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HOW TO ELIMINATE 
FATTY TISSUE 
CELEBRATED writer asserts that “Health depends 
{© /\ # largely upon the maintenance of an equilibrium be- 
jf*■ tween absorption and elimination.” The truth of 
this is well known to all thinking medical minds, 
and the force of his arguments stand out to a marked degree 
in certain forms of disease, especially so in obesity. This 
disease, which is sometimes designated as polvsarcia, is char- 
acterized by an excessive development of bodily fat, and is 
due in a great measure to a disturbance of the ratio between 
assimilation and elimination of nutrition together with defect- 
ive oxidizing powers of the lungs and kidneys. It is a well- 
known physiological fact that toxins and ptomaines and other 
metabolic errors are constantly occurring in the human organ- 
ism, and if the balance is disturbed in any way, disaster re- 
sults to a greater or less degree. 
Nature’s laws are cruel as well as just. The sins which 
man unknowingly commits against her mandates are punished 
promptly and impressively. The pathology of obesity is 
varied, as it naturally is expected to be, considering the teach- 
ings of the various investigators high in authority in medical 
science. Space forbids detailing, and it is deemed unneces- 
sary to more than mention a few opinions held bv the fore- 
most investigators. All are seeminolv agreed that liereditv is an influence in the causation of corpulency, as is evidenced 
bv the prevalence of obesity in some families for generations. 
These people proclaim at all times that it is “their nature 
to be fat.” Perhaps they are right. Race, climate, environ- 
ment, temperament, occupation and sex are mentioned in the 
etiology as predisposing causes. Among the direct causes 
tending to produce obesity we find mention made of over- 
eating and drinking, not necessarily alcoholic, but other 
fluids. Deficient muscular exercise and too much sleep both 
tend towards diminishing oxidation of tissues and favor accu- 
mulation of fat. It is quite common to notice the accumula- 
tion of fat after convalescence from fevers, because these 
persons indulge, or rather over-indulge, their appetite, and 
the reduced oxidation is favored by impoverished blood and 
an over-amount of rest. Thus is the ratio between absorp- 
tion and elimination disturbed. The symptomatology is too 
well known to be enumerated here. As is only natural with 
a disease common in all parts of the world, a vast amount of 
literature exists appertaining to treatment; likewise is there 
an abundance of erroneous matter extant relative to it. Many 
fads and fallacies have their inception in the fertile minds of 
overzealous physicians, who advocated this, that or some 
other pet theory, which practical experience soon exploded 
and pronounced worthless. Many so-called systems were 
advanced and lauded, only to die shortly after having seen the 
light of clinical experience. Dietetics, carried to extreme, 
mountain climbing, hydrotherapy, and a host of other falla- 
cies fell before the common-sense application of therapeutic 
measures of the more conservative and practical school. To 
solve the problem in the treatment of corpulency, we must 
adopt a method which is efficient vet so mild as not to punish 
the patient beyond his powers of endurance. If the physician 
calls upon the patient to deny himself to any great extent, or 
<lo too much, the latter will ineyitably conclude that the doctor does not know his business, and he will employ some one who 
can and will make things easy for him. There is no gainsaying 
that drugs are of the greatest value in the treatment of obesity. 
Many years of clinical application of the various alteratives, 
diaphoretics and diuretics, saline cathartics, mineral springs 
and similars, have demonstrated beyond a doubt that while 
some good may come from their use in exceptional cases, as 
a rule they exert too great a weakening effedt on the organism 
which is already heavily oppressed. For many years a purely 
vegetable remedy has held the field successfully in the treat- 
ment of obesity. We refer to Phytoline. This product 
is prepared from the fresh berries gathered in the fall, 
and by a process of sun distillation the active principle 
is isolated and presented to the profession. Phytoline 
has a place in most text-books on materia medica, which 
should be sufficient guarantee of its excellence. Not only 
does this remedy possess the power of correcting faulty met- 
abolism within the tissues, eliminating fatty tissue entirely, 
but it has a decided influence upon the elimination of solid and 
superfluous muscular and fibrous tissue which becomes organ- 
ized and materially increases the girth measure of the abdom- 
inal muscles chiefly. This superfluous tissue is disintegrated 
and eliminated by Phvtoline, which promotes an organization 
of healthy tissue cells. Clinical records show that taken in 
average cases, Phytoline, after the system has absorbed a 
sufficient amount of the remedy, will cause a reduction in 
weight approximating about 10 pounds per month. The testi 
mony of thousands of physicians is on record, verifying in a 
convincing manner the claims made for it by the manufactur- 
ers. It is a strictly American remedy, made from a plant, 
the Phytolacca Decandra berry, indigenous to American soil, 
and is, above all, an ethical preparation. A few expressions 
from physicians who have tested Phvtoline clinically and 
carefully are taken from our tile and offered to the reader. Hn Extreme Case of ©besitp ipromptlp Cureb. 
