The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-09-14
TO REDUCE FLESH.
Rules for the Guidance OF Fat People Who
Wish to Become Lean.

Wl5n 10 Become Lean
Many stout people have drawn COM
fort from the treatment of Prof.
Schweninger, the famous physician of
Prince Bismarck. He has reduced
many a puffy" cheek and brought
| smiles of satisfaction to many a jolly
face. At the request of friends ana
physicians, he recently wrote an arti-
Gle on his ''anti-fat cure" which gives
in concise terms the main facts about
his treatment.
After recommending daily massage
and bathing. the professor says:
''As to the kind of massage to be
Hsed in the case of stout persons, it may
be said in general that the harder the
massage of the fatty parts the better
the effects. The pain often felt in the
beginning of such a treatment will dis
appear as a rule, in a few days, and
what was a discomfort becomes.
later, a pleasure As to diet,
the principal nourishment should be
meat-of any kind, hot or cold and fat
or lean-fish, oysters caviare, Holsters,
crabs, sausages, eggs, cheese, etc.
Next to be recommended are bread,
white or brown; fruit, preserves,
spinach, asparagus, cabbages, sauer-
kraut, cucumbers and green salads. As
to drinks, water, saltwater, fruit and
lemon sirups. white wines and cider
are to be recommended. Herrings and
smoked founders may be substituted
for oysters, caviare, Holsters and fine
fish, sausages for meat, cabbage for
asparagus, prunes for preserves-an
articles which can be purchased
chea ply.
From this list it is shown that the
following articles of diet are to be
avoided: Soup, potatoes, turnips, corn.
macaroni, rice, pastry, butter and fats
$50 far as not used in the cooking OF
meats and vegetables. These
liquids should also be avoided:
Beer, red wines, milk, coffee, tea,
chocolate, cocoa and whiskies.
The essential thing in our treatment
lies in the strict differentiation of indi
vidual cases. 1t is advisable for the
sufferer to accustom himself to small
meals, taken often, if necessary, and
to keep from drinking, as rule, when
he eats. If we give corpulent persons
the same amount of food1which they
are used to taking in two or three
meals in four, five or even more, the
result in almost every case will be
1essoning of the weight.
Heavy meals favor the building of
flesh; small meals, on the other hand,
tend to have the opposite effect.
AS matter of course, the disappear
ance of the superhuous flesh shows it.
self more or less in the face. making
the person look far from well. 1t is
little wonder if the patient is greeted
by friends with: How i'll you
hook" a discussion often follows,
ending possibly with the remark: Be
ware of such cures" 1t costs those peo-
pie who see health only in puffy cheeks
little trouble to sow the seeds of dis
content. The patient has unfortunate
" not always the necessary iron viii TO
resist these remarks, daily repeated,
and begins to waver IN following out
the treatment 1t Is. therefore, neces-
sary for the physician 20 use his entire
influence TO crush away doubt and en-
courage TIE patients. Women are often
not to be consOled. however, because OF
the appearance Of wrinkles. II should
be remen bered that the skin can not
adapt itself at once to the loss Of asssh,
but contracts itself later. By preach
ing patience, this difficulty may also 10
overcome. N. Y. Ledger.