Letter on Corpulence, Addressed to the Public

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BY WILLIAM BANTING.
FIFTH EDITION WITH ADDENDAS, AND REMARKS BY MR. HARVEY, F.R.C.S.
NEW-YORK: MOHUN & EBBS, Booksellers, Publishers & Importers. 1865.

This letter is respectfully dedicated to the Public simply and entirely from an earnest desire to confer a benefit on my fellow creatures. W. B.

Of all the parasites that affect humanity I do not know of, nor can I imagine any more distressing than that of Obesity, and having just emerged from a very long probation in this affliction, I am desirous of circulating my humble knowledge and experience for the benefit of my fellow man, with an earnest hope it may lead to the same comfort and happiness I now feel under the extraordinary change—which might almost be termed miraculous had it not been accomplished by the most simple common sense means.