The royal road to health, or, the secret of health without drugs / by Chas. A. Tyrrell.
- Tyrrell, Chas. A. (Charles Alfred), 1846-1918
- Date:
- 1919, ©1907
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The royal road to health, or, the secret of health without drugs / by Chas. A. Tyrrell. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![itself. Pliny says this habit of the Ibis first suggested the use of clysters to the ancient Egyptian doctors, known to be the first medical practitioners of any nation, not excepting the Chinese. [See Naturalis Historia, Lib. VIII., Dap. 41, Hague 1518.] Another writer, viz., Christianus Langius, says that this bird, when attacked with consti¬ pation at some distance from the river, and not able to fly from weakness, would be seen to crawl to the water’s edge with drooping wings and there take its rectal treatment, when, in a few minutes, it would fly away in full vigor of regained strength. The following experience from the pen of Dr. H. T. Turner, of Washington, affords in¬ contestable proof that the colon is the seat of disease, and his testimony should be read with extreme care. It is no fanciful, theoretical statement, but the ghastly revelation of an appalling reality. While reading his state¬ ment, the reader will do well to refer to the engraving, representing the digestive appara¬ tus, at the commencement of this book, as it will greatly facilitate his comprehension of the matter.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29811697_0040.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
