78

CHAPTER XI.

KING LIVER AND BILE-BOUNCERS 83

CHAPTER XII.

SEMI-CONSTIPATION AND ITS DANGERS 89

CHAPTER XIII.

THE ETIOLOGY OF THE MOST COMMON FORM OF DIARRHEA, i.e.,
EXCESSIVE INTESTINAL PERISTALSIS 98

CHAPTER XIV.

BALLOONING OF THE RECTUM 107

CHAPTER XV.

BALLOONING OF THE RECTUM--_continued_ 117

CHAPTER XVI.

THE USUAL DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF BOWEL TROUBLES WRONG 126

CHAPTER XVII.

COSTIVENESS 132

CHAPTER XVIII.

INFLAMMATION 137

CHAPTER XIX.

PROCTITIS AND PILES 148

CHAPTER XX.

PRURITUS OR ITCHING OF THE ANUS 156

CHAPTER XXI.

ABSCESS AND FISTULA 164

CHAPTER XXII.

THE ORIGIN AND USE OF THE ENEMA 173

CHAPTER XXIII.

HOW OFTEN SHOULD AN ENEMA BE TAKEN? 180

CHAPTER XXIV.

MAN'S BEST FRIEND 190

CHAPTER XXV.

PHYSIOLOGICAL IRRIGATION 191

CHAPTER XXVI.

PROPER TREATMENT FOR DISEASES OF ANUS AND RECTUM ESSENTIAL 202

CHAPTER XXVII.

THE BODY'S BOOK-KEEPING 215

CHAPTER XXVIII.

SELECTION AND PREPARATION OF FOOD 220

CHAPTER XXIX.

DIET FOR INDIGESTION 227

CHAPTER XXX.

DIET FOR CONSTIPATION AND OBSTIPATION 231

CHAPTER XXXI.

COSTIVENESS, DIET, ETC. 235

CHAPTER XXXII.

DIET FOR DIARRHEA 237

A FINAL WORD 240

NO. 1.

CHRONIC CONSTIPATION AND THE USE OF THE ENEMA 245

NO. 2.

OBJECTIONS TO THE USE OF ENEMA ANSWERED 257

INTRODUCTION.

The keynote of this book is Proctitis, inflammation of the anal and
rectal canals. Hardly a civilized man escapes proctitis from the day of
the diaper to that of deat