Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1912-10-02
AUTO-INTOXICATION Concluded

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. (Concluded)
In this, the last article on this sub
ject to show the ticability of the
home treatment, an actual case will
be cited. The following letter was
received from reader Of these ar
ticles.
Dear Doctor:
Your advice to invalids seems so
sensible l am writing to you for the
best you give to discouraged, emac-
lated woman. | am five feet tall,
weigh 81 pounds, and am forty-two
years old. | have been a sufferer
from what the physicians call dys-
pepsia, intestinal Indigestion, with
mal-as5imilation. | am very nervous,
but of course non asslmultion Of food
is causing starvation Of nerves and
tissues. My meals sour badly about
two hours after eaten, and at this
time l get extremely nervous. | have
alternate attacks Of constipation and
aiarrhoea. Constipation, however, is
more prevalent. I do not sleep after
four o'clock in the morning Have
exceedingly poor circulation in hands
and feet, especially the latter. There
is great deal Of irration in my
mouth and entire alimentary canal.
When my bowels do move naturally
there follows feeling Of extreme
distress and exhaustion all through
the abdomen. How can I obtain your
lectures on obesity and leanness?
MRS. II. B. S.
Dyspepsia, with intestinal indiges-
ton, although an ailment quite severe
can be overcome. Your condition has
gone unchecked so long until now
your case is one Of extreme auto-ln
toyication, which result from pois-
OILS from the intestinal tract being
absorbed into the circulation. Your
food not being pro-acted upon by the
stomach, passes into the intestines IN
an unprepared state, where it begins
to undergo fermentation and decom-
position, forming gases, which dis
tend the intestines, causing distress.
Toxins: The poisonous gas accum-
ulation called toxins, which is reab-
sorbed into the blood stream have
poisoned the entire system, so that
the sufferer is troubled a great deal
with headaches and pain similar to
neuralgia. The skin is generally dry,
dull and muddy in color. The person
is usually dull and stupid, unable to
concentrate the mind, and feels gen.
orally "all in down and OUT Canker
sores in the mouth are common; at
times urinary trouble occurs. In their
effects upon the nervous system these
same poisons cause insomnia and de-
preston, that presage nervous pros
tration.
The first thing that suggests itself
is a thorough cleansing of your en-
tire alimentary canal, so as to ri
the whole tract of all fermenting ant
tecaying debris. When this is don'
the system begins to throw off tn
poisons that are in the blood, into tn
intestines, which is the natural chan
rel for their elimination.
Cathartics: You might think tina
taking an active cathartic would b.
all that is necessary, but no. Activ'
cathartics exhaust the system AM
leave the person feeling weaker thai
before their use. Don't use them.
Colon Flushings: Colon fushings o
high enemas are the best means o
cleansing the intestinal canal. Thi
does not leave a depress or wea]
feeling as do the cathartics. Colo
fushings should be taken with tw
or three quart fountain syringe, an
a soft rubber colon tube about two o
three feet long. The first of thes
flushings may be taken with soap
water, heated to temperature Q
about 80 or 100 degrees F. Whe
you have everything ready the sy1
inge hanging about two or three fet
over the body anoint the colon tub
with vaseline, and pass it slowly int
the rectum. Care must be taken thu
it does not double up and the poi1
pass back instead Of up. If any OF
structions are encountered, withdra