Dr. ICELCHER 
sends following 
report: 
{(!■ ■|T affords me pleasure to send you 
IIJI the following report of a case of 
obesity treated with your Phytoline. I was on my rounds 
visiting a patient in the suburbs when I came across a num- 
ber of boys who were trying to persuade one of their number 
to serve as the ‘fat boy’ in their penny show. The lad cer- 
tainly was fat enough to delight a professional showman. A 
little over 4 feet high, he weighed at least 1(H) pounds. He 
seemed to be as sensitive as he was fat, for he emphatically 
and tearfully refused to be ‘it.’ A few hours later 1 met his 
mother and related the incident to her, suggesting to her 
that I believed something could be done for her son’s physical 
abnormality. She was inclined to be skeptical at first, but 
after a little persuasion on my part finally consented to have 
him treated. I was anxious to treat this little fellow for 
two reasons: I had never treated a case of obesity before, 
and was eager to test the merits of Phytoline, of which I 
had heard and read quite a bit. This boy was a ‘candy 
boy,’ had an enormous appetite, and seemed to assimilate 
everything he put into his stomach. I at once prepared a 
dietary for him—eliminated fats, starches and sweets from 
his food supply, and instructed him to take five drops of 
Phytoline before and after each meal in a little sweetened 
water. He followed instructions carefully, and 1 was rather 
disappointed in his case, as he seemingly remained at his 
usual weight for at least three weeks. His mother, too, was 
beginning to doubt the efficacy of the treatment, but I held 
out a good deal of encouragement, and continued treatment. 
Improvement soon became apparent after this. At the 
expiration of another week there was a decrease in weight 
amounting to 5 pounds, and this rate continued uninterrupt- 
edly without any untoward symptoms or ill effects showing themselves. At this writing he weighs 120 pounds and 
enjoys himself better than he ever did, besides escaping the 
unpleasant sobriquet of ‘fatty.’ His organs functionate prop- 
erly, and he seems to be in perfect health. Needless to say 
his mother is delighted nearly as much as I am pleased at the 
outcome of the case. You certainly have a great remedy, 
and I shall continue to prescribe it at every opportunity.” 
flfcr. 3. XL, Metobt 190 pounds, IRefcucefc to 162 ipoiiute. 
UB9HINKIXG that a report of an in- 
11 teresting (to me at least) case 
might prove so to you, 1 submit the following: Mr. J. T., 
aged 32, height 5 feet 6 inches, weight 190 pounds, barkeeper, 
came to me on a very hot day several months ago, complain- 
ing of great distress in breathing. The weather had been ex- 
ceedingly hot and dry for a long time. ‘Fat doe,’ as he was 
familiarly dubbed by his friends, had been out of sorts for 
several weeks. His movements were laborious, and his smile 
was void of that sang fvoid so well liked bv all who knew him. 
His friends commented on his looks and manner, and, no 
doubt, scared him to some degree. I obtained the usual 
history: palpitation, dizziness, vortical headache, deranged 
digestion, nausea and pain about the heart. Urine normal as 
to quantity, but not as to quality. I found his heart very 
much weakened, his tongue furred, and a general atonic con- 
dition of his muscular system. He was told the result of the 
examination, and what I proposed to do for him. He readily 
acquiesced to everything suggested, even to the elimination 
of beer from his list of beverages. He was advised to drink 
seltzer instead. I found it necessary to prohibit pork and 
pastry, both of which he was very fond. He began taking 
your Phytoline in ten-drop doses, and although the dose 
Dr. wilkerson 
sends following 
report: was extraordinarily large, it seemed to be the proper one 
for him. After two weeks’ use of the remedy he had lost 8 
pounds, which was not so much as either of us had hoped for, 
but it was something, anyway. At the expiration of the 
fourth week he was an additional 12 pounds lighter, and better 
pleased. His circulation was much improved, and much of the 
gastro-intestinal disturbance had vanished. At this writing 
he is in excellent health and very grateful over his recovery. 
I shall give Phvtoline my first consideration in similar cases.’’ 
