The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-06-13
HOW FAT PEOPLE NAY Grow LEAN.
Professor schueninger, Bisnarclz.s PIaysi-
clan, Tells How to Reduce Flesh.

:
clan, Tells How to Reduce Flesh
Many stout people havedrawn com
fort from the treatment OF Professor
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 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 besaid 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 treat
ment viii disappear, as a rule, in a
few days, and what was discomfort
become later q pleasure. As to diet,
the principal nryurishment should be
meat Of any Lid, hot or cold and fat
or lean; fish, oysters, cayiare, 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 /:
Beer, red wines, milk, coffee, tea,
chocolate, cocoa and whisl1ies. 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 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 a matter of course,
the disappearance of the superfuous
flesh shows itself more or less in the
face, making the person look far from
well. 1t is little wonder if the pa
tient is greeted by friends with, How
i'll you lookf' A discussion often fol-
lows, ending possibly with the re-
mark, Beware of such cures" 1t
costs those people who see health only
in puffy cheeks little trouble to sow
the seeds of discomfort.
The patient has unfortunately not
always the necessary iron will to re-
sist these remarks, daily repeated,
and begins to waver in following out
the treatment. 1t is therefore neces-
sary for the physician to use his en-
tire influence to crush away doubt
and encourage the patients. Women
are not often to be consoled, howev-
er, because of the appearance of wrin-
kles. 1t should be remembered that
the, skin cannot adapt itself at once
to the loss of flesh, but contracts it
self later. By preaching patience this
difficulty may also be overcome
New York Tribune.