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CONTENTS preface 1 Chapter 1 Early References to Colon Hydropathy.................................6 The Flushing of the Colon.....................................................10 Hot Colon Douches for Pelvic Pain......................................12 The Colon Douche..................................................................13 Chapter 2 Colon Hydropathy Statements in Evidence.......................16 Injections or Clysters..............................................................23 Cholera Infants Summer or Bower Complaints (Cholera Infantum)......................................................................................24 Dysentery (Dysenteria)..........................................................24 Bilious Colic.............................................................................24 Clysters and How To Use Them...........................................25 Method of Giving an Enema.................................................25 Oil Clysters and How to Use Them.....................................26 Slow Injections of Lukewarm Water....................................27 Clysters for Intestinal Parasites............................................28 Nutrient Enemata...................................................................28 The Effect of Enemata............................................................32 Enemata...................................................................................34 Thread-Worms (Oxyuris vermicularis)...............................34 The Utility of Saline Enemata in Haemorrhage.................35 Three Cases of Puerperal Eclampsia...................................35 Acute Dysentery "Bloody Flux", Acute Colitis, Acute Proctitis.........................................................................................36 Toxic Headaches.....................................................................37 Eclampsia.................................................................................38 Port Wine Enemata.................................................................39 Typhlitis, Caecitis, Inflammation of the Caecum, Paratyphlitis, Perityphlitis.........................................................41 Inflammation of Colon, Colitis, Catarrh of the Colon.......41 Acute Laryngitis.....................................................................44 Inflammation of the Bile-passages and Gall-bladder........44 Severe Haemorrhage..............................................................44 Disease in Sigmoid Flexure...................................................45 Rectal Irrigation......................................................................46 Exophthalmic Goitres (Graves disease)..............................48 Typhoid Fever.........................................................................49 Treatment of Chronic Disease...............................................50 Tympanites..............................................................................51 Uraemia....................................................................................52 Infantile Convulsions (Eclampsia).......................................52 Cholera Asiatica......................................................................53 Constipation............................................................................53 Chronic Diarrhoeas................................................................54 Yellow Fever............................................................................54 Intestinal Obstruction............................................................54 Enemas.....................................................................................55 Hot Water Injections Vice Nutrient Enemata.....................57 Merck's Manual Remedies: Remedies for Cystitis.............................................................57 Remedies for Dysentery (Intestinal Inflammation)...........57 Remedies for Peritonitis........................................................57 Remedies for Typhoid Fever.................................................58 Remedies for Cancer..............................................................58 Remedies for Asiatic Cholera...............................................58 Remedies for Constipation...................................................58 Chapter 3 Colonic Cleanliness................................................................59 Observations and Suggestions Concerning Hypodermoclysis........................................................................59 Chloride of Sodium................................................................61 Lavage of the Stomach, Colon and Rectum, and Enteroclysis..................................................................................62 Some Colonic, Sigmoidal and Rectal Conditions..............63 Recto-Colonic Hydrotherapy................................................65 Enema In Gastroenteric Diseases.........................................66 Intestinal Sepsis in Ocular Affections..................................66 Chapter 4 The Emunctories Require Attention....................................68 The Action of the Bowels is Essential to Health.................70 Treatment of Cholelithiasis (Gallstones).............................71 Autogenous Colon Vaccines in the Study, Diagnosis and Therapy of Chronic Intestinal Toxemia...................................71 Intestinal Indigestion.............................................................75 Irrigating Solution..................................................................75 Chapter 5 Chronic Colonic Infections....................................................78 A Safe and Ready Method of Treating Intestinal Obstruction..................................................................................79 CHAPTER 6 A Plea for More General Employment of Intestinal Irrigation.......................................................................................81 CHAPTER 7 Statements of Clinical Evidence...........................................84 Perityphlitic Abscess, Its Treatment.....................................84 Prostatodynia..........................................................................88 Heart Disease and What to do to Save Life........................88 Asphyxia: Its Meaning, Its Causes, and Treatment...........88 CHAPTER 8 Reference Notes on the Value of Colon Hydropathy........90 CHAPTER 9 Colonic Cleanliness................................................................98 Treatment of Intestinal Obstruction.....................................99 Clinical Cases Examined.....................................................100 CHAPTER 10 Steps Toward The Cure of Disease....................................105 Physiological Experiments With Intestinal Irrigation on Pulse Tension, Temperature, Renal Secretion & Excretion, and Intestinal Absorption.....................................106 Therapeutic Adaptations of Cecostomy and Appendicostomy.......................................................................111 CHAPTER 11 The Effects of Colon Hydropathy.......................................115 The Value of Colon