The Royal Road to Health by Charles Alfred Tyrrell
page 5 of 220 (02%)
page 5 of 220 (02%)
|
many modifications. Digestion and assimilation explained.
Evil effects of the retention of waste. The horrors of faecal impaction. How auto infection is accomplished. The mysteries of the circulation. Disease shown to be the result of imperfect elimination. PART III. RATIONAL HYGIENIC TREATMENT. Nature cures, not the physician. The action of microbes. The cathartic habit. The true action of cathartics explained, and popular suppositions corrected. A correct solution of the difficulty. "Flushing the colon" as an ancient practice. Dr. Turner's post mortem experiences. Colon distortion illustrated. Objections to the ordinary appliances danger in using the long, flexible catheter. Invention of the "J. B. L. Cascade," and description of it. PART IV. HOW TO USE IT. The complete process of "flushing the colon" explained, step by step, so that even a child might understand it. Objections answered. Advice to users of the treatment. PART V. PRACTICAL HYGIENE. |
|