Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-12

DR.. Ebstein. So far from making one
fatter, it is able, by combining with the
albummous materials and the carbo-hy-
drates," each in due proportion. to operate
effectively against obesity, the removal of
which resolves itself rather into a ques-
tiOn Of a permanent change of habits
based on physiological principles than Of
mere cure in the ordinary acceptatfon of
the term. No one need expect to become
thin in few weeks, nor VIII permanent
improvement in figure be guaranteed if
the regimen is not adhered TO for the re-
mainder of the patients life. hamilton
must be avoided, and the fat taken to
satisfy the cravings Of appetite must be
Understandable quality. Nodvspeptic,
we are assured, need fear fat so long as he
does not take too much, and, indeed,
so admirable is that substance. long
dreaded by delicate stOmachs. that. bY
checking heterogeneous waste, 1t appeases
thirst as well as hunger, fact, in part at
least, known even by Hippocrates. Mr..
Banting permitted any fish except salmon:
but DIR. Ebstein encourages his patients
to enjoy, sin moderation, Of course" not
only this dish, but pate dc tOie grds and
similar delicaeies, which go far to recon-
ellie the cOrpulent gourmet to the exclusion
of carbohydrates. carbohydrates" are,
indeed. his sole detestation. Sugar is ia
bOOed, as well as sweets OF all kinds, and
potatoes in every form he fOrbids uncOn-
ditiOnally. Three to three and a-half
ounces of bread per day are permitted,
and of vegetables. asparagus, spinach
cabbage, and the various legumes rich in
albumen, are allowed. OF meats he eX-
cludes none, and, it is needless to add, that
so far from wishing the fat people to avoid
the fat in the flesh, he begs them to pick
out all that they can get. Il permit
writes this liberal-minded opponent of the
starving dOctors.'' "bacOn, tat roast pork
and mutton, kidney tat, and when no other
fat is at hand, l recommend marrow to be
added to the soups. / allow the sauces as
well as the vegetables to be made juicy,
as did Hippocrates-Only for his sesam oil
| substitute butter" Fat is his strong
hold. On this he depends, not as a medical
ment, but as food; it has, in his opinion,
been a much maligned article of diet, and
though he by no means recommends the
men Of full body to consume a third of
what the German soldier is allowed in war
time, he is convinced that even with two
to three and half ounces the patient
need not eat more than three-flths of the
meat that is requisite under Mr.. Banting's
system. HIS dietary, it may be remem-
bered, is calculated for the meridian of
Hanover, and hence three meals-break-
fast, dinner and supDer-are allowed.
lunch and late dinner. On no condition
must there be an afternoon tea" or other
''snacks between meals" Alcoholic
drinks are permitted to the extent Of two
or three glasses of light wine at dinner,
but beer is barred, unless, indeed, ''the
permitted carbohydrates be correspond
ingly restricted" though even then the
ale accepted as an equivalent must be eX-
tremely moderate in amount. The diet of
a cured patient was something like the
following; For breakfast a large cup of
black tea, without milk or sugar, and two
ounces Of bread, with plenty of butter,
at 80 in winter, or at 6 or $3.50 in sum-
mer; for dinner, between and 3 o'clock,
soup, soften with marrow" to 81 ounces
OF roast or boiled meat, vegetables in mod
GRAFTON, but no potatoes, and almost no
saccharine turnips. After dinner a little
fresh fruit or salad, or stewed fruit, with
out sugar, with two or three glasses of
light wine, followed by large cup of
black tea, without milk or sugar; supper
of black tea, fat roast meat or eggs, or
some ham, with fat bologna sausage,
smoked or fresh fish, and a little bread,
buttered, with cheese and fresh fruit,
formed the concluding meal at the hour
of Z or 8.