Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-02-20

There is not, amoog the whole catalogue of Chronic
DISEASES, one concerning Which oiten written to,
and consulted from every section ofta Emitted Stats and
called on 20 prescribe for Constipation Of the Bowels
1t would seem bfhe disease o; he country; and E,
most oher Chronic Diseases find has been treated I'M
Ger total Misrepresentation regards the true cause Of
the Disease viii in my advertisement of This v7eat
give what conceive to be correct view Of the
svieW am aware that is opposed bv the great mass OF
e procession ous which is strenuousy advocated hy
Few, ami those few, from their research and ce study
stand at the head Of his profession and from whom an
n1ehted to haYng been converted from the I'D be aten
tach a. aid down in the books, and led to embrace ny
present BELIEF With view to making the matter inte
gloe TO the general reader, (Which is very difficult
lus 70 uo) sha endeavor t. simplify the matter as
without diff Guilty.
Constipation is Of two kinds or perhaps ought rather
10 ray taat 1t arises from two aud entirely dssimsr
ses@s OF tue SYSTEM eiz: in those that are lean and
spare habit, aad in those robust and e.hy appear
aace we willhr take into consd aradAn the formeT
and the hTst question be pro pounded and ans pred ia
way are the bowels irregular regards thel7 action
why do they rot move with more regularity and fee
quency-why the delay Ia the oseal matter being eisee
For the very good reason that the natural stimulus Ia
action or the contraotions of the prees of the bowels
upon their oouteus is absent-they 10 net ac because
thAt WAlch sets them in molonthat which stimulates
them 70 contraction, and the consequent expeng Of
ton or contraction.
What this natural stimulus or exeter o, the action
Of the bowels?
OF certain bulk or 6 au1ces in weight before
can become an EXETER Of the contraction of the bowels
me reason then, Why no evacuation takes pIace-why
the bowels are Irregular is because there is no foe a mat
tef here to be expelled, and of IL there is moth
ing to BE- expelled, nothing expelled Focal mat
ter cannotbe sent out OF the bows because it is not in
tlemi II IS not because the boTes unable to dis
to discharge 40 ~ ''-'e4i's
said there nothing, no focal there; there
msy be small quantity, and but small qgsatity not
enough at any rate, from its bulk weight to escite
cohtraeuon but as or nuU ces are pre-
ent in the bowels their muscular coats will lust SO GER
tal, Oy the weight OF their stimulated and
forced into contraction and the expeng Of their con-
rents as the womb Will at the en- Of nine months from
e weghs OF ITS oentents expeil the Gtus, as the
paGier VIII expe its contents when cert lin quantity
sha nave been secreed there 1t is law of the eaono
N.Y. ana uati there is sufficient weight bulk within the
lnestines, sufficient stimulate them to contract there
viii be no evacuation and Of course no evacuation is
needed.
AT TINS point will take occasion to remark that un-
der this view Of the OF rreguarty Of the bowels
one can readily how perfectly ridoaous and non
seusica and how entirely useless Is The Administration
OF purgatiye medicines in Constipation You take pur.
gaYe ana laxative medicines, and fo a?-Why to ex
pelrom the bowels that which Is not thereto force them
- eohttac1 and eApe, when there is nothing expel
PurgatYe medicines in Constipation are not only useless
injurious, az we shall see and their admnstrs
uon IS the height OF empyrcism Let the bowels lone
~ te proper time arrives for their evacaatiun or ia.
u ey need 70 be evacuated rest assured that they
WIN ther functions without the help any drugs
tAeAt fslOue3 Nlen The
ca 70 the sHount Of some or ouucel, they viii
certainly contract upon and eXpel the contents.
The next question in order IS
why is not leca matter present Why has it not been
Wthmore regularity andwh frequency deposited so
to become an EXETER to contraction OF the bowels and
the consequent expulsion Of their content?
FoT me reason that as the eces are true secretion
from e bto0d and the patient from his lyaa aak Ian
tern jawed appearance shows very plainly that he has
bnt very little blood us5e Of him and what there isl
OF the hlnest, 20 rest and qualify it is very
easy 20 imagine that there will be much secretion; it
IS au lmposslblty that there should be much for the
blood is not there oa Of which tho ec seetions can he
manofacturedj the manufacturers ready to do the
WORK they are ready to acure the ecal matter
nut they are short Of material they have nothing to work
with, no material to work into sea matter Like tae cot
ton factory where everything is ready do the work.
