HYGIENIC TREATMENT. 713 



and also the stomach. In the process of purifying the colon, we skip the 

 small intestines as we can not directly reach them. But when the stomach 

 and colon are purified, the small intestines will take care of themselves, for 

 the bile, acting as an antiferment, is received at the upper end of the small 

 intestines. 



TREATMENT: Inject into the colon by means of a syringe, very slowly, 

 water as hot as can be borne, the hotter the better, so long as it can be used 

 with comfort tepid water should not be employed. It may not be possible 

 to retain but a little at the beginning. In this event the first water may be 

 allowed to pass off, repeating the operation, each time increasing the quantity 

 and using all the will power possible to retain it. It must be borne in mind 

 that it is the quantity that is to effect the good result. The object sought to 

 be accomplished is to fill the entire colon with pure hot water, so that the 

 dried putrid excretion that is lodged in the folds of the colon, is loosened and 

 thoroughly washed out. Use from two to four quarts at a time and repeat 

 every day for at least a week, then less frequently until the desired result is 

 accomplished. 



A much less quantity than the above named would not suffice, as the 

 large intestine, which is capable of great expansion and may be cultivated to 

 receive and retain as much as a gallon of water at a time, requires a consid- 

 erable amount to insure thorough cleansing. 



Different positions of the body have been recommended while using the 

 injection. Lying on the left side is one. Another is on the knees, hips up 

 and the chest as low as possible. After a pint of water has been injected, 

 especially if hard to retain, stop the flow for two or three minutes, and with 

 the hands gently knead the bowels. This will break up the adhesions of 

 fecal matter in the intestines, and cause it to fall into the current as it passes 

 out. Continue the injection until two or more quarts of water have found 

 its way into the intestines, then lie still from ten to fifteen minutes, after 

 which pass the water off. Increase the heat and quantity of water if possible 

 from day to day for a week or ten days, until three or four quarts can be re- 

 tained, then wait six to eight days and see if the bowels will move naturally; 

 that the excretion is of a soft, pasty, natural consistency, and yellow in 

 color. If this is the case, the colon is empty, but if the bowels are inactive 

 and the excrement hard and constipated, then the colon has not been emp- 

 tied and it may take from one to six weeks longer to accomplish it, or get the 

 hard incrusted matter removed. 



The best time to use it is just before retiring at night; then after the 

 water has passed off, rest twenty-five or thirty minutes, then inject a pint or 

 more which retain during the night. This water will be absorbed by the 

 organs of the system during the night, producing a very cleansing and salu- 

 tary effect, all of which will insure the return and preservation of health. 

 The victims of insomnia during this process will be visited by "tired 

 nature's sweet restorer, balmy sleep." 



The method of washing out and cleansing the stomach is to sip, from 

 thirty to sixty minutes before each meal, nearly or quite, a pint of hot water, 

 as hot as can comfortably be used. At first it may seem disagreeable, but 

 after a few trials it will be taken with a relish, as it acts as a stimulant. The 

 hot water will loosen the mucus from the lining of the stomach and in half an 

 hour this mucus and the undigested particles will pass out with the water 

 into the intestines, leaving the peptic glands cleansed and prepared to digest 

 the food. 



This cleansing of the stomach, by hot water, should be employed by all 

 patients that it agrees with, after a few trials have been employed as a test. 



This method of hygienic treatment, perseveringly followed, has arrested 

 some of the most malignant forms of consumption and enabled the victims 

 of that terrible disease to live out their three score and ten years, when they 

 had not even one whole lung left to depend on for the support of life. The 

 disease too was not only arrested, but the weight of the patients was is- 

 i;reased from fifty to seventy-five pounds. 



