Transcriber's Notes:
Blank pages have been eliminated.
Variations in spelling and hyphenation have been left as in the original.
A few typographical errors have been corrected.
The cover page was created by the transcriber and can be considered public domain.
OBESITY, or EXCESSIVE CORPULENCE:
THE VARIOUS CAUSES and THE RATIONAL MEANS OF CURE.
From the French of Dancel.
TRANSLATED AND EDITED BY
M. BARRETT, M.A., M.D.
TORONTO:
W. C. CHEWETT & CO., KING STREET EAST.
1864.
PRINTED BY W. C. CHEWETT & CO., KING STREET EAST, TORONTO.
PREFACE.
The subject of "Obesity," including its cause and treatment, has received during the past few years a great deal of attention both in England and on the Continent. Thousands of persons have realized the extraordinary benefit to be derived from the simple treatment laid down in the following pages.