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April 12, 1851
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Mr. Roberts uses Dancel's Carnivore Diet: "I weighed two hundred and six pounds, and now weigh only one hundred and ninety-two. I am delighted with the success which has attended your system of treatment, and am happy to be able to inform you of it. Accept my sincere thanks."
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Obesity, or, Excessive corpulence : the various causes and the rational means of cure
Jean-Francois Dancel
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On the 12th of April, 1851, I received a letter from Mr. Roberts, of Tours, in which he says:—"I am twenty-seven years of age, and weigh two hundred and six pounds. I fear that my great corpulence, which is constantly on the increase, may prove exceedingly troublesome. Having read your book, I am resolved to give your method of treatment a fair trial. You will oblige by giving me an explicit and detailed statement as to what is necessary to be done, and by sending from Paris such medicines as may be necessary."
On the 22nd of the same month Mr. Roberts wrote as follows:—"I weighed two hundred and six pounds, and now weigh only one hundred and ninety-two. I measured forty-three inches in circumference, and now only thirty-one inches. I am delighted with the success which has attended your system of treatment, and am happy to be able to inform you of it. Accept my sincere thanks, for I am indebted to you for a condition which I despaired of ever again attaining. Yours truly,
"Roberts."
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Meatritionist | A doctor or medical professional who studies or promotes exclusive meat diets | |
Obesity | ||
Carnivore Diet | The carnivore diet involves eating only animal products such as meat, fish, dairy, eggs, marrow, meat broths, organs. There are little to no plants in the diet. |