Dear lis-medical members
I'm writing on behalf of one of our trainees. Can anyone help him with
following question:
What does 'Reverence' and 'Golden Pippins' refer to, in Letter on
Corpulence, addressed to the Public by William Banting, Harrison, Third
edition, 1864, p. 45.
>From the context shown below, he suspects they are names of diseases, but he
may be wrong?
"I shall ever esteem it a great favor if persons relieved
and cured, as I have been, will kindly let me know of it;
the information will be truly gratifying to my mind.
That the system is a great success I' have not a shadow
of doubt from the numerous reports sent with thanks by
strangers as well as from friends from all parts of the
kingdom; and I am truly tankful to have been the humble instrument of
disseminating the blessing, and ex-
perieiiee I have attained through able counsel and natural causes by proper
perseverance. I have now finished my task, and trust my humble efforts may
prove to be good seed well sown, that will fructify and produce a large
harvest of benefit to my fellow creatures. I also hope the faculty generally
may be led more extensively to ventilate this question of corpulence or
obesity, so that, instead of one, two, or three able practitioners, there
may be as many hundreds distributed in the various parts of the United
Kingdom.
In such case, I am persuaded, that those diseases, like Reverence and Golden
Pippins, will be very rare."
With thanks in advance,
Marju Remes Castell
Information & Library
Head of Library
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