Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-02-22

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aUd consulted from every section othe United States and
called prescribe for Constipation Of the Bowels
1t would to be the disease o; the country; and like
most other Chronic Diseases, find has been treated
Ger totsl Misrepresentation regards true cause Of
the Disease. viii in my advertisement Of this week,
give what conceive to be correct view Of the causes
view am aware that is opposed by the great Of
the profession, bu which is streRuousy advocated by
few, and those few, from their research and close study
stand at the head of his profession and from whom an
indebted to having been converted from the old beaten
track laid down in the books, and led TO embrace ry
present belief With view to making the matter nte
gole to the general reeoers (Which Is very difficult
thing do) shall endeaysT to simplify the matter as
much as possible in the hope that may be followed
| without difficulty.
Coordination is Of two kinds or perhaps ought rather
On 4 arises from two and entirely dissimiar
stIIe the system, viz: in those that are lean and
spare habit and in those Of robust and healthy appear
auce. We will first take into consideration the ormer
and the first question to be propounded and answered is
Why are the bowels irregular as regards their action
why do they not move with more regularity and FIRE
quencyThy the delay in the focal matter being eject
For the very good that the natural stimulus to
action or the conraoons Of the particles of the bowe
upon their conteuts is absen-hey do not ac because
that which sets them in moon-that which stimulates
them to contraction and the consequent expeng of their
contents is not present excite bring about this
| tioa Contraction.
What this natural stimulus or EXETER OF the action
| of the bowels?
of certain bulk or ounces in weight, before
1t Can become EXETER Of the contraction of the bowels
|
the bowels are Irregular is because there no focal mat
ter there to be expelled and of if there is moth
ing to be expelled, nothing can bs expelled. Focal mat
ter cannot be sent out of the bowels because it not
them; it is not because the bo7els unable to dis
charge their contens but because hsy have contents
| to discharge
said there was nothing no focal ma tar there's there
may be small quantity, and but small quantity. not
enough at any rats, from its bulk weight excite
contraetion but as soon as some Or pres
ent in the bowels their muscular will just so
ainy. by the weight Of their conten stimulated and
forced into contraction and the expeling of their
tents, the womb will the end of nine months from
the weight of its centents expell the ftus as the
bladder will expel its contents whet certain quantity
shall have been secreted there 1t is law of the
my and until there is sufficient weight or bulk within the
intesnes sufficient to stimulate them to contract there
will be no evacuation, and of course no evacuation is
| needed.
AT this point will take occasion to remark that un-
der this view of the Of rregularity of the bowels
one can readily see how perfectly ridiculous and
sensical and how entirely useless is the administration
of purgative medicines in Constipation. You take pur.
gaive and laxative medicines, and fol wha?-why
pelrom the bowels that which thereto them
to contract and expel when there is nothing expel
Pugatve medicines in Constipation, only useless
but very injurious, shall see, and their admintra
ton is the height Of empyricsm. Let the bowels alone
until the proper time arrives for their evacuaton
til they need to be evacuated and rest assured that they
will perform their functions without the help any drugs
Let them alone, and when the feces shall accumulat
ed to the cunt of some ounces they will most
certainly contract upon and expel their contents.
| The next question in order is
Why is fecal matter present-wIy hiss il not been
Wlthmore regularity and with frequency deposited
to become an exeter TO contraction of the bowels and
| the consequent expulsion of their content?
