Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-04-19
CLEVELAND.
u,s ArIposlTy THE SUSPECT or RE-
MARK.
ue "a said 20 he Trying TO Reduce Hi
Bulk According to the System That
Relieved Bismarck.

Washington telegram has II az follows
AIarmino minors current for several weeks
among personal friends in this city of the
| Clevejands are confirmed by information
race;ved n day or TWO ago directly from
Now York. to the effect that the ex-Presi-
dent has at last consented TO consult spe-
cialist in relation TO the abnormal ana con-
stantly-increasin development of lat with
which he has been afflicted for many years,
but especially since he lett washington,
and that be has learned that ms ia1ness Is
nothing lees than disease. and one that
must result fatally in comparatively snort
time unless IL is cured or, at least, check
ed. He has lately been gaining weight at
the rate OF twenty-five pounds q month,
and this fresh fat added to his already
enormous proportions has been smothering
every vital organ in his body:
In pursuance OF the ADVICE OBTAINED,
which confirmed fears that Mr.. Cleyeland,s
friends have entertained Tor some time. al
though Mr.. Cleveland himself had not up
TO that time shared in them. Mr.. Cleve-
land has, so letters from New York state,
placed himself under the care OF practi-
toner of the Schweninger system OF fat
reduction. from whom no is to receive
daily treatment until he is cured. IL IL
eaid that one feature OF the treatment in
the ex-President's case will DO daily exer-
else in sort Of treadmill, or mountain
climber invented by DR.. Schwenlnger
An encouraging addition to this informa-
ton is that the doctors have decided That
Mr.. Cleveland has no physical aiiment
except fat; that his vital organs are all in
healthy condition. and that if he can DO
relieved of the enormous load of fat he Is
compelled TO carry about they will resume
their functions in a healthy manner, and
enable Mr.. Cleveland to live out the natu-
raj term of his life.
II is said that the representations made
by the doctors have seriously alarmed Mr..
Cleveland, and that he has determined to
follow exactly the orders OF his physician.
Such cases Us Mr.. Cleveland's are. so a
well-known doctor says. not unknown, but
are rare enough to be of great medical IN
terest, especially whore, as in this instance;
they are clearly defined and separated
from any complicating ailments. be pre-
dicted that il Mr.. Cleveland's case was as
stated il would become famous case in
medical history.
In connection with the above report the
New York Sun says: a..
The only practitioner of the Souvenir
ger system in this country known to the
Sun is DIR. j. w. Gibbs, whose Office is at
248 west Fourteenth street, New York city.
He was for some time connected with the
Board of Health, but went abroad IN 1856
to study the Schweninger system, partly
for his own benefit-he weighed 237
pounds-and partly with view to using
It in his private practice. DR.. Schweninger
had then recently become famous through
his cure Of Prince Bismarck, whose situa-
ton at one time threatened to become as
serious as that of Mr.. Cleveland now, IS.
The system worked as we'll in DIR. Gibbs's
case as in that of the Iron Chancellor. and
he returned to this country in few months
greatly reduced in weight and an enthusi-
astic advocate of DIR. Schweninger and his
system. He at once began to practice the
system in this city,