Intestinal toxaemias and their pathological significance : bulletin no. 1 / Dimol Laboratories, Limited.

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[1924]
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    “The point which caiefly calls for notice is the influence which contaminated placental blood may have upon the more highly organised foetal tissues, such as the brain. For example, ‘Sporadic cretinism,’ says McCarrison (The Thyroid: Gland in Health and Disease), ‘is due to toxic agencies acting through the maternal blood, other than the specific excitants of goitre... The central nervous system is peculiarly prone to the attacks of these toxins, such as idiopathic epilepsy and certain psychoses. Some of the manifold varieties of intestinal toxins may be of high importance in this regard—so it is that all treatment of sub-thyroidic states should include at the same time antitoxic and antiseptic treatment of the gastro-intestinal tract.”’? La Clinique, September, 1923. PYORRHOEA. “‘Langenhagen of Plombiéres regards pyorrhoea alveolaris as a secondary manifestation of mucous colitis, which is directly due te intestinal stasis.’ Bryce, Intestinal Toxaemia, p. 90. ‘‘In the treatment of pyorrhoea alveolaris, unless intestinal] sepsis is treated at the same time and overcome, no local treatment of the dentist is more than palliative.”? GarRNeTT-E.uis, The New Statesman, May 3lst, 1924. “It is my practice in all cases where marked pyorrhoea is present to investigate as fully as possible the condition of the whole alimentary tract.”” The Lancet, July 8, 1922, p. 58. ‘‘Most medical men never hesitate to associate pyorrhoea alveolaris with the causation of rheumatism, but it is now well recognised that this disorder can originate from colitis, which is a direct result of chronic intestinal stasis.’’ Bryce, Intestinal Toxaemia, p. 50. RHINITIS AND RHINORRHOEA. “It is difficult to convince patients who suffer from rhinitis that the cause is an auto-toxaemia due to disorders of the lower colon, and this is especially so in cases complicated with gouty joints and so-called ‘rheumatoid’ indications. .. To cure rhinorrohoea find the cause; it is often due to auto-toxaemia from intestinal trouble; treat this condition and the usual symptoms will subside.” Wyuiet, The Medical Press, June 18, 1924. SKIN DISEASES. ‘‘Auto-intoxication plays a very important role in the aetiology of skin diseases. . . Hyperidrosis, or excessive sweating, may be caused by toxins from an auto-intoxication disturbing the function
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