The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-11-10
HOW FAT PEOPLE MAY GROW LEAN,
Professor Schweninger, Bismarck's Phyai-
clan, Tells How to Reduce Flesh.

Professor schweninger. Bismarck's Phyai-
clan, Tells How to Reduce Flesh.
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
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 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 treat
ment will disappear, as a rule, in a
few days, and what was a discomfort
become 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, 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 WHISTLES. 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 a 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 a 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 superfluous
flesh shows itself more or less in the
face, making the person look far from
well. 1t is little wonder if the pa
tieIt is greeted by friends with, How
i'll you look!" 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
r always the necessary iron will to re
sist these remarks, daily repeated
and begins to waver in following ou'
the treatment. 1t is therefore neces
sary for the physician to use his en-
, tire influence to crush away doub'
g and encourage the patients. Wome1
are not often to be consoled, howev
or, because of the appearance of wrin
kles. 1t should be remembered thai
the skin cannot adapt itself at one
to the loss of flesh, but contracts it
, self later. By preaching patience this
difficulty may also be overcome
, New York Tribune.