Xost 12 lPounfcs in Several laeefcs. Savefc iber Xife. 
«VT1KS' t. a» 
IftUI inches tall, weighing 220 pounds, 
came to me last spring for obesity with its concomitant symp- 
toms. Her heart was very erratic, and she had severe attacks 
of palpitation after even slight muscular exertion. On several 
occasions the pulse would become almost thready at the wrist, 
and she was cyanotic occasionally, her skin becoming cold 
and moist. Her immediate kin became very much alarmed 
and sent for the family physician, who failed to effect a satis- 
factory cure. Time went on and new attacks came, and with 
them the fear of death. A similar case had been treated by 
me successfully, and this family had heard of it; in conse- 
quence, I was thought of and consulted. I made a very care- 
ful and painstaking examination, and found the area of dull- 
ness much increased, the muscle weakened by infiltration of 
fatty tissue. The prognosis seemed grave to me, and I hinted 
at this to her sister, emphasizing the importance of strict at- 
tention to every detail of treatment proposed. I looked to 
Phvtoline in this case as the remedy calculated to effect a 
cure, if such were possible. I aimed to get her under the 
influence of the remedy as rapidly as possible, and so pre- 
Dr. LESLIE 
yg reports following 
case: scribed ten-drop doses, four times daily, to be taken in a 
little sweetened water. I found it necessary to encourage- 
her a good deal, as the expected result was not attained as 
rapidly as she had looked for. After taking the remedy for 
several weeks, a putting away of 12 pounds was recorded, 
with some benefit generally. Her pulse was becoming- 
stronger and her breathing freer as treatment went on. It 
took, in all, four months to bring her weight to 170 pounds- 
and to restore her to a normal state of health, and had it 
not been for Phytoline I am certain the case would have- 
terminated fatally. You have a safe and reliable remedy.”' 
Hlwaps iRefcuces from 5 to 15 iPouitfcs per flDontlv 
UlE~a|HE following case conies in compli- 
U ance with my promise to you as to 
the outcome of treatment in my patient afflicted with obesityr 
complicated by rheumatism: At beginning of treatment this, 
patient weighed 247 pounds. When I say that she only 
measured 5 feet 8 inches in her stocking feet, you can readily 
understand that, from an artistic standpoint, she lacked just 
enough symmetry of form to put her in the beauty class. For 
several winters past she suffered from muscular rheumatism, 
and was then an object of pity—fat, suffering and helpless. 
She had some shortness of breath and, like most women, an 
aversion to water, and a regularly constipated bowel. She 
consumed three bottles of Phytoline in all, and is now reduced 
to 168 pounds and good to look upon. Her dresses-require 
making-over. Her good temper is restored, as is the peristaltic 
action of the colon, etc. Her breathing is regular. Does 
Phytoline act as a laxative as well as an antifat? It seemed so 
to me in this case. She had no rheumatic attacks this winter, 
and I have come to the conclusion that Phvtoliue has marked 
Dr. WOESTMAN 
reports as 
follows: eliminative properties. I shall certainly use your preparation 
to the exclusion of all others in similar cases, and am conti- 
dent I shall never have occasion to chronicle a failure with it.” 
HWIIILK Piiytoline, 
llAl per se, is capable 
of eliminating all excess fat and relieving associated abnormal 
conditions, it is often advisable on the part of the physician 
to institute mild dietary regulations. All farinaceous foods, 
including fresh bread, pastry and potatoes, fat and saccharine 
foods shoidd be avoided. Let the diet consist of lean meat 
and tish, peas, cabbage, turnips and other vegetables; acidu- 
lous fruits and light wines without water are permissible. 
Suggest systematic exercise and administer an occasional lax- 
ative to stimulate the excretory organs. Exhibit Phytoline 
in ten-drop doses, one-half hour before and one-half hour 
after meals, in warm water if agreeable. It may take several 
bottles in some cases to gain complete control of the system, 
but if persevered in will safely and permanently reduce the 
avoirdupois, no matter how obstinate or how great, to normal. 
DIETARY. DOSE. ETC. 
Phytoline is advertised to the medical profession exclu- 
sively, and can be obtained from any retail druggist, or sent 
direct, postpaid, on receipt of the wholesale price, $1.00, and 
ten cents for postage. Dispensed in original two-ounce 
bottles (sufficient for several weeks’ treatment) only; never 
in tablet or bulk form. 
WALKER PHARMACAL COMPANY, St. Louis, Mo„ U. S. A. 
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