For The reason, that the eces are true secretion
from The blood, and the patient from his ank Ian
tern awed appearance shows very plainly that he has
but very little blood inside of him what there is
OF the thineEt rest and quality it very
easy to imagine that there will not be much secretion; it
is an npossblity that there should be much for the
blood not there out Of which feca secreons can be
manufactured the manufacturers are ready to do the
work-they ready to manufacture the fecal matter
but they are short Of material they have nothing work
with, material to work into eca matter Like the cot
ton factory, where everything is ready to do the work,
all the hands employed all the machinery in good order
and ready for action, but the spun thread is wanng-t
is MT to be had and be got and the consequence
is no homespun made, there is Nothing TO make It
out Of so is with the colon aud rectum thelower bow
els; they are ready to manufacture and deposite the e
cal secretion but good, rich blood and plenty it,
ing wanting, they 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 tha this doctrine of ecif ation at
variance with large mass of the profession, and not
only the profession bat those of it. and the latter as
well as large majority Of TIE former regard the
the resduum of the food as that portion Of the food
which 10 not taken up by the circulation ami needed
for the purposes of nourshiug the body the fuse
OF the food after all the nutritious part of
extraeed but this entirely idea, the eces
are as true secret on FROM the membrane of
colon, as is the gastric juice from membrane
OF the stomach, or the saliva from the membrane
OF the glands OF the mouth the tears from the mucus
membrane of the achrymal glands and the amount Of
secretion from either, depends upon the quantity and
quality OF blood distributed to them; and of the colon
the amount of secretion from its mucus membrane that
is the quantity of eces that is deposited in the bowels
depends upon the quantity Of blood distributed that
membrane. The books awure teach very differ
ent doctrines but because DR. this one. Dr. that
says so in his book of its being true Other
Doctors in their books say differently when Doctors
disagree, who shall decide? The books say and the
generally received opinion among the profession that
after the food passes the stomach by the mus
cular action OF the stomach rolled tumbled aeout ill
n goft honno
pressed forward into the upper portion of the bowels
called The duodenum, where portion or part is ex-
traeed or separated for purposes OF nutrition, called
chEte, ami which taken by the small tubular vessels
called iacteds, and carried into the circulation for the
purposes of nourshing the body; the other portion
becoming useless, after the chile extracted from it, il
is sent forward through the bowels and expelled Now
instead OF part only Of this mass being prepared and
taken into the circulation the ighoe Of it is in health
taken up. Now let ABOUT ths-let see if part
only is taken and carried into The circulation. How
much in weight does person in health eat at meal?
| Say two pounds-three meals day, would make six
POUNDS that ne mas taken into his stomach Now &C.
cordiug to the books part Of this say one-ha is taken
up and carried into the circulation; the other half then
according to calculation would be one pound left in
the bowels after each neal three pounds day. to be
carried forward and expelled at the lower portion Of the
bowels. Now bear in mind that there each day three
pounds of dross resduum Of the food that is not
needed for the nutrition Of the body and is carried on
through the bowels to be expelled Now suppose this
man happened to be troubled with constipation Of the
bowels, and should have discharge from the bowels
Tor week. avery frequent with dyspeptcs
| and others troubled with Constipation. have known
persons to 90 three weeks without having any operation
of the bowels, and there are cases record where pa
tents have gone six and twelve months without having
had stool. Nov, at the end of week, this cons-
pated gatien would, &C ording to calculation, be
carrying about him, in his bowels 81 pounds Of LEGAL
matterat the end of two weeks be would carry about
with him AZ poundsat the end three weeks 63 pounds
and in the OF those have alluded TO as going six
and twelve months without stool, one would carry 546
pounds, and the other 1902 pounds What absurd
idea, that person should carry about with him thou
sand pounds or the half IL OF feca matter, 49,
A. the II pounds Suppose the patient at the end
Of the hrst week. who is supposed to 81 pounds IN
store, is weighed how much will he actually weight
Will il. weigh Il moref No. Win no weigh the half Of
IL, OF pounds, or pound1 MOI not Que half ounce
morei ami the great probability u.s. that he will
| weigh as much as he did week previous. What has
become OF the Il pounds of refuse matteri That's
question much easier asked than answered. we stick 10
the old doctrine as laid down in the books III tell you
what has become 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
through the pores Of the skin in the form nsensbe
preparation.
has under the observation Of almost every one
that patient aboring under acute disease where no
solid food has been taken for weeks yet stools are as
wen formed and copous as ever and, In fact this
patient may have at the commencement Cf his disease
taken strong and purgaive medicine, which expelled
every paltice Of focal matter, and before taking
any nourshment with the exception perhaps Of little
tea he has had other stools almost ropious and of az
much consstence the arst This Of COURSE could moi
have been the resduum of the food for the patient had
taken none. Patients with lockaw, where IL was an inn
possibility for them TO take anything for days and
weeks, in the shape Of nOufahmea except LIQUID aid
that OF the thnnes kind, yet have daily evacuation
OF the usual consiseuce Patients suffering from cancer
IN the mouth, that preuded the possibility OF taking anv
KIND OF hoursluent BY the mouth have been noushed
ana kept alive by enenas, yet they have stools Of more
or less Conscience Where could this focal matter come
| rom--eertainly not FROM the foodl