Irrigations...........................................115 The Pathological Basis for Intestinal Toxaemia................116 Myocardial Degeneration....................................................116 Treatment of Chronic Interstitial Nephritis......................117 Care of the Bowels................................................................117 Myocardial Insufficiency.....................................................117 The Use of the Plombieres Douche....................................118 Treatment of Gastrointestinal Symptoms.........................121 Unwanted Publicity..............................................................121 Colon Hydrotherapy Saved My Life.................................122 The Wonderful Mission of the Internal Bath....................124 Intestinal Cleansing, Detoxification, And Rebuilding....127 CHAPTER 12 Annual Reports of the Trustees of the Gardner State Colony.........................................................................................129 The Value of Colonic Irrigation..........................................131 Case Reports..........................................................................133 General Health......................................................................137 Special Treatment.................................................................137 Occupational Therapy..........................................................139 Hydrotherapy........................................................................139 Colonic Irrigation.................................................................140 Wet Sheet Envelopment.......................................................140 Nursing Service....................................................................141 Colour Experiment for Therapeutic Value.......................143 Community Activities..........................................................144 Physical Therapy...................................................................146 Personal Hygiene..................................................................146 Podiatry..................................................................................153 CHAPTER 13 Annual Reports of the Trustees of the Westborough State Hospital......................................................................................155 CHAPTER 14 Colon Hydropathy in the Treatment of Mental Disease.157 Copro-Psychiatria.................................................................157 The Role of Auto-Toxis in the Production of Insanity.....158 On the Nature of Insanity, and its Treatment by Irrigation and Prolonged Baths..........................................161 Hydrotherapy in Insanity....................................................165 Trenton Psychiatric Hospital..............................................166 Gastro-Intestinal Motor Functions in Schizophrenia......167 The Colon in Mental Disease Dementia Praecox.............168 CHAPTER 15 The Relation of Intestinal Autointoxication to Mental Diseases....................................................................171 Mental Derangement and Constipation............................171 Symptoms Indicating Autointoxication............................172 Constipation..........................................................................173 Other Treatments May Be Needed.....................................175 Value of Enema.....................................................................176 Massage..................................................................................177 Electricity...............................................................................177 CHAPTER 16 Colon Irrigation in the Treatment of Mental Disease......179 The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Department of Mental Health, Public Document N.30, Annual Reports of the Trustees of the Westborough State Hospital...................181 CHAPTER 17 Treatment of Chronic Arthritis...........................................184 Faecal Retention....................................................................186 Colonic irrigations................................................................186 The Colon in Relation to Chronic Arthritis......................187 The Treatment of Arthritis...................................................188 The Large Bowel in Chronic Arthritis...............................189 The Colon as a Focus of Infection in Chronic Arthritis...189 Clinical Cases........................................................................190 Chronic Arthritis Hydropathy, Colonic Lavage...............191 Chronic Arthritis and Fibrositis.........................................195 Pemberton in the Treatment of Arthritis...........................196 CHAPTER 18 Colonic Irrigation in the Treatment of Rheumatism.......198 Colonic Irrigation.................................................................199 Changing the Flora of the Lower Bowel...........................200 Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis...................................201 The Use of the Plombieres Douche....................................202 CHAPTER 19 Colon Hydropathy in the Treatment of Psoriasis, The Successful Treatment by Colonic Lavation of Some Cases of Eczema, Psoriasis, Urticaria, Acne, and Pruritus.................205 Eczema...................................................................................206 Psoriasis.................................................................................208 Urticaria.................................................................................210 Acne........................................................................................210 Pruritus..................................................................................211 Lactic Acid and Colonic Irrigation in the Treatment of Psoriasis......................................................................................213 CHAPTER 20 The Peristaltic Cycle of the Colon......................................219 Schematic representation of the Peristaltic Cycle of the Colon...........................................................................................222 CHAPTER 21 The Effects of Colon Irrigation...........................................229 Colon Irrigation or Enteroclysis.........................................230 Therapeutic Uses..................................................................230 Intestinal Irrigation (Enteroclysis) and Enemata.............231 Indications.............................................................................231 Contraindications.................................................................233 The Effects of Colonic Irrigation........................................234 Another Example..................................................................237 Saline Solution in Colon Hydropathy................................238 The Physiological Effects of Rectal Irrigation..................239 The Physiological Effects of Colon Irrigation...................240 Therapeutic Applications....................................................242 CHAPTER 22 The Diuretic Action of Rectal Irrigation, The Specific Action of Normal Saline Solution in the Production