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any other for adminittering' injections. Water 

 about blood-warm should be used when the purpose 

 is to relieve constipation, and a considerable quan- 

 tity — one to three pints, or more — may be used. 

 The water should be retained for a few minutes, 

 while the bowels are kneaded and shaken. If theie 

 is difficulty in retaining: the water, a folded najikin 

 should be i)re88ed as'ainstthe anus. In hemorrhage 

 and inflammation of the lower bowel, cool or cold 

 clysters should be emi>loyed, and should be retained 

 as long- as possible. The copious cool enema is a 

 valuable antiphlogistic remedy used in conjunction 

 with the cool bath in oases of violent febrile excite- 

 ment, as tvphoid fever, when temperature rises 

 above 10ii° F. Large enemas of water, or of water 

 containing- quassia, are the best mode of treatment 

 of ascarides. or the so-called seat worms. 



Large, or what are termed forced, enemata are 

 also recommended by Dr. Mosler as the most suc- 

 cessful means of relieving intussusception. They 

 are also recommended in hernia and in the treat- 

 ment of tape-worm, in connection with other an- 

 thelmintics. In catarrh and other diseases of the 

 large intestines they are useful in cleansing and 

 washing away acrid secretions and foreign matters 

 as well as in applying local treatment. A. Rohrick. 

 of Vienna, has observed that injections of water 

 into the colon incicase the fluidity of the bile 

 secreted by the liver. This fact has led to its em- 

 ployment in jaundice due to catarrh of the t'iliary 

 ducts as well as to other causes, and, accordinsr to 

 Dr. Mosler, with successful results. In administer- 

 ing a forced injection, the syphon svringe should 

 be employed. The patient should lie on his back 

 with his hips elevated, and the enema should be 

 administered slowly. When colicky pains occur, 

 the injection should be withheld for a few minutes, 

 until the pain subsides. When it is desired to force 

 fluid into the small intestine, which may be done in 

 case of necessity, the patient should be placed on 

 his knees and shoulders, so as to lift the pelvis as 

 much as possible, and the fluid should be introduced 

 slowly. 



Now, please notice, friends, when you 

 pay money for a recipe or secret, the seller, 

 as a mattter of course, gives all the ad- 

 vavtnges of the great discovery, and puts it 

 intliemost glowing terms, while he entire- 

 ly ignores its drawbacks or dangers ; at 

 least, such has been my experience. Print- 

 ed circulars, scattered far and wide, from 

 Dr. A. Wilford Hall, illustrates this very 

 pointedly. Now. please read the following 

 from p. mi, Dr. Kellogg's book : 



But the enema may become a source of mischief 

 if abused. If habitually relied upon to secure a 

 movement of the bowels for a long time, the bow- 

 els lose their activity, and the most obstinate con- 

 stipation sometimes results, precisely as from the 

 prolonged use of purgatives. 



Dr. Kellogg declares that this very matter 

 of thoroughly washing or rinsing these or- 

 gans may be a means of mischief. 1 under- 

 stand that physicians do not all agree in re- 

 gard to this.' While some say the use of 

 water internally will do no more harm than 

 washing the hands and face daily, others 

 agree with Dr. Kellogg. A good many of 

 us would be very glad indeed if nature 

 would at certain times forbear a little, and, 

 if the use of water would induce her to get 

 over a little of her " activity," what harm 

 would it do to use it ? 



Dr. Hall also makes quite a point of his 

 treatment for diarrhea, "giving the idea to 

 the reader that this is a part of his discov- 

 ery. 



Now let us see what Dr. Kellogg says un- 

 der the head of " Diarrhea," after giving 

 directions in regard to diet, on page !)07 of 

 " Rational Medicine." He writes : 



Next in importance as a measure of treatment, is 

 the proper emplojment of enemata. We have seen 

 more benefit derived from the injection of large 



quantities of hot water— as hot as could be borne, 

 and in as large quantiiies as could be retained — 

 than from any other tingle measure of treatment. 



After reading the above I was greatly sur- 

 prised to find I could bear water internally 

 so hot as to be painful to my hand, without 

 any inconvenience whatever ; and this very 

 warm or hot water seemed to give wonder- 

 ful relief. In fact, the effect is very much 

 like that of the rested feeling that comes 

 from taking a pretty hot external bath. I 

 am satistied, too, that these large quantities 

 of hot water do remove accumulations that 

 may have been productive of harm for 

 months, or may be even years. We read on 

 the same page : 



The hot or cold water used in injections should be 

 employed in considerable quantities, either as hot 

 as can be borne or quite cool. 



From personal experience I am pretty 

 well satislied that no harm can come from 

 using any excess of hot water, even if the 

 quantity be so great as to produce a mo- 

 mentary sensation of sea-sickness. 



There is much more in the book mention- 

 ed, on this subject; but the above, in con- 

 nection with the advice of your physician, 

 will be sufficient. And finally, dear friends, 

 do not think of sending $1.00 to anybody 

 for some one's secret discovery, when your 

 own family physician knows all about it, 

 and has known so for years. Your family 

 physician will also be glad to tell you all 

 that is known in regard to it. There are a 

 great many good physicians among the read- 

 ers of Gleanings, and I appeal to them 

 whether I am not right. Very likely, good 

 will result from calling the attention of the 

 world at large to this special line of water- 

 cure treatment. We can not very well make 

 a mistake in keeping ourselves too clean. 



SPECIAL DEPARTMENT FOR A. I. ROOT, AND HIS 

 FRIENDS WHO LOVE TO RAISE CROPS. 



That art on which a thousand millions of men are dependent 

 for their sustenance, and two hundred millions of men expend 

 their daily toil, must be the most important of all— the parent 

 and precursor of all other arts. In every countiy, then, and at 

 every period, the investijjation of the principles on which the 

 rational practice of this art is founded ought to have command- 

 ed the principal attention of the greatest minds. 



James F. W. Johnston. 



WHAT SHALL WE DO WHEN THE GHOUNO 

 IS ALL THE WHILE TOO AVET TO PLANT? 



To-DAY, May 24, almost nothing of our 

 main crops is in the ground, because of 

 heavy and incessant rain. Eor two seasons 

 past we have had a similar experience, and 

 were therefore partly prepared for it. We 

 have had some sad experience in trying to 

 work ground when it was too wet, and had 

 therefore decided to have it in proper order, 

 no matter how long it took. But here it is. 

 almost June 1, and only one planting of 

 corn has been made. Our first potatoes are 

 pretty nearly knee-high, and so are some of 

 the weeds. By watching our chanres we 

 have cultivated them up a few times ; but 

 if any portion of the weeds is left on top of 

 the ground, they start to grow again. 

 What cultivating we have done has been 

 done when the ground was too wet for the 

 horses to step on. A week ago to-day, by 



