In the following treatise, a system for the reduction of corpulence, based upon the above well-recognized truths, will be found fully developed, and its correctness established by means of numerous cases brought forward, in which the results have been entirely satisfactory, and where the patients have kindly permitted me to state their names and addresses. CONTENTS. PAGE. Translator's Preface iii. Author's Preface v. Author's Preface to Third Edition vii. CHAPTER I. Introduction 1 CHAPTER II. Sterility 7 Virility 8 CHAPTER III. Hernia 9 Umbilical Hernia 10 Medical Theories 14 Medical Specialism 16 Periodic Headache 17 Effect of loss of blood 18 Apoplexy 19 Sanguineous Apoplex 20 Pulmonary Affections 21 Fatty Liver 22 Abdominal Dropsy 23 Hepatic Obstruction 24 Broussais, his Theory 25 Signs of Hepatic Obstruction 27 Uterine Affections 28 Skin Disease 29 Cause of Obesity 30 Hysteria 31 Sudden Death 32 CHAPTER IV.