Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-07-23
WHIT EFT Mny snoUEn DO.



Either Take Their Drink with Spoon
or Through Straw.
New York Advertiser.
"lt's hard lines on fat men these hot
days." said perspiring member of the
Turtle Club the other day.
"Why on fat men particularly"
why, well that's foolish question
anyway. Of course, the fatter man Is
the more he perspires and the more un-
comfortable he is"
Why fat man should be more un-
comfortable than any other man these
hot days was perfectly natural ques-
ton, because, unless he is particularly
proud Of his well-fed appearance, he
can easily get rid of it. Any one who
reads the newspapers knows that medi-
cal science has progressed since the days
OF Bantine, whose system made quite a
sensation some quarter of century ago
and that in the present progressive age
lean men can be made plump and fat
men slim enough to lead the german. 1t
is only-but as these words are written
for the benefit Of the poor, perspiring,
overburdened gentlemen who suffer
under a package of sin harder to carry
that that of Bunyan's Pilgrim, they
would probably prefer the testimony Of
reputable scientist, translated into
easy English.
mo, it is not very often you find a
doctor who takes his own medicine"
said DIR. John w. Gibbs the other day,
with gay smile, but when heard of
DIR. Schweninger's treatment for the
cure of unhealthy corpulence | de
termined to try il on myself | used to
weigh 237 pounds; now, as you see,
am down to about 100 pounds. And this
weight, mind you, l have kept ever
since | underwent the treatment and
was cured.
"1here are two kinds of fat men, the
healthy and unhealthy. Two men may
come into my office apparently of the
same identical weight, say 300 pounds
But the one is healthy and really fat
and the other simply has his cells in
Hated with water, which comes from
the abnormal condition of some organ.
Generally il is the kidneys which are at
fault. This is the case in 40 per cent of
my patients. II may be some other
organ that is out Of order, but in any
case the first thing is to find the cause
Of the disease-for excessive corpulence
Is disease-and then treat the case ac-
cordingly. No two cases are identical;
sometimes the disease proceeds from one
cause and sometimes from another.
But take the case of the healthy fat
man. These are generally men who
have been addicted, as young fellows, TO
| a great deal of physical exercise. Of
course, when they settle down in bust
ness or professional life they cannot
keep this up and they grow fat. Exer-
else is no cure, because after reducing
yourself with prolonged and violent
\ effort, nature calls for something to
make up the loss sustained, and you
have an increased appetite for food
which must be INDUCED. Fasting is
equally futile. OF course you can easily
reduce your weight in that way, but
| you must supply the cravings of nature,
and then the adipose tissue again begins
| to accumulate"
Naturally" replied the athletic
looking six-footer of doctor, 81 should
say try the Schweninger treatment.
But these days the healthy fat man,
and, indeed, all fat men, unnecessarily
add to their discomfort. To begin with,
they drink too much. To quench their
| tnlIst tney pour urlnk alter drink INTO
their stomachs. Now, the thirst is not
in the stomach; il is in the throat. You
take glass of lager and sip with a
spoon. A few spoonsful will satisfy
you; your thirst is quenched; your cray
ing for drink is appeaaed."
Then you favor drinking through
straws?"
Certainly; or any method by which
you drink slowly. A very little drink
satisfies the man who sips it, while the
man who gulps it down fills his stomach
full without quenching his thirst and
overloads his tissues with serious mat
ter"