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"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."