CHAPTER XVII.

The Banting System.--A Quaint Author.--Trials of Corpulency.--Result of Living on Sixpence a Day.--Indifference of Doctors.--A Wise Surgeon.--Relation of Glucose to Obesity.--Diet for Stout People.--No Starch, no Sugar.--Losing Flesh at the Rate of a Pound a Week.--“Human Beans.”--Humors of Banting’s Tract.--His Gratitude.--Honors to Dr. Harvey.--One Day with Dives, the Next with Lazarus.--Bromide of Ammonia 175