Autointoxication, or, intestinal toxemia / by J. H. Kellogg.

  • John Harvey Kellogg
Date:
1919
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Credit: Autointoxication, or, intestinal toxemia / by J. H. Kellogg. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    It is evident that the therapeutic problem pre¬ sented by a patient suffering from chronic in¬ testinal toxemia is generally conceded to be very difficult of solution. This question is, in the writer’s opinion, the gravest problem in thera¬ peutics at the present time before the medical world; and his only excuse for presenting this lit¬ tle volume is the hope that the unusual opportu¬ nities for observation and experimentation which he has enjoyed for many years have enabled him to contribute something toward its solution. The purpose of this work is to present in some detail methods of dealing with cases requiring change of the intestinal flora that have been suc¬ cessfully employed by the writer and his col¬ leagues in the treatment of some thousands of patients at the Battle Creek Sanitarium. All the methods and measures recommended have been thoroughly tried and proven to be efficient in meeting the indications for which they are recommended. The “regimens” which have been worked out as the result of many hundreds of experiments extending over forty years of active practice, if used with the proper precautions, will rarely fail to produce the results expected of them, and generally the results will more than meet expectations. It is not claimed that diet alone is capable of doing all that can be done in these cases, and it is, of course, expected that other rational meas¬ ures will be simultaneously employed. But diet is certainly the dominant factor. Especial prominence is given to the “milk regimen” and the “fruit regimen,” because these two have been found most efficient. Various
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