The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-09
CIETELAND'S OBESITY.
A Physician Writes Of the Methods
Of Treatment.
n. "a Through It All Again-What
.ba President win Have for Break
s,s+ and for other Meals.

.a,sr men at the National capital have
5.s.,yerad that our respected chief
,.,.a.trate has been gradually accumu-
,a,;o, an excessive amount of adipose
,i..no which In these torrid days, is ex-
'egdfpgIy discomforting to say the least.
EIr Cleveland now weighs 800
,o7nds seyenty-1ye pounds more
f,sn his normal weight, and is greatly
distressed physically in consequence.
roqsmuch as had before the honor of
,rslfing him for obesity and had sue
casjrd in reducing his weiget from BOZ
to55 hounds without any deleteriOus
" y. -2 it is at once assumed that
I'm arain called upon to apply the
cahwcnnger cure to our popular Presi-
dent.
IN a rather delicate position. Like
LAWYER or a minister Of the gospel doc
+or e made the recipient of condolences
which he cannot as q man of honor di-
rire AS the Presidents real condition,
bo,rever. has been made public, and as
tEa executive himself, with that strong
c~mmon sense which has always charac-
tSrilpi him. has interposed no denial,
can saw this much without being guilty
Manv breach of professional etiquette.
Mr. Cleveland win, without doubt, sub
mit to the Schweninger treatment for
reducing his abnormal weight immediate
IN Whether or not shall administer it
idopt care to state The public must
learn that from MIR Cleveland.
INT the millions Of admirers of Grand
Grover need feel no apprehension re
rudinr the outcome of that treatment
THE President will be perfectly able to
Transact his official duties while submit
tfpeto Ii and at it's termination win be
seveuty-fye pounds lighter, a stronger
md q better man, physically, mentally
ana in every other way. What is more,
the excess of fat with which he is now
afflicted win never return. That is a dis
ease which can be easily cured. OF
course. to accomplish this desirable end,
heroic self-sacritice and the exercise of
the greatest possible win power are nee
essayy and Grover Cleveland is just the
man who can perform the feat. have no
doubt he now regrets that he did not ad-
here to the treatment two years ago until
the prescribed limitation of time had eX-
pred He had reduced his weight seven
W-two pounds, and as this result was en-
mently satisfactory he was contented,
and did not pursue the treatment. This
h
q he is growing older all the time and will
& not care to undergo another and another
Il treatment every two or three years.
Tn every case where the system of the
q famous German professor is strictly fol-
q lowed the cure is enduring. ] can cite an
instance that of Prince Bismarck DR..
81 SehweHmgor reduced that ''grand old
Il man Of tht f3thcrland' from 246 to 1856
81 pounds within d period of three months.
Ihtt was over ten years ago and the cure
\ was permanent Now, Bismarck, instead
Of having the appearance of a heavy, dis
tfesSad OLD gluttOu, resembles an athlete
IN every way. He is bony, strong and
muscular md walks with the erect man
Z nerara -Wrugy stride OF a champion pc
lts'um. His complexion is clear and
almost pink, while his general health is
as good as ~ was in his younger manhood.
Another case is that of a gentle
man al present in the United States
Senate A few years ago he was
Z FemlaAtG BGhemOth, but ncverthe-
less reduced his weight by something
HEe seventy pounds. He adhered to the
treatment throughout and is now as fine
Aaa physically as walks up Pennsyl-
NHla avenue 10 the house OF congress.
ihaJ once magnificent specimen of ply
S'a- Hthltectnre John l.. Sullivan, toe,
was gwen the treatment just before his
memorable battle with Jake kilrain, four
years ago John took his medicine nobly,
4 4P To- the date Of conflict and pounds of
surplus flesh We're taken off. The treat
\ lshl had not been completed and never
vas Immediately after the successful out
yoAe OF the conflict, Sullivan proceeded to
n S4o5 the fruits of his victory and grew
Aea Eer and bigger than ever. His physi-
ya. l4utmltlves were apparent to all the
4 ggof'l when he met the present champion,
i Der last
Letme explain what fat is.
d ~ Is the oily concrete substance deposit
~ ya tle cells of the adipose membranes
GS5sogi lne skin and in various other parts.
i 4t|St.y is the accumulation of fat under
;I laleguments, or in the abdomen, or
ootu situations in such an amount as
y; .1oalTass the several voluntary func-
o ,iola # this obesity be not made to dis
rrpyH iatty degeneration of the heart is
4 'u Te 10 follow in time
q ,i-"gtSslVe fat, like extreme emaciation,
& o,, a o'saase founded on some chronic dis
Il ma Uel' generally the Kidneys. The flesh Y
4 n r,ou ~ woman who has passed the 200
\ rsr- lI4lt-unless Of gigantic stature
a. oIIy be regarded by the eye of science
h Srb3 o"t suIIerlng from disease and hit
NV lor the care of a physician Peo-
d pe should not delude themselves with
N rs s( .'." JiAb it is healthy to "laugh and
Il ~" lat, for there never was a celebra-
E,t ' ~ "uo was fatter than his fellows
mix ~, effect resulted from abnormal OF
a tra Ss,,HF conditions Let me instance
& jen,,.' dl-2, authors. The gross corpu-
81 be b. edward Gibbon, the historian of
81 sia,iis' ui! u empire, can be traced from a
B sm9af yAudhood to the period when the
Il doll zones Of the once big-hUaded but
& tb',1ve noy We're hardly able to support
n H. Ss,ShJ OF his mwieidly corporosity.
N r3rb,a' ' tlucl Johnson, the great leXicog-
II wba, 0alcG his obesity from the time
81 u4-sr.Le became a prey to that morbid
81 tIre'.,.I" Y, which reacted on his body
N drr.IA me sedentary and other habits,
Il F, o'caSioned by his cdrlv troubles.
Il orr,ri,alsi5Fe Iat may come from the dis
a fror '1'V condition Of some vital organ
n h curly childhood More frequently
a GEM. .nC outgrOWth of excessive indul-
gssr. III foods and liquids in more mature
For as IN the case of Charles James
Primo T. Afeat English statesman, and OF
Be.3,Ha bismarck, Of Germany.
arise r1. lhe physical dangers which
n7rflf' 'A excessive fat, there is also the
ton Is 10 consider With an accumula-
0rgars .ol comes sluggisbuess of the vital
i lus aI-u' necessarily, of the brain Ju-
when @, 'af Knew that 1900 years ago,
Leu - -e remarked to Antony:
See Etg ,.., men about me that are fat.
:, orf5 Staeu men, and such as sleep
loo.2 'ssius has lean and and hungry
e .'.1Fs too much; such men are dan
or-an.,s@,ia at is the remedy for this dis
cessiya ~ condition Of the system-ex-