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Robert Kemp Philp
626
"Keep
your
head
cool
by
temperance,
your
feet
warm
by
exercise;
rise
early,
and
go
soon
to
bed;
and
if
you
are
inclined
to
get
fat,
keep
your
eyes
open
and
your
mouth
shut,"
in
other
words,
sleep
moderately,
and
be
abstemious
in
diet;--excellent
admonitions,
more
especially
to
these
inclined
to
corpulency.
1768.
Corpulence.
The
late
Mr.
William
Banting,
author
of
a
"Letter
on
Corpulence,"
gives
the
following
excellent
advice,
with
a
dietary
for
use
in
cases
of
obesity
(corpulence):
i.
Medicine.--None,
save
a
morning
cordial,
as
a
corrective.
ii.
Dietary.
Breakfast.--Four
or
five
ounces
of
beef,
mutton,
kidneys,
broiled
fish,
bacon,
or
any
kind
of
cold
meat
except
pork,
a
large
cup
(or
two)
of
tea
without
milk
or
sugar,
a
little
biscuit
or
dry
toast.
Dinner.--Five
or
six
ounces
of
any
fish
except
salmon,
any
meat
except
pork,
any
vegetables
except
potatoes;
one
ounce
of
dry
toast;
fruit
out
of
a
pudding;
any
kind
of
poultry
or
game,
and
two
or
three
glasses
of
claret
or
sherry.
Port,
champagne,
and
beer
forbidden.
Tea.--Two
or
three
ounces
of
fruit;
a
rusk
or
two,
and
a
cup
or
two
of
tea,
without
milk
or
sugar.
Supper.--Three
or
four
ounces
of
meat
or
fish
as
at
dinner,
with
a
glass
or
two
of
claret.
Nightcap
(if
required).--A
glass
or
two
of
grog,--whisky,
gin,
or
brandy,--without
sugar;
or
a
glass
or
two
of
sherry.
Mr.
Banting
adds,
"Dietary
is
the
principal
point
in
the
treatment
of
corpulence
(also
in
rheumatic
diseases,
and
even
in
incipient
paralysis).
If
properly
regulated,
it
becomes
in
a
certain
sense
a
medicine.
It
purifies
the
blood,
strengthens
the
muscles
and
viscera,
and
sweetens
life
if
it
does
not
prolong
it."
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