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My weight on 26th August, 1862, was 202 lbs.

lbs. lbs.
On 7th September, it was 200, having lost 2
27th    » » 197 » 3 more.
19th October » 193 » 4   »
9th November » 190 » 3   »
3rd December » 187 » 3   »
24th    » » 184 » 3   »
14th Jan., 1863 » 182 » 2   »
4th February » 180 » 2   »
25th    » » 178 » 2   »
18th March » 176 » 2   »
8th April » 173 » 3   »
29th    » » 170 » 3   »
20th May » 167 » 3   »
10th June » 164 » 3   »
1st July » 161 » 3   »
22nd   » » 159 » 2   »
12th August » 157 » 2   »
26th    » » 156 » 1   »
12th September » 156 » 0   »
Total loss of weight.... 46 lbs.

My girth is reduced round the waist, in tailor phraseology, 12 14 inches, which extent was hardly conceivable even by my own friends, or my respected medical adviser, until I put on my former clothing, over what I now wear, which