RATIONAL HYGIENIC TREATMENT.
Nature cures, not the physician. The action of microbes. The
cathartic habit. The true action of cathartics explained, and popular
suppositions corrected. A correct solution of the difficulty.
“Flushing the colon” an ancient practice. Dr. Turner’s post mortem
experiences. Colon distortion illustrated. Objections to the ordinary
appliances--danger in using the long, flexible catheter. Invention of
the “J. B. L. Cascade,” and description of it.....50