INTESTINAL ILLS.
  Water at a temperature of from 120 to 135 or more degrees is an excellent antiseptic if properly applied to diseased tissue. Its anti-toxic, soothing, and healing properties, however, can be vastly increased by the addition of Depurant remedies. Water of this temperature, if used in the treatment of proctitis or colitis, should be applied with the aid of an Intestinal Recurrent Douche. Water at a temperature of from 90 to 105 degrees—which is recommended for taking an enema—is antiseptic or depuratory only to the extent to which it washes away morbid matter from the intestinal canal. To increase its antiseptic and therapeutic value, as well as to meet other requirements, Depurant remedies are administered with the water during the flushing of the large intestine. The Depurant Powder, prepared by the author, readily dissolves in the warm water and is brought into contact with every part of the mucous membrane as far as the antiseptic flushing extends along the intestine, thus leaving the washed and This Depurant remedy is not restricted to intestinal uses; it is equally efficacious when applied to the mucous membrane of any part of the body or to the skin. It may be used effectively for washing out the bladder or the vagina; for syringing the ear; for a mouth wash, tooth wash, gargle, nasal douching or spray; for a throat spray; for bathing infants; and for internal use where foulness of the stomach and small intestines exists. It is also a valuable adjuvant in the use of water for cleansing, or for hygienic purposes, on all the tissues of the body. DEPURANT OIL.Next to the use of water on the mucous membrane and skin as a hygienic and therapeutic agent, I am partial to some of our delightful oils, which are bland, non-irritating, and of a pleasing, nourishing, refreshing effect and exquisite odor. To the oil selected as the base ingredient may be added other oils, and finally attenuated powdered substances of therapeutic value in soothing, purifying, healing, or any other purpose the case may call for. Pure olive oil is an excellent substance in which to incorporate Depurant remedies, especially when By a proper instrument the oil is carried into the intestines with the water used in flushing the colon, or that used with the intestinal recurrent douche treatment. The oil, being lighter than the water, is carried ahead or on top as the water passes up the bowels; and, as the two liquids open the crevices and folds of the mucous membrane or canal, every part of the latter is completely covered with the medicated oil, as with a covering of thin salve, ointment, or a poultice—in every nook and corner, just where it is most needed and where it should remain for its hygienic and healing effect. Every kindly aid should be given a diseased organ, mucous membrane, or the skin, even if one knows it is for relief only; for the very aids that give relief are often essential when joined with medicinal or other treatment in effecting a cure. It is advantageous in treating bowel troubles to use a rather heavy, tenacious oil for a base—one that may not be so pleasant to swallow or to use externally as some of the lighter oils. It is therefore advisable to have two kinds of Depurant Oil: one for internal use (by the mouth) and for the skin, the other for chronic disease of the lower bowel. By Alcinous B. Jamison, M.D., SPECIALIST IN RECTAL, ANAL, AND BOWEL DISEASES, AND Cloth, 277 pages The above is the title of a work for non-professional readers on the cause and cure of many forms of bowel and stomach trouble, and their consequences, and the scientific treatment of piles, fistula, pruritus ani (itching), etc. Science is here reduced to common sense; and the intelligent layman, following the directions of this book, especially as to “physiological irrigation,” will be able to prevent the usual daily foul state of the stomach and bowels. Here is set forth in plain language the accumulated experience of a thoughtful physician, who for over thirty years has studied the welfare of his patients in the treatment of those diseases which are peculiar to civilization. During this long practise, patients from all parts of the United States and other countries have come to New York City to be under the humane and skilful care of Dr. Jamison, who has the unique reputation of never employing the barbarous surgical and hospital methods in vogue throughout the world. No knife, ligature, clamp, or cautery has ever been employed by him in the treatment of even the most aggravated case of piles, or hemorrhoids; and no detention from business is necessary under his treatment for this symptom of proctitis. Dr. Jamison’s discoveries in the line of his specialty have added much to medical knowledge concerning the etiology and pathology of proctitis, sigmoiditis, and of their symptoms—hemorrhoids, pruritus ani, constipation, etc. His diagnosis of these afflictions is original, as well as his treatment of such ailments—hitherto neglected or improperly cared for. Physicians and surgeons of conventional schools of medicine are not aware that the common cause, and indeed the key, of all forms of anal, rectal, and bowel trouble is proctitis (inflammation of the lower bowel and sometimes of the colon); that proctitis is the cause of nearly all cases of constipation, diarrhea, indigestion, and biliousness; and that, finally, proctitis is the cause of auto-infection (self-poisoning) and its outcome—anemia, emaciation, etc. No book to which physicians have access treats this subject so fully as “Intestinal Ills,” and yet in this volume it is presented in a popular manner suited to the common understanding. The following enumeration of the chapter headings will give an idea of the scope of the treatise: 1. Man, Composed Almost Wholly of Water, is Constipated. Why? 2. The Physics of Digestion and Egestion. 3. The Interdependence of the Anus, Rectum, Sigmoid Flexure, and Colon. 4. Indigestion, Intestinal Gas, and Other Matters. 5. Key to Auto-infection. 6. How Auto-infection Affects the Gastric Digestion, and Vice Versa. 7. How Auto-infection Affects Intestinal Digestion, and Vice Versa. 8. The Cause of Constipation and How We Ignorantly Treat It. 9. Cures for Constipation “Fearfully and Wonderfully Made.” 10. Biliousness and Bilious Attacks. 11. King Liver and Bile-bouncers. 12. Semi-constipation and Its Dangers. 13. The Etiology of the Most Common Form of Diarrhea, i.e., Excessive Intestinal Peristalsis. 14. Ballooning of the Rectum. 15. Ballooning of the Rectum (Continued). 16. Erroneous Diagnoses and Treatment of Bowel Troubles. 17. Costiveness. 18. Inflammation. 19. Proctitis and Piles. 20. Pruritus, or Itching of the Anus. 21. Abscess and Fistula. 22. The Origin and Use of the Enema. 23. How Often Should an Enema be Taken? 24. Physiological Irrigation. 25. Proper Treatment for Diseases of the Anus and Rectum Very Essential. 26. The Body’s Book-keeping. 27. Selection and Preparation of Food. 28. Diet for Indigestion. 29. Diet for Constipation. 30. Costiveness, Diet, etc. 31. Diet for Diarrhea. 32. A Final Word. You need this book for yourself and your friends. By making a present of it to some one requiring its light you will perform an act of unselfish kindness. Price, cloth bound, lettered in gold, $2.00, post-paid to any address. In sending for the book please write name and address plainly. All orders should be sent to the author: A.B. JAMISON, M.D., |
