People under five and thirty should keep sharp eyes on their intestinal mechanism. No study is better re-paid. In the case of young women the element of good looks also enters into consideration because they are casting an anchor to windward against a pallid and unhealthy skin, with its occasional accompaniment of pimples and various […]
Vitamin Knowledge Incomplete But Important
What may be called the Vitamin theory as applied to food is based on one of the great discoveries of this century and is as yet far from being completed. The starting point was the study by Takaki, Medical Inspector General of the Japanese Navy, of the prevalence of the disease beriberi in the Japanese […]
Constipation – Agar Or Bran? Which?
The use of agar (a dried seaweed from the East) in constipation was first suggested as late as 1905 by Prof. Adolf Schmidt, of Dresden, Germany. Since then a wide experience has extended its use in every civilized country. A search of the medical literature of the subject fails to find any dissenting opinion against […]
Mineral Oil As A Laxative
The Journal of the American Medical Association for Nov. 22, 1919, says through a staff writer that the rapidity with which “mineral oil” (petrolatum) has conquered the globe has been phenomenal. It is now a most extensively used substance and if its sale were any indication of its medicinal value, we should have to consider […]
Infection Of The Small Intestine From The Colon
The ileo-cecal valve, the organ of defense against infection of the small from the large intestine, stopping the back flow of the latter, has been carefully studied only within recent years and the principal honors in connection with such study belong to Case. Fortunately an impaired valve has not been found to be irremediable. If […]
Purgatives – Their Proper And Improper Use
Intestinal stasis coming on gradually after the age of 60, says Hurst, can at first be controlled by diet but sooner or later proper purgatives are frequently required. It is also often necessary in intractable cases (to be dispensed with as soon as possible) and in early stages of milder cases where non-medical methods are […]
The Art Of Long Life
Health is that state of mind in which the body is not consciously present to us; the state in which work is easy and duty not too great a trial; the state in which it is a joy to see, to think, to feel, to be.Sir Andrew Clark. Only by prolonged and arduous efforts has […]
Hardening Of The Arteries And Blood Pressure
Thickening of the innermost of the three coats of a blood vessel (sclerosis) in which both the elastic and connective tissue elements are concerned, in Osler’s opinion, is perhaps the most constant feature in all types of arterio-sclerosis (a fibrous overgrowth associated with degenerative changes in the middle coat, causing thickening of the arterial wall […]
Coarse Food And The Colon
The following instructive table by Rubner, professor of Physiology, Berlin University, shows results obtained from equal weights of different foods. In grams Weight Weight Percentage of of dried of ingested feces feces food Nitrogen Bread from fine flour…. 132.7 24.8 4.03 2.17 Bread from coarse flour.. 252.8 40.8 6.66 324 Brown Bread 317.8 75.79 1223 […]
Indications Of Urine Going Wrong
When the physiological mechanism is working perfectly, says Porter, the urine is free from indican (a substance formed from indol, which has its source in intestinal protein putrefaction) . If the urine is free from indican there is no putrefaction in the intestine? If there is over production of uric acid (a reddish yellow crystal-line […]