all the MAIDS employed, All the 4chinery in good order
and ready Tor action, but the spun thread is
is MT to be had ana cannot BE- got and he conseou nee
IS no homespun is made, there is nothing to make it
OUT 80 IS Wh the colon and rectu, the lower bow
elsi they ready to manufacture and depose the fe
cal secreton but good, rich blood aud plenty of it, be-
ing wanting, they are left without any material WORK
with, and OF course, not having this all important mate
ral-the blood, they cannot manufacture the secretion
Now am aware that this do rne feci alton is at
variance with large of the profession and not
only the proessiou but those out Of it, aud the latter as
wei as large majority Of Il or1er regard the fece8 as
the residuum of the food that portion OF the ,od
which 10 not taken up by the circulation ami needed
for the purposes Of n0urishing the body or as the
of the food afer all the nutritious part of it has been
extracted; but this is entirely wron5 lea for The feces
are as true secret on ron The
colon, as is the gastric juice from mucus membrane
OF the stomach, the saliva from the macus me arc
OF the glands OF tn mouth the tears FROM the mucous
membrane of the iachrym8l glands; and the amount
secretion from eiher depends upon the gu 8ntity and
quality Of bocd distributed them anu 81 Of the colon
tne amount o. secretion from its membrane that
is, the quantity of ieces thst deposited inhe DO e
depends upon the quantity of blood distributed 10 that
membrane. The books, azure, teach very differ.
ent doctrine, but because Dr. this one or Dr. that one
says in his boob Feaeon Of its being true Other
i4sFHnf ardu rFa.
disagree, who shall deside? The books saw and IL is the
geneTa ally received opinion among the profession that
after the fool passes the stomach it is by the mus
cuiSr action OF the stomach rolled tumbed aeout ill
1t becomes soft, homogeneous mass, and then il is
pressed forward into the upper portion Of the bowels
called ghe duOdenum, Lere a portion or 1art ia ex
tra3teu or separated for purposes nnritlou called
chats, and which is taken up by the small Ia vessels
caled tGeteaS, and carried Into the circulation for tie
PURPOSES Of nour5hng The body; the other portton
bscom1g useless, after the chile is extracted from IL ID
ID sent forward through the bowels and expelled Now
instead o. part only Of this mass, being prepared aud
taken into the crc1ialion the DhOe Of it Is in heath
taken up. Now let ABOUT thslet us see il mart
only is taken and carried into The circulation How
much IN weight does person Ia health eat at neaI1
say TWO p0uuds7-three meals day, would make six
pounds that he has taken into his stomach Nov ac
eordug to the books part Of this say one half
up and carried into the crcnlaon the other half then
according to our calculation would be one pound ef in
the bowels after each meal or three pounds dav 70 he
carried forEard and expelled lover portion of The
bowels NOV bear in mind, that there each day three
Poohus VI uIoso Ut ftsluuum OF the food that ut
needed for the nutrition OF the body and "a eerr;ad an
through the bowels to be expelled Now suppose this
man happened to be troubled with constpat on Of lie
bowels, and should base discharge from the bowels
Tor week, aNery frequent occ rence with dVsn.s
and others troubled with Constipation 1 have kpown
persons to go three weeks without having any operation
o. the bowels and there are where pa
tients have gone six and twelve months without bav
had STOOL NoR at the end of ono week this eonsfi
pated gatient would, according our calcalation be
carrying aeou. him. in his bowels, 81 pounsof ecal
luhtlef-ht the end OF Two weeks he
With him AZ pounds at the end three weeks 50 pound
and Ia the case OF those have alluded to as going six
and twelve mouths Without stool, one would carry $40
pounds, and The other 1902 pounds What an a6surd
idea that person should carry ab3ut.with him thou
sand pounds the half it, OF feca natter or even al
or AZ or the Il pounds Suppose The patent at the end
OF the hrst week, who supposed to have 81 pounds in
store is weighed hOw much more viii he actually veigb3
win he weigh Fl morel No. Will no weigh the halfof
il, OF pounds, or poundl MOI not ole half ounce
more; an the great probability is that he will moi oven
weigh as much as he did week previous What has
become OF the u pounds Of refuse maiters That's
question much easier asked than answered il we stick 10
the old doctrine as laid down 10 the books IN tell Won
what has become Of IT. the whole Of The food as taken
up and carried into the circulation and good portion
has passed through the bladder IN The form Of urine and
through the pores Of the skin in The form nsensibe
preparation
1t has under the observation Of almost every one
that patient laboug under acute diseases where no
solid food has been taken for weeks yet the as
well formed and ccpous ever ard in fact this same
patent may have at the commencement If his disease
taken strong and Purgatye medicine, which expelled
every particle OF lecal matter and before taking
any nourshment, with the exception perhaps Of little
tea he has had other stools almost sopous and
much consstence the hfet This Of course could not
have been the resduum Of the food for the patient had
taken none. Patients with look-jaw where Il was an i'm
possibility for them 10 take anything Gor days and
weeks in the shape Of noufilhme t. except LIQUID and
that Of the thinnsst kind, yet have daily evacuation
Of the usual consstence Patients suffering from cancer
IN the mouth that preuded the possibility Of taxing ANY
kind Of nourshmen by the mouth, have been nourshed