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Historical Bibliography Updated: June 17, 2026

Comments on corpulency, lineaments of leanness ....

Publication Details

London: John Ebers, 1829 CE.

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.

Thematic Classifications

Catalog MetadataReference Information
Entry Number#9472
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/11656
Author Bio LinkWikipedia ↗
External URLcoments-on-corpulency-lineaments-of-leanness-

Geographic Context

Publication place: London