tsme, good chill
dren, aLd attached friends who not unusually fol
low the rest-with the Sad drawback that he was
very lat SO he went to be operated op, and died.
There is & story of Pa5ha, no was always ac-
cOapanied by a surgeon, 10 relieve him of his fat
la way often as il became trt ubIesOme Ia
seventeen huudIed and eighteen, Parsisn sur
geUu, named Rnothonet g said TO have delivered
a noted p-J sUHsgt # an enormous paunch; If .er
tle operation, the pail5Lt became slim AID xcuve
Rao monet ass.ie1 by crowds of persons
suffering from repletioD, aud begging him to under
take their alieVIat'On. He paid little heed to the
weight of taeir Affections He sent them all about
their business, simply telling Them that the C $50 il
which he had succe eded WAS different affair to
theirs Myslitcation was all the tep hs gave them
Fortunately, are aple to assure fat
friends, pera ion IS Involved in the modern
syslem Of treating their superb huries DR. Dan
cells grand principle is the: to diminish embon
point without affecting the heath the patient
must live principally meat (eating but a small
quAruiy OF other ament,) and drinking out little,
aid that liEle not wafer Ia hundred parts of
human fat, there are seventy nine OF carbon, tif
teen aud fraction OF hydrogen, and Ve and q
fraction of oxygen, But water is nothing tut the
protoxide OF hydrogen; aud hydrogen is one Of the
main dement's of fat. Therefore, the aspirant
after leanueEs, must eat but iew vegetables, or
watery masses or hot rois, pud itngs tsrts, pota-
toes, haricois, pease soup, chalottes, sweet biss
Cuiis apple rolls, cakes in any Of their pro-
team forms; because all those daintes have carbon
and oxygen for their principal ba.s. If he will
persist in living on legumInous, farinaceous, and
IiQuid diet, he will make fat as certainly as the
bee makes honey by sucking flowers. Chemistry
tells that the principal base OF meat IS aZote,
which does not enter into the composition OF fat;
while the principal elements of fruits sugar, -four
and starch, carbon and hydrogen the elements
of fat Human fat is found reauy made in certain
ailments which not hesh as In olive oil and in
ali the oleaginous seeds. II you live principally
on lean meat, you will not fatten 30 fast as those
who follow regimen coInpoheu oI oIoSioonc ono
hydrogenic bases
i. msybe objected to this theory ths. butchers
and butcheresses in general tst because las 1t 10
taken for antsd) they ilye on meat But lRqulIy
wi provs the premises are false Butchers aad
their wives (as any one may lsafn by tatiag the
Il, uble TO shqurel dislike msat "hsn thsy 90
eat meat they prefer pouitry but they are muoh OCT
tet pleased WIN meal consulting ufhsh vsge soos
p. ~ o. evan bread ana cheese; besides which
they drink eop.us.y. The oPositon that they III
bios their fat from the fe h-ladss atmosphere In
which tLey live, is ny pothsss which rem ANS TO De
proved. What is The boat fattipg diet Tor p'gt Bar
lev meal ana milk, gediy, and not hssh sitnonGh
plese flesh grSsol y n hat made Louis the
Efshtsentn 40 enormously fat? What, but hls pas
oiou for Id saly potstoes hiie esrniver0us animals
-iioLs tlgers and wolves are never Ist
TO aid you Ia shaking off youz super abundant fat,
,ther II ens besides diet may BE- brough. into action
fIversden ruff ought to take iDte6naliy certain
snb,tapces which aid In the decompost1on of fat
Thr sIk.ls for instance combining with il, form
so.u. You may hen thus establish q home manu-
S.c,ory of zeal brown Windsor and other fancy ar
tic,s, such aikas, administered In ordinary doRs
MAYER produce Inconvenience; they ipciease rather
tbsp olnini.h tho appetite, and thus favor the de-
srenss OF Fat soap pIlIs have been trescnbed for
.es uast To cure obsrructoIs OF Il iet In the v-
cS The Vchy wR,en re onme nc ceo Tor thr satne
Uurpose ana it by the portion OF the siisi stii
feft free in the sap pills. and by ths same al
kali Ia the Vchy waters that obsti iuctiohsoi the
hv.y ar. ItInovod Ur Cullen, In his Elements of
prctie, M. d!cine, relates that phJ siti An named
FLAMING sometimes Lucceedsd in redcelu8 ID Don
point by prescribing sosp pills Another Ergnh
vTiter speaks highly Of alkaline bath' as al sntiote
10 obe.ty; while ensh practitioner recoi d' case
emacistion resulting in very stout Iedy rom the
esrbJpic soda ano soda ster which she WIS ofoereo
10 t,ks With different object In view
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