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122 THE HEALTH BULLETIN. 122 We have not appreciated in the past the relation constipation sustains to many of the diseases o£ a chronic or constitutional nature. Diseases of degeneracy, which have been ascribed to various causes, we now know are due chiefly to the toxins absorbed from the colon as a result of constipation. From cases which have come under my observation during the past few years, I have been led to recognize constipation as the chief causative factor where insomnia, thickly coated tongue, bad breath and high blood pressure are present, when a specific origin is excluded, and when no history of the free use of tobacco or other toxic substances exists. In fact, I have concluded that it is not the excessive use of meats, tea, coffee, tobacco, etc., that is wholly responsible for arteriosclerosis, but toxins of a more injurious and subtle nature developed in the alimentary canal, and especially in the colon. These poisons are likely to be formed as a result of the prolonged retention of waste substances which readily undergo decay. Not only do meats, tea, coffee, pepper and mustard tend to bring about these degenerative changes by the toxins they contain, but they favor constipation and the formation of poisons even more injurious. In chronic constipation we have probably the chief factor of degenerate arteries, heart, liver, kidneys, thyroid glands, and other glands of the body. There is strong reason to believe that it is largely responsible for the rapid increase in the mortality rate from heart failure, apoplexy, diabetes, and Bright's disease. In diabetes and Bright's disease there practically always exists a history of constipation. There are many annoying disorder^ of every-day life, among which may be mentioned dyspepsia,, • neadaches, drowsiness, melancholia, insanity, which may be due to chronic constipation. Appendicitis seldom occurs in a person whose bowels are regular. From the prolonged retention of the easily putrefying wastes, a diseased condition of the mucous membrane of the cecum results. This latter extends into the mouth of the appendix, and an inflammatory condition is established. There is a probability that cancer is in some cases traceable to the toxins absorbed from a stagnant colon. It would be difficult to conceive of anything more defiling to the body than the decay within it of fish, oysters, rabbits, cheese, and other protein foods, and the absorption of the resulting impurities and poisons. Cells bathed in such a liquid become diseased. A blocked-up city sewer is recog-ni ed as a source of danger and is not tolerated, but here we have a condition that is very much more offensive and dangerous, and yet very little serious thought is given to it. Over thirty per cent of the present mortality is ascribed to this cause by Prof. Eli Metchnikoff, who has made a careful study of the influence of these poisons on the human body, and who believes this to be the chief cause of early degeneracy and premature old age. His contention is that by preventing the formation of these alimentary toxins, man might be at his best at eighty years, be still active at one hundred and twenty, and live to the age of one hundred and forty. He has been driven to some conclusions which r-ay seem almost absurd, and yet, reasoning from his viewpoint, they are logical and conclusive. Chronic constipation is more common than is supposed. In extreme
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Fixed Title * | NCHH-04: The Health Bulletin [1914-1973] |
Document Title | The Health Bulletin [1914-1973] |
Subject Topical | Public health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical Other | Public Health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Contributor | North Carolina. State Board of Health. |
Publisher | Raleigh, North Carolina State Board of Health. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
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Date | 1913-1914 |
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Fixed Title * | Page 122 |
Document Title | The Health Bulletin [1914-1973] |
Subject Topical | Public health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical Other | Public Health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Contributor | North Carolina. State Board of Health. |
Publisher | Raleigh, North Carolina State Board of Health. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1913-1914 |
Identifier | NCHH-04-028-0032 |
Form General | Periodicals |
Page Type | all; article |
Language | English |
Rights | This item is part of the North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection. Some materials in the Collection are protected by U.S. copyright law. This item is presented by the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for research and educational purposes. It may not be republished or distributed without permission of the Health Sciences Library. |
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Volume Number | 28 |
Issue Number | 7 |
Page Number | 122 |
Health Discipline | Medicine |
Full Text | 122 THE HEALTH BULLETIN. 122 We have not appreciated in the past the relation constipation sustains to many of the diseases o£ a chronic or constitutional nature. Diseases of degeneracy, which have been ascribed to various causes, we now know are due chiefly to the toxins absorbed from the colon as a result of constipation. From cases which have come under my observation during the past few years, I have been led to recognize constipation as the chief causative factor where insomnia, thickly coated tongue, bad breath and high blood pressure are present, when a specific origin is excluded, and when no history of the free use of tobacco or other toxic substances exists. In fact, I have concluded that it is not the excessive use of meats, tea, coffee, tobacco, etc., that is wholly responsible for arteriosclerosis, but toxins of a more injurious and subtle nature developed in the alimentary canal, and especially in the colon. These poisons are likely to be formed as a result of the prolonged retention of waste substances which readily undergo decay. Not only do meats, tea, coffee, pepper and mustard tend to bring about these degenerative changes by the toxins they contain, but they favor constipation and the formation of poisons even more injurious. In chronic constipation we have probably the chief factor of degenerate arteries, heart, liver, kidneys, thyroid glands, and other glands of the body. There is strong reason to believe that it is largely responsible for the rapid increase in the mortality rate from heart failure, apoplexy, diabetes, and Bright's disease. In diabetes and Bright's disease there practically always exists a history of constipation. There are many annoying disorder^ of every-day life, among which may be mentioned dyspepsia,, • neadaches, drowsiness, melancholia, insanity, which may be due to chronic constipation. Appendicitis seldom occurs in a person whose bowels are regular. From the prolonged retention of the easily putrefying wastes, a diseased condition of the mucous membrane of the cecum results. This latter extends into the mouth of the appendix, and an inflammatory condition is established. There is a probability that cancer is in some cases traceable to the toxins absorbed from a stagnant colon. It would be difficult to conceive of anything more defiling to the body than the decay within it of fish, oysters, rabbits, cheese, and other protein foods, and the absorption of the resulting impurities and poisons. Cells bathed in such a liquid become diseased. A blocked-up city sewer is recog-ni ed as a source of danger and is not tolerated, but here we have a condition that is very much more offensive and dangerous, and yet very little serious thought is given to it. Over thirty per cent of the present mortality is ascribed to this cause by Prof. Eli Metchnikoff, who has made a careful study of the influence of these poisons on the human body, and who believes this to be the chief cause of early degeneracy and premature old age. His contention is that by preventing the formation of these alimentary toxins, man might be at his best at eighty years, be still active at one hundred and twenty, and live to the age of one hundred and forty. He has been driven to some conclusions which r-ay seem almost absurd, and yet, reasoning from his viewpoint, they are logical and conclusive. Chronic constipation is more common than is supposed. In extreme |
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Article Title | Chronic Constipation |
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