I myself am a member of a family many of whom died prematurely after much mental and physical suffering, arising from corpulence. While studying medicine for my degree, I saw the signs of the family complaint in myself. I naturally sought to avert what I for some time feared as being my hereditary fate. It was when I had almost given up hope that I discovered a cure for my condition, which all the time grew worse, in spite of my hopeful trials of all advertised and unadvertised remedies for stoutness. I at last gave up expecting a cure from other people. I experimented with my own thought-out remedies, and, happily, at last my perseverance—or, rather, my desperation—succeeded....
The result of several years’ study and experience has only served to make my treatment more and more successful....
I specially invite those who have tried other remedies for reducing weight without success to write me for:
I. A copy of my book, “The Scientific Treatment of Obesity” (just published, price 6d.), thoroughly deals with the subject in a popular, readable style....
II. Two photos of the lady referred to above, with her letter giving full particulars of her cure.
III. Everything required for a complete fourteen days’ free trial treatment.
I make no charge for all the above, but ask you to enclose sixpence (by postal order), just to cover the expenses of carriage, packing, and dispatch of parcel.
Application for the “Treatment” brought a box containing 42 tablets, a copy of the booklet mentioned above, and a letter and form for particulars. A few extracts will suffice to show what was claimed and the methods adopted.
From the booklet:
Different cases vary so much that the same treatment is never exactly suited to any two cases. Moreover, the treatment has to be modified as the patient progresses, the condition of the individual being periodically allowed for.... I wish to make it perfectly clear that not only do I offer every client the full benefit of practically a life-study of the whole subject of corpulence, but that I guarantee to effect a cure of every case I take up.