Letter on corpulence / addressed to the public by William Banting.

  • Banting, William, 1797-1878.
Date:
1864
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Letter on corpulence / addressed to the public by William Banting. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION. The second edition of this pamphlet (consisting* of 1,500 copies) being exhausted, and the result being very gratifying to my mind, in the large amount of satisfaction and benefit which I am able to report from evidence of others {beyond my most sanguine expectations), considering the hitherto limited circulation, I have felt impelled to pubhsh, advertise, and sell this third edition, at cost price, which I am informed must be sixpence a copy. If this small charge, however, should yield any profit, I shall devote it to the Printers' Pension Society, or some other benevolent institution; but I have no such expectation, or would very gladly reduce the charge at starting. The first and second editions were no very serious expense to me, scarcely thr^ pence a copy, but the circulation of them, and the