of Diuresis.......................................................................................244 As to Method.........................................................................246 The Value of Rectal and Colon Irrigation in Nephritis Some Physiologic Experiments...............................................248 Acute Renal Congestion......................................................249 Modern Methods of Intestinal Irrigation..........................253 Advantages of Method........................................................253 Technique...............................................................................254 Solutions for Use...................................................................257 CHAPTER 23 The Treatment of Muco-Membranous Colitis..................259 Entero-Colitis........................................................................272 CHAPTER 24 The Treatment of Chronic Intestinal Stasis.......................275 Habit Formation...................................................................276 Response to Desire...............................................................276 Exercise..................................................................................276 Massage..................................................................................277 Support of the Abdominopelvic Walls..............................278 Foods......................................................................................278 Agents Which Give Bulk and Soft Consistency to the Faeces..........................................................................................280 CHAPTER 25 Conditions in which Colonic Lavage Has Proven Beneficial....................................................................................282 Therapeutic Uses of Colonic Irrigation.............................283 Intestinal Parasites................................................................286 Constipation..........................................................................286 Atonic or Hypotonic Constipation....................................288 Spastic or Hypertonic Constipation..................................288 Pelvi-rectal Achalasia, Megalocolon (Hirschsprung’s Disease).......................................................................................289 Dyschezia...............................................................................290 Colic........................................................................................290 Flatulence...............................................................................290 Diarrhoea...............................................................................291 Malposition of the Colon—Coloptosis..............................291 Adhesions and Kinks...........................................................292 Constipation during Pregnancy.........................................292 Auto-intoxication..................................................................292 Metabolic or Nutritive Disorders.......................................293 Hyperemesis Gravidarum..................................................294 Endocrine Disorders............................................................294 Disorders of the Nervous System......................................294 Migraine.................................................................................294 Vertigo....................................................................................295 Neuritis..................................................................................295 Neurasthenia.........................................................................295 Mental Disorders..................................................................295 Circulatory Disorders..........................................................297 Respiratory Disorders..........................................................298 Chronic Bronchitis................................................................298 Rheumatic Disorders...........................................................298 Diseases of the Skin..............................................................299 Diseases of the Eye...............................................................300 Disorders of the Throat, Nose, and Ear.............................300 The Genital Organs..............................................................300 Dysentery...............................................................................301 Sprue......................................................................................301 Colitis.....................................................................................302 Muco-membranous Colitis.................................................303 Ulcerative Colitis..................................................................303 Diverticulitis..........................................................................304 Peritonitis (Tubercular)........................................................304 Appendicitis..........................................................................304 Anal Fissure...........................................................................304 Haemorrhoids.......................................................................304 Gastric and Duodenal Disorders........................................305 Diseases of the Liver, Biliary Tract, and Pancreas............306 Catarrhal Angiocholitis.......................................................306 Jaundice (Catarrhal).............................................................306 Cholelithiasis.........................................................................307 Disorders Benefited by the Diuretic Action of Colonic Irrigation.....................................................................................307 Nephritis................................................................................307 Oxaluria.................................................................................307 Pyelitis....................................................................................307 Ureteric Calculi.....................................................................308 Cystitis...................................................................................308 Prostatic Disorders...............................................................309 Ulcer of the Stomach............................................................309 Treatment of Diabetic Coma and Collapse.......................309 Acute Nephritis....................................................................310 Pyelitis....................................................................................312 Asthma...................................................................................313 Mucous Colic........................................................................313 Cyclic or Persistent Vomiting.............................................320 Fermental Diarrhoea............................................................320 CHAPTER 26 Conditions that Benefit from the Treatment, Achylia Gastrica Achlorhydria Hemorrhagica Gastrica Achylia Gastrica.......................................................................................322 