The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-06-13
How Fat People May Grow Lean.

Many stout people have drawn COM
fort from the treatment of Professor
Schweninger the famous physician
of Prince Bismarck. He has reduced
many a puffy cheek and brought
mniles of satisfaction to many jolly
zee AT the request of friends and
physicians he recently wrote an ar
ticle on his "antifat 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
used 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 treat
ment will disappear, as a rule, III a
few days, and what was discomfort
become later pleasure. AS to diet,
the principal nourishment should be
meat of any kind, hot or cold and fat
or lean; fish, oysters, cavlare, lob
sters, 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, soda water, fruit
and lemon sirups, white wines and
cider are to be recommended. Her
rings and smoked founders may be
substituted for oysters, caviare, lob
sters and fine fish, sausages for meat,
cabbage for asparagus, prunes for
preserves-all articles which can be
purchased cheaply.
From this list it is shown that the
following articles of diet are to be
avoided: Soups, potatoes, turnips,
corn, macaroni, rice, pastry, butter
and fats $50 far as not used in the
cooking of meat and vegetables).
These liquids should also be avoided D.:
Beer, red wines, milk, coffee, tea,
chocolate, cocoa and whiskies. The
essential thing in our treatment lies
in the strict differentiation of indi-
vidllal 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 food which they are
used to taking in two or three meals
in four, five or even more, the result
in almost every case will be lessen
ing of the weight. Heavy meals ia
vor the building of flesh. Small meals
on the other hand, tend to have the
opposite effect. AS matter of course
the disappearance Of the superf1uou'
flesh shows itself more or less in the
face, making the person look far from
well. 1t is little wonder if the pa
tent is greeted by friends with, How
i'll you lookw A discussion often fol
lows, ending possibly with the re
mark, Beware of such cures" l
costs those people who see health onl.
in puffy cheeks little trouble to SOY
the seeds of discomfort.
, The patient has unfortunately no
| always the necessary iron will to re
sist these remarks, daily repeated
and begins to waver in following GU
the treatment. 1t is therefore neces
sary for the physician to use his ell
tire influence to crush away dout
and encourage the patients. Wome
are not often to be consoled, howeN
er, because of the appearance of viii
kles. 1t should be remembered tina
. the skin cannot adapt itself at ono
4 to the loss of flesh, but contracts i
E self later. By preaching patience tn.
difficulty may also be overcome
: New York Tribune.