The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-09
A rrrrT,E LESSON IN PHYSIOLOGY FOn VICTIMS OF THE ACTOINTOXlCATION
 OBSESSION

There are no sensory nerves in the colon
 Carge intestine) and hence there is no sensa-
 lion there. The time required for food to pass
 sa hours though some foods may complete the
 trip in or 10 hours in a normal person. The
 control or regulation of the entire process or
 digestion of the entire process or digestion .,
 residue is evacuated is antonomic, that ls un-
 der the unconscious sympathetic, involuntary
 nervous system. These autonomlc iunctions.
 such as the beating of the heart. the breath ing, are always better performed 1T one Keeps ones mind off from them, or better, 1T ones mind is occupied with pleasant thoughts The desire that tells a normal person 1t IS time to eyacuate is a muscle sense", produced by distension of the terminal part Of the ai- imentary tube.
 colon is a sewer which should be kept flushed out" The physologists have found that noth- ing of consequence is absorbed from the colon except water-much water is absorbed from the contents of the colon into the blood. Curl ously enough practically no water is absorbed | from the contents of the stomach. When much | water Is taken into the stomach almost all Of 1t quickly passes on into the intestine, where some of it is absorbed from the small intes- tine, and more from the large intestine. am | speaking now of normal conditions.
 little sub-station of the autonomic or | "sympathetic" nervous system, in the abdomen, | Is called Auerbach's plexus, and this has been | dubbed the brain of the intestine" by Profess sor Carlson a distinguished physiologist It is l q brain much older and better organized than | that of man, says Dr Horace w. Soper St Louis
 internist yet man lightly interferes with bio logical function established In all forms of life throughout the ages.
 The normal condition of the contents of the lower colon in all vertebrates, including man, is dry. Victims of the autointoxcation obses- sion imagine restoration of normal bowel func- tion consists in attempting to change the con- tents of the colon from dry to liquid, by means
 of freak diets habtual use of medicines. en- emas or irrigatiOns Various investigators have found that in | health the residue as evacuated consists of from 26 to B per cent of bacteria by weight. That being true, 1t should be obvious that the
 attempt to keep the colon free from bacterial
 activities (fermentation or putrefaction) is fu-
 tile. It is really a kind of insanity, and in some
 instances it becomes actual insanity
 only a person utterly ignorant of physiology can think of a so-calied internal bath" as anything else than absurd.
 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Gasoline for Ringworm
 An extraordinary number of reports have been reccived from our readers who have found the suggestion of Dr I. R. Crawford highly sat- | isfactory. Dr Crawford observed that ordinary gasoline (n0t cthyi) gives Instantaneous relief
 to the itching and lasting cures in many cases | Of "athlete's foot" ringw0rm, trlc0phyt0sls fungus foot itch. He advises immersion of the foot for six or eight seconds in gasoline. This may he repeated daily for several days fl nec. essary.
 We would appreciate an article from you
 proving your statement that rabies Is the same | as blood poisoning. We would also Nike to have your reasons for not believing the rastcuI | treatment euro for rabies. (ncalth Instruc. | ton Glass. Nigh seho0l).
 | Answer--I made no such statement. l think the occurrence Of rabies In man is scIentlhcall, | doubtful. Pasteur treatment is ineffective ai | treatment, though it may be effective as pre-. ventive f administered before tho illness be. gin [. I surmise that fatalities in persona pre. stunned Co have rabies are really due Co tetanu, fioekjawl. The cause 0f rabies tin anin,nls) has not been scientifically determined. pnthoi. oelhta sometimes differ in their opinions wheth. er tho ao.caiied neerl bodies arc present In ths brain tissue examined No ono has proved thai agent of FahIes It iA aii e matter of opinion if were bitten by ap fesumaby Fabld dog should want Co receive the paEteur treatment ono so bitten the beneht Of the doubt.