The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-10-01

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AZ this iniututo (,bou rhrec years back)
Turkish baths trcime the fashipu, ant vas at.
yi,td adopt .hrw AZ a remedy. Wth tbs drst
few found immense 1rueht n 90 ser ant elias.
uc'iy iol WI kfuB cSeyci,ei -. u' isriug | had
t'und ihc "phu suphcr's stone" pursued them
three times a week tai htd t,k.u fttv, thcn e3s
frequently (ts ] began O. fancy, with some ret
son, that so many weakened my c jn.riuton) ull
had taken ninety, put ue, ger succeeded IN losing
more than siN pound, weiglt during the VIII lie
Il Coulse, and ] gave up ne pl 90 rs worthless
though J have full he .i IN their glctusiog pro-
pcrtlUs, aud thciry lur iu co ds rheumatism, and
I many other ailments.
SURGEON TRIPLES WITH MS CASE.
I then fducied increased obesity ma'edally
affected slight umbilical rupture, IT il did not
cause IL, and that another bodily ai,mcnt 70 which
. I had been subject vas also augm .ntsd. This
] I'D me 10 other mt dical advisers, tp whom I an
also indebted Tor much kind consideration,
though, unioTtun ,tgly, they failed in relieving
/ me. AZ l1st Uuing my sght falling an my
hearing greatly impaired, I consu ted, IN August
. last, an eminent auIu suI goUu, who made ght
Of he case, look, into my ears, syOngsd them
internally, and hlistCgCd the outside, without thg
slightest benefit, neither iuqIirIug Iu.O any Of my
bodily ailments, viii b he probably thought uu-
/ necessary, nor ntiOrdlng me even time to name
/ them.
| WAS not at an satisfied, but on tle col,rary
/ was I'm n worse plight than when 1 went % hun
/ T.
holiday, which pr1yci the grea est possible bless
/ log TO me, because DO compelled me to seek other
assistance, and, happily, found ths right man,
l who unhCst0tuty stii he believed my ailments
/ we're caused principally by cOrpulcncs, and pre-
scribed certain diet-nO medic ne, beyond
morning cordial as q Currectiye-wih INN 'nse
fleet and advantage both % my hearing and the
decrease OF my corpuence.
RULES FOR ABSTINENCE.
For the sake Of argument aud illustration [
euf pFp Al Rf in
diet, however beneficial in youth, are prcjud ciu
in advanced life, like beans 10 a hOr'c, whose
common, ordinary food is hay and corn. Ii may
be useful food occasionally, under peculiar cir
CumstanCes, but detrimental as IA cOnstancy. |
will, therefore, adopt the analogy, an. Ill such
food human beans, The items from whCh was
advised to abstain Us mucn as possible were -
Bread, butter, milk, sugar, beer, and pOatDes
which had been the main (ani, thought, innO-
cent? elements of my existence or, at all events,
they had-for many years been adopted freely.
These, said my excellent adviser, contain
starch and saccharine matter, tending to create
fat, and should be avoided altogether. Az the
first blush II seemed to me that had little lets to
live upon, but my kind friend soon showed ms
there was ample, and | was only too hIppy to
give the plan a fair trial, and within a very few
davs, found immense benefit from It. II may
better elucidate the dietary plan it describe
generally what have sanction TO take, and tn Il
man must be an extraordinary person who would
desire a better table: -
DIETARY PLAN.
For breakfast, take four or five ounces of beef
mutton, kidneys, broiled fish, bacjn or cold
meat of any kind except pork; Il large cup of
tea (without milk OF sugar., u little biscuit, or
one ounce Of dry toast.
For dinner, five or six ounces of any fish except
salmon, any meat except pork any vegetable
except potato, one ounce of dry 10 ist fruit ont
ofa pudding, any kind of poultry or game, and
two or three glasses of good clarct, sherry, or
Madeira champagne, port, and beer for
bidden.
For tea, two or three ounces of fruit, rusk or
two, and a cup of tea, without milk or sugar.
