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WADD, William

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Comments on corpulency, lineaments of leanness ....

London: John Ebers, 1829.

The first illustrated book on obesity research or medical efforts to control overweight. Wadd, one of the surgeons extraordinary to George IV, drew and engraved the illustrations himself. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.



Subjects: Obesity Research