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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.
Some members of the medical profession have, in the course of their practice, availed themselves of the theory first propounded by our Author, but have failed to acknowledge—either through ignorance or inadvertence—the source of their information.
Under these circumstances it has been deemed an act of justice, though tardy, to place before the profession and the public a translation of the original work of Dancel, modifications in matters of theory have, however, been introduced, which the progress of science imperatively demanded.
The invariable success which has attended the treatment of several cases of obesity in this city, in accordance with the principles established by Dancel, warrants the assertion that the system is in every respect worthy of public confidence.