The lazy colon : newer methods and latest advances of science in the treatment of constipation / by C.M. Campbell associated with A.K. Detwiller.
- Charles Macfie Campbell
- Date:
- 1926
Licence: In copyright
Credit: The lazy colon : newer methods and latest advances of science in the treatment of constipation / by C.M. Campbell associated with A.K. Detwiller. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![eral flushing of the system,* with its consequent re¬ moval of poisonous substances, at least one pint ad¬ ditional should be drunk between meals, in the early morning and before retiring. In other words the water schedule of the average man or woman should call for at least two quarts of water per day (eight glasses) rather than three pints. In case one drinks considerable milk, which is 87 per cent water, the water quota may be appreciably lower. If one eats freely of fruits and vegetables less water is required, since these foods have a high water content. If one exercises vigorously in a warm climate the water ingestion should be considerably increased.1 For example, Hawk has known a man weighing 150 pounds to lose eight pounds in the three hours of a fatiguing tennis contest on a scorching hot day. In the Biological Bulletin for April-July, 1914, Hawk goes into details on the large percentage of water in the human body; that the gastric juice is 98 per cent water, the blood over 90, the intestinal juice 98 and that efficient intestinal digestion is greatly promoted by a large in¬ take of water; that even where the stomach is full the water will not be retained in the mixture but pass on through a channel. Much misinformation is current on this subject. He also points out that a large intake of drinking water, whether distilled or ordinary, acts as a deterrent of intestinal putrefaction, and also calls at¬ tention to the improvement in the character of the urine under full intakes of water. Of this more anon. Kellogg in his “New Dietetics,” says of the foregoing theories of Hawk (whom he designates as a Chemist of Philadelphia) that they have been particularly mislead¬ ing and dangerous. He says the author would have us believe that drinking freely of even ice water at meals does not involve risk of indigestion. The professor’s experiments simply demonstrate how much abuse a healthy stomach is able to endure before it surrenders * As our author has just said that drinking a liter of water at] mealtime does not increase the colon moisture, this phrase “flush¬ ing of the system” must refer to the kidneys. See comment later. i Hawk.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29812689_0039.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
