Intestinal auto-intoxication / by A. Combe. Together with an appendix on the lactic ferments with particular reference to their application in intestinal therapeutics / by Albert Fournier ; only authorized English adaptation by William Gaynor States.
- Adolphe Combe
- Date:
- [1908]
Licence: In copyright
Credit: Intestinal auto-intoxication / by A. Combe. Together with an appendix on the lactic ferments with particular reference to their application in intestinal therapeutics / by Albert Fournier ; only authorized English adaptation by William Gaynor States. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![bad pcriods, but that it is curable and that with bis recovcry ail the symptoms which accompanied it will disappear. It is, in fact, essential that the sufferer should hâve the greatest confidence in his treatnient, to be willing to follow so long and monotonous a régime, to give up to it the necessary time, and to bear without despair the inévitable bad days, which corne in spite of a well-ordered, well-applied and conscientiously followed treatment. B, Therapeutic Means We hâve seen that in intestinal auto-intoxication the constipa- tion is nearly always spasmodic, and that this fact is of the greatest importance from the therapeutic standpoint. It shows us that ail the medicines and physical procedures employed in atonie constipation must here he carefully avoided; for after having relieved the intestine, they leave it irritated and in conséquence increase the constipation. Irritating foods containing much cellulose (vegetables and fruits) must be forbidden. The irritating seeds of flax and'of psyllium, which are some- times recommended and with success, in atonie constipation must be avoided. Drastic purgatives; jalap and the salines must be prohibited. The same may be said of hydrotherapy with its cold and violent applications, of intestinal massage, of faradic electricity applied to the abdominal walls or rectum. Lastly, in spasmodic constipation, ail the strenuous thermal cures, with the waters of Carlsbad, Marienbad, Tarasp, de Brides, etc., must be avoided. Ail of these procedures which give such remarkable results in atonie constipation, hâve a déplorable effect in membranous enteritis and in the spasmodic constipation of intestinal auto- intoxication. The on] y purgative which may be employed in urgent cases, the only one which is not irritating and consequently harmful, on condition of its being employed in moderate doses and not too frequently, is castor oil. In children the syrup of manna or manna tears may be substituted for it in doses of 15 to 30 grams. But these two](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2813297x_0441.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