Acidosis..................................................................................323 Acne Aetiology and Treatment...........................................324 Acne Vulgaris........................................................................324 Amebic Dysentery................................................................325 Anaemia The Diagnosis and Treatment of Pernicious Anaemia.....................................................................................326 Pernicious Anaemia.............................................................328 Pernicious Anemia with Exhibition of Case.....................328 Colonic Irrigation in the Treatment of Pernicious Anaemia.....................................................................................329 Angina Pectoris.....................................................................331 Anthelmintic Treatment for Infestations of Parasitic Worms.........................................................................................331 Arthritis, Treatment of.........................................................332 Asiatic Cholera, Treatment of.............................................333 Appendicitis, Treatment of.................................................334 The Treatment and Cure......................................................336 Appendicitis..........................................................................340 The Craze for Appendicectomy..........................................342 Blood Pressure......................................................................343 Point of Technic in Colonic Irrigation................................344 High Blood Pressure, Treatment of....................................346 Bright's Disease, Treatment of............................................346 The Constitutional Treatment of Bright’s Disease...........347 Bright's Disease.....................................................................347 Chronic Colonic Infections, Treatment for........................349 Chronic Intestinal Indigestion, Treatment of...................355 Chronic Intestinal Putrefaction, Treatment of..................356 Chronic Nephritis, Treatment of........................................357 Cholera Infantum, (Acute Noncontagious Intestinal Disturbance) Treatment of.......................................................357 Complete Bile Obstruction..................................................358 Consumption Wasting Disease, especially Pulmonary Tuberculosis, Treatment of.......................................................359 Cardiovascular Disease.......................................................359 Acute Catarrh........................................................................360 Constipation, Treatment of.................................................361 Chronic Obstruction through Faecal Accumulation.......361 Treatment of Diarrhoea.......................................................363 Diverticulitis..........................................................................364 Dysentery...............................................................................365 Treatment of the Amebic Type...........................................368 Amebic Dysentery (Synonym Intestinal Amebiosis)......369 Diphtheria, Treatment of.....................................................369 Eczema, Treatment of...........................................................370 Eclampsia, Treatment of......................................................371 Purging and Irrigation of the Bowels................................372 Puerperal Eclamptic Attack, Treatment of........................372 Eczema and Epilepsy, Treatment of...................................373 Epilepsy..................................................................................374 Fever, Treatment of...............................................................375 Functional Diseases of the Nervous System Convulsions Infantile Treatment of Eclampsia............................................375 Haemorrhoids, The Non Operative Treatment of...........376 Hyperpyrexia........................................................................377 Mode of Giving and Benefits of Cold Rectal Irrigation..377 Hypertrophic Catarrh (chronic condition of inflammation) of the Rectum, Treatment of....................................................378 Gas Pains................................................................................378 Treatment of Gastroenteritis (Summer Diarrhoea)..........380 Acute Gastroenteric Infection, Treatment of....................381 Acute Intestinal Obstruction...............................................381 Intestinal Obstruction..........................................................382 Intussusception (Bowel Obstruction)................................384 Treatment of Haemorrhoids...............................................384 Ileo-Colitis in Children........................................................385 Treatment of Diseases of the Heart....................................385 Heat Cramps.........................................................................386 Infantile Diarrhoeas, Treatment of.....................................387 Intestinal Autointoxication, Treatment of.........................388 Infectious Diseases...............................................................391 Intestinal Haemorrhage, Gelatin Enemata in...................392 Intestinal Parasites................................................................392 Acute Intussusception in an Infant, Resection of Gangrenous Intussuceptum....................................................393 Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Treatment of.................393 Jaundice and Biliousness, Treatment of............................393 Therapy of Catarrhal Jaundice...........................................394 Kidney Infections..................................................................395 Laziness, Some Causes of (Lack of Motivation)...............395 Malaria...................................................................................396 Membranous Colitis The Treatment of.............................396 Migraines...............................................................................397 Mucous Colic (Memebranous Enteritis)...........................398 Mental Symptoms................................................................399 Ulcerative Colitis Colon Inflammation.............................399 The Plombieres Cure............................................................400 Myocardial Degeneration....................................................400 Oedema Treatment of..........................................................401 Inflammation of the Ovaries...............................................403 Paralysis, Treatment of........................................................404 Paroxysmal Delirium, Treatment of...................................404 Pelvic Distress, Treatment of...............................................405 Pemphigus.............................................................................406 Phlegmonous (Purulent) Enteritis.....................................406 Pneumonia, Treatment of....................................................407 Treating Pneumonia: The Microbic Doctrine Must Not Discount the Physician's Efforts at Rational Treatment......409 Management of Incipient Pneumonia...............................410 Poisoning, Treatment of.......................................................411 Poliomyelitis The Treatment in the Acute Stage..............411 Pregnancy, During................................................................411 Proctitis..................................................................................412 Conservatism in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Prostatic Hypertrophy..............................................................................412 Prostatitis...............................................................................412 Chronic Prostatitis................................................................413 Psychosis, Treatment of.......................................................414 Pulmonary Tuberculosis, Treatment of.............................418 Rheumatism, Treatment of..................................................418 Chronic Rheumatism...........................................................420 Schizophrenia The Pathogenesis of Dementia Praecox..420 Sciatica....................................................................................421 Treatment of Sciatic Neuralgia from organic origin........422 Sepsis, Treatment of.............................................................422 Septicopyemia, Treatment of..............................................423 Septic Endocarditis, Treatment of......................................424 Scarlet Fever Treatment of...................................................424 Hot-Water Irrigations of the Bowel In Scarlatinal Nephritis.....................................................................................425 Treatment of Scarlatinal Nephritis.....................................425 Dilatation of the Stomach....................................................427 Gastroptosis...........................................................................427 Tonsilitis.................................................................................430 Toxic and Lumbar Backaches.............................................431 Trichinosis.............................................................................432 Tuberculosis..........................................................................432 Typhoid Fever, Treatment of...............................................433 Exclusive Soup Diet and Rectal Irrigations in Thyphoid Fever............................................................................................435 Treatment of Typhoid Fever................................................439 Typhoid Fever, ParaThyphoid Fever, Brill's Disease.......444 Gastrointestinal Symptoms in Typhoid, Treatment of....446 Salt Enemas in Typhoid Fever............................................446 Treatment of Vertigo............................................................447 CHAPTER 27 Rationale of Intestinal Irrigation........................................448 A Colon Irrigation or Enteroclysis.....................................448 Conditions and Purposes for which Colon Irrigations are Given...........................................................................................449 A Proctoclysis Rectal Infusion or Seepage........................450 The Principle of Colon Lavage...........................................451 Therapeutic Effect................................................................451 The Mode of Action of Irrigation Upon the Intestine.....452 Rationale of Intestinal Irrigation........................................453 Diuretic Effect.......................................................................453 Therapeutic Indications: Infantile Diarrhoea...............................................................454 Catarrhal Jaundice................................................................454 Asiatic Cholera......................................................................454 Uremia and Renal Insufficiency.........................................455 Dysentery...............................................................................455 Procedures Adapted to Various Diseases.........................456 Mechanical Procedures, The Enema, Intestinal Irrigation, Proctoclysis................................................................................456 Enteroclysis, Hypodermoclysis, and Infusion.................459 Therapeutic Notes on Enteroclysis....................................460 The Fallacies of the Method of giving Colonic Irrigation in Children......................................................................................462 Cleanliness is said to be next to Godliness.......................463 CHAPTER 28 Diseases of the Rectum, The Problem of the Diseased Colon...........................................................................................467 Reflex States..........................................................................468 Endocrine...............................................................................468 Allergy....................................................................................469 Conditions of the Rectum....................................................469 Cancer of the Rectum...........................................................470 Treatment of Digestive Disorders......................................471 Treatment of Intestinal Diseases.........................................472 Continuous Irrigation..........................................................473 Gastric Atony with Constipation.......................................474 Sigmoiditis and Perisigmoiditis.........................................474 Intestinal Stenosis.................................................................474 Adenomatous Polypi...........................................................475 Intestinal Neurosis...............................................................475 Emotions and its Effects upon Colon Function................476 CHAPTER 29 Autointoxication...................................................................477 Another Source of Disorder and of Disease.....................478 A Case of Auto-Intoxication................................................479 Auto-Intoxication, Overstrain, Exercise and Bathing.....481 Antiseptic Treatment of Intestinal Troubles.....................483 The Treatment of Constipation...........................................483 Intoxication or The Accumulation of Excess of Toxins...485 Colonic Cleanliness Compulsory.......................................486 Clean Up, Clean Out, and Keep Clean..............................486 The Secret of Good Health..................................................486 Intestinal Auto-Intoxication, Its Treatment by Irrigation.....................................................................................488 There Are Well Marked Symptoms In The Autointoxicated.........................................................................488 Conditions and