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the excessive use of alcohol drinks, too
little bodily exercise in the open air
these are the more important of the
causes which bring on corpulence The
modes in which these causes act to
bring about an excessive deposit of
fat have been sufficiently indicated in
the Introductory portion of this paper.
AS muscular exercise increases the pro-
duction of flesh, inactions leads to an
excessive deposit of fat Alcohol acts
in mannerprecisely similar to that of
fats, sugars and starches. 1t interferes
with the fat-producing materials-pre-
vents them from undergoing combus-
ton as it is more easily destroyed by
oxygen than they are. Certain diseases,
such as any interference with the for
nation or development of the red-blood
corpuSces-the oxygen carriers-in-
crease the disposition to the deposit of
fat. The oxygen may enter the lungs,
but without these carriers tits unable to
reach the tissues where combustion or
dinarily takes place.
The dangers of corpulence are many
1old. All diseases accompanied by high
fever are apt to follow an unusually
malignant course in fat persons. The
heat developed in these affections can
not be so readily lost by radiation or
conducton as in the lean. The cold
bath, the cold pack, and all forms of
cooling measures fail to really reduce
the temperature, and the fever is, in
itself, serious source of danger The
SKINS constantly bathed in perspiraton
on slight eNertOn or when the external
temperature rises. Hence skin diseases
are common and often intensely annoy
ing among the corpulent The breath
ing IS interlered with by the accumu-
lated fat, so breathlessness on eXerton
is common among them. The fire.
quency OF preparations leaves the sur
face exposed to chilling influences
which cause coughs, colds, bron-
chitis and pneumonia. The overload
ing Of the heart with fat interfcres with
its action, so that palpjtat ous and sud
den IA ntness from partial failure of
this organ to do its duty are not infre-
quent. The extra weight that has to be
carried entails muscular exhaustion on
eXcrton such rs is not felt by the thin
person. The discomtorts and dangers
OF obesity would fill a much larger cata-
logue, but it is not necessary to emu
merate them all here.
The treatment of corpulence must
vary with the cause. No rigid rules
can be framed that viii serve in all
cas- IS. If there is strong hereditary
tendency to it, radical cure can not
be eypected-only an improvement can
be promised, and even this can not
; Always be secured. The prevention of
, 1t should be undertaken when a Young
person shows a strong tendency to put
on excessive amount of adipose tissue.
One of the first things to be done in this
direction is to regulate the diet I'M
moderate indulgence at table must be
| rigidly forbidden, yet the food must be
: in sufficient amount to secure all thai
the body requires for its needs. Nc
starvation should be countenanced
Fatal weakness of the heart or perma
nent disorder of the digestion often re
suits from irrational restrictions Of diet
The temporary thinning is usually fol
lowed by a marked increase in thu
corpulence beyond what existed befor,
the "Iannen plan was adopted. 4
much better plan is to avoid exciting the
appetite by too great variety of food
Prince B'smarck's physician succeeded
!, in curing his patient by the very simpl,
plan OF making the meal consist of onl,
one kind of food, of which he should
eat as much as he pleased, and no drinl
d, Of any kind to be taken at meals o
until two hours afterward. BY thi
means no unnatural appetite was en-
: couraged, and the patient ate only wha
, the necessities of the system really de
manded. The diet should contain al
abundance Of albumen, little fat, ant
, still less starch or sugar, when al
, earnest effort is being made to reduce
cOrpuIence or provide against its max
, ing its appearance. Some fats have tt
y be taken, or she albuminous food vii
not be digested or appropriated by tn
system. If signs OF disordcred digestion
. appear the Diet must be modified iron
. time to time by the addition of article
which are usually forbidden. 1t is bet
ter to incur some of the prospective dis
! comforts or even dangers OF obesit
. than to ruin the digestion in the attemp
= to avoid them.
n Fully as important is the ragulatio,
= of beverages. Alcoholics of all kind
Q must be prohibited if corpulence is t
n be reduced. Water, weak tea and col
d fee may be taken at pleasure the las
two without cream or sugar. Coco
l. and chocolate and strong tea and cofle
: are to be avoided. If any alcoholics ar
. to be taken because of weakness the
: the acid wines are to be preferred
n Beer, of course, must be left out of tn
is diet altogether. Tobacco smoking {
Il chewing has no influence one way G
d the other, so long as it is not carried I
,t such excess as to disturb digestion
r Opium, morphine, Indian hemp, an
IT the whole array of narcotics with whic
men whip up their exhausted nerve
- have no place in the treatment of co
pulence. To increase the action of II
o muscles by walking, running, gymna
tics, and all kinds of exercise, attacl
IS. the fat in every part of the body.
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