New Ulm review., 1922-12-06
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CONSIDERATIONS: This is subject
upon which I have written many times
land yet, if I write a hundred times
more, cannot cover all OF the various cl
kinds and conditions, with their re.
suits upon the sufferer.
There is probably no other single
cause for so many ailments as constl'
Epation, and there are many causes fol
constipation.
r. The greatest mi,take ever made 81 IN
1.-The treatment of constipation has been
ltthe; pill habit, and the idea that the
liver Isl or has been the cause. The
Ecatch word, Liver trouble, has been
Imade to cover vast ocean OF lgnor-
Iance. The liver usually works just as
steadily and just as automatically as
the heart and lungs. Occasionally, II
is true, the liver may become SICK OF
diseased, just the same as the heart
lungs, kidneys, or spleen, but none o.
these organs are very likely to become
diseased, provided the diet is reason
ably near to the demands OF Nature
and we, ourselves, comply with Nature, s
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| The carniyorous animals are seldom
free from constipation, while the herb
Iivorous are seldom troubled. In
spite Of this obvious lesson which ]
have explained many times, it is almost
impossible to get the average, over-teAc f'A
individual to change his habit OF eat
ing. .$s. y
The sufferer may be fat, he may bs
thin, but he, more often she, will us11.
ally excllim in whining tone, But
Doctor, I just cannot get along with,
out bread and meat. Can't you give
you give me something that will make
my bowels more regularly, l feel SC
much better when they do"
1 try to be honest and while. !
know that the easiest and most profit
able way is to give them the pills
I have so far held to my original policy
of losing a patient rather 9 than de
something which I know will cause
more injury than benefit.
An editorial ia one Of the best Medl
cal Journals of this country hit the
nail square on the head IN saying
''There is no drug nor combination
Of drugs that will cure constipation o.
stasis, but generally produce more
harm than good." Again, | quote iron
1.-THE same writer, 'The formation o
toxic substances during normal diges
tion by the action upon the food, par
ticularly it's protein content, or nor
NAL digestive secretions by which toxic
substances, if allowed to remain fol
an abnormally long time, instead O
being regularly and thoroughly evac
luated, may be absorbed into thu
blood, and circulating in it, irritatt
Tor poison the liver and kidneys, o.
I'having forced this. great line sof de
fence, or having carried to every eel
of the body, produce serious organic
disease or functional disturbance
Now the editorial was written fol
| physicians, but day laborer can un
understand these quoted parts anc
from these, one. naturally conclude;
that to be free from constipation
means freedom from the dangers O
disease in the various organs of thu
body and also freedom from acute
| sickness. ~
Is it not logical to conclude thai
these foods which contain much waste
land aid in keeping the bowels free from
constipation, are the foods which must
be sused?ts Any normal human being
can cultivate a taste and desire fo1
natural foods. When the right foods
are eaten and nature responds with a
demand for the evacuation of waste