For supper, three or four ounces of meat or fish,
similar to dinner with glass or two of clIret.
For nightcap If required tumbler of grog-
(gin, whisky, or brandy, without sugar)-Or a
glass or two of claret or sherry.
This plan leads to an excellent nights rest,
with from six to eight hours sound sleep. The
dry toast or rusk may have a tablespoonful of
spirit to soften it, which will prove acceptable.
Perhaps did not wholly escape starchy sacha.
rius mater, but scrupulously avoided those beans,
such as milk, sugar, beer, butter &c, which were
known to contain them.
~ ALLOWANCES OF SOLIDS AND LIQUIDS.
On rising in the morning take a spoonful of
Especial corrective cordial which may he called the
Balm Of Life, in wine glass Of water CRATE
tul draught as 1t seems 10 carry away all the drcgs
left In the stomach after digestion, but ii is not
aperent; then l take or ounces of solid aud
of liquid for breakfast; 8 ounces OF solid, AMI
of liquid for dinner; ounces of solid aud Of
liquid for tea ounces of solid and Of liquid for
supper, and the grog afterwards, it | please. |
am not however, strictly limited to any quantity
at either meal, so that the nature of the food is
rigidly adhered to-
Experience has taught me to believe tha, these
human beans are the most insidOus enemies man,
with n tendency 10 cOrpulencc In advanced life,
can possess, though eminently friendly " youth.
He may very prudently mount guard against
such an enemy if he is not fool to himself aad
l fervently hope this truthful unylrnished tale
may lead him to make trial of my plan, which
l sincerely recommend to public notice. not with
any ambitious motive, but in sincere good faith
to help my telow-creatures to obtain the marvel
lous blessings | have found within the short
period of a few months.
l do not recommend every corpulen' man to
rush headlong into such a change Of diet (cer-
taiaiy noD, but to act adyisedly and after full
consultation with physician.
HIS FORMER DIET.
My former dietary table was bread aud milk for
breakfast, or pint o. tel with plenty Of milk
aud sugar, and buttcred toast; meat boer, much
bread (of which l was always very fond), and
pastry for dinner, the meal of tea similar TO that
of breakfast, and generally fruit tart or bread
and milk for supper. | had little comfort and far
| less sound sleep.
COMPARISONS.
| 1t certainly appears 10 me that my present
dietary table is far superior to the former-more
| luxurious and liberal, independent of It's blessed
| etfect-but when 1t is proved to be more health
| full, comparisons are simply ridiculous and can
| hardly imagine any man, even in sOunl health,
would choose the former, even if II were no. an
enemy but, when it is shown to be, as in my
case, inimical to both health aud comfOrt, | can
hardly conceive there is any man who would not
willingly avoid IL. | can conscientiOusly assert
l never lived so well as under the new plan of
dietary, which l should have formerly thought a
dangerous, eXtravagant trespass upon health. l
am very much better, bodily and mentally, aud
pleased 10 believe that hold the reins Of health
and comfort in my own hands; and, though at
siXty-tiye years of age / cannot expect 10 re-
main free from some coming natural inirmity
that all flesh is heir 70, cannot, N the present
time, complain OF one. IL is simply miraculous,
and am thankful 30 Almighty PfOydencs for
directing me, through an extraordinary chance,
10 the care Of a man who could work such 4
change in 50 short time.
AN APPEAL TO THE FACULTY.
Ch that the faculty would look deeper into
and make themselves better acquainted with the
crying evil Of Obesity-ihat dreadful rormenting
para, lie on health aud comfort. Their fellow
men nigh, not descend into early prem tturJ
graves, as / believe many DO, from what is termed
apOpleXy, and certainly would not during theiI
s0iOum on carth endure 50 much bodily, and
consequently nental intlrmly.
THE CHANGES WROUGHT.
Corpulence, though giving no actual pain, as I
appears 10 me, must naturally press with undue
violence upon the bodily viscera, driving ont
part upon another, and stopping the free actor