Banting's Letter on Corpulence, 1864
Title page of William Banting's booklet 'Letter on Corpulence, Addressed to the Public'. The booklet outlined the low carbohydrate diet followed by the obese Banting (1796-1878) that he had found successful for weight loss. Six editions of the booklet were printed in two years, with 50,000 copies sold. This is a third edition printed in 1864., by WELLCOME IMAGES/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY
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