Symptoms Associated with Intestinal Autointoxication........................................................................490 Habitual Constipation.........................................................491 The Liver................................................................................491 Circulatory Disorders..........................................................491 Nervous System....................................................................491 Ocular Affections..................................................................493 Cutaneous Disorders...........................................................493 Indicanuria............................................................................495 Intestinal Putrefaction is a Forerunner in Many Cases of Arteriosclerosis..........................................................................504 The Thyroid Gland and the Toxemias...............................505 The Relation of Seminal Vesiculitis to Impotence...........507 Treatment of Fermental Diarrhoea....................................507 Diarrhoea and Bacteria........................................................511 The Diagnosis and Treatment of Arteriosclerosis............518 Intestinal Toxemia................................................................520 Asymptomatic Conditions of the Colon...........................526 CHAPTER 30 The State of the Colon & Health.........................................528 Indigestion.............................................................................529 Of the Use of Lavements in Various Diseases..................530 Recto-Colonic Enteroliths and Concretions......................533 CHAPTER 31 The Flushing of the Alimentary Canal in Chronic Disease........................................................................................541 The Flushing of the Colon...................................................543 The Treatment of Influenza.................................................545 Enteroclysis and Colonic Flushing....................................545 The Treatment of the Viscera through the Colon............548 The Care of the Bowel..........................................................551 Enemas & Colonic Irrigations.............................................551 Role of the Bowel in Back Pain (Due to Inflammation)..553 In Heart Conditions.............................................................554 In sleeplessness.....................................................................555 In Pyelitis (Inflammation of the Renal Pelvis)..................555 In Mental Conditions...........................................................556 CHAPTER 32 Colon Irrigation....................................................................557 Rectal Irrigation in Gynecology..........................................559 The Value of Rectal Irrigation.............................................564 Vaginal Candidiasis and the Role of the Digestive Tract As a Source of Infection............................................................566 The Enema: Its Place in the Treatment of Gastro-Intestinal Diseases......................................................................................567 Indications for Colonic Lavage...........................................570 CHAPTER 33 Some Observations of Practical Interest on Colonic Lavage.........................................................................................574 Colonic Lavage, is a Washing Out of the Colon...............575 Local Effect............................................................................576 General Effect........................................................................577 Indications.............................................................................577 The Therapeutic Method of Irrigation of the Colon........583 The Methods of Giving Colonic Irrigations in Children......................................................................................584 CHAPTER 34 Clinical Case Reports...........................................................586 Flushing of the Colon...........................................................586 Case Reports..........................................................................589 College Clinic, Louisville City Hospital, Clinical Cases.595 Irrigation of the Colon as a Therapeutic Measure...........596 Preliminary Report of the Treatment of Idiopathic Epilepsy by Appendicostomy for Colonic Irrigation...........600 A Case of Pellagra Treated by Appendicostomy..............605 Colonic Therapy A System of Treatment of Disease.......606 Colonic Irrigation and Bacillus Acidophilus Milk in Diarrhea......................................................................................607 Systemic Disturbances Due to Colonic Infection.............610 Hydropathy in Appendicitis...............................................620 Catatonic Dementia Praecox...............................................622 Infectious Arthritis of the Tarsometatarsal Joints............626 The State of the Bowels........................................................627 Colonic Lavage.....................................................................636 CHAPTER 35 The Gymnacolon Institute Case Reports on Colon Irrigation.....................................................................................646 Testimonials from Patients and Results Obtained...........647 Intimate Hygiene, The new way to achieve good health and the ennoblement of the body...........................................654 The Intestinal Bath Physiological Procedure....................662 Verdicts on the Intestinal Bathing Treatments.................675 Colon Lavage........................................................................685 Gymnacolon in the Treatment of non-wedged Ureteral Stones..........................................................................................686 CHAPTER 36 The Effect of Drugs on the Emunctory System................688 An Example of the common Medical Trade “Opinion”.688 Colonic Irrigations...............................................................689 The Uses of Injections..........................................................689 Saline Irrigations and Infusions.........................................690 The Value of Colonic Irrigation..........................................691 The Colon as A Focus of Infection.....................................692 Toxemia in Nervous Diseases.............................................696 The Cunning Medical Trade Advice..................................707 Improbable Research...........................................................710 The Nasty, The Bad, and The Ugly Side of the Medical Trade...........................................................................................713 Further Case Reports...........................................................714 Following Publication..........................................................714 Colon Hydropathy Professional Clinical Practice Training.......................................................................................714 Appendix A...........................................................................716 Index 718