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THE GARDEN IM A G A Z I N E 
October, IQij 
The Wonderful Mission 
of the Internal Bath 
By C. G. PERCIVAL, M.D. 
D O you know that over three hundred thou- 
sand Americans are at the present time 
seeking freedom from small, as well as 
serious ailments by thepracticeof internal bathing ? 
Do you know that hosts of enlightened physi- 
cians all over the country, as well as osteopaths, 
physical culturists, etc., etc., are recommending 
andrecognizingthis practice as the most likely way 
now known to secure and preserve perfect health? 
1 here are the best of logical reasons for this 
practice and these opinions, and these reasons will 
be very interesting to every one. 
In the first place, every physician realizes and 
agrees that 95 per cent, of human illnesses is 
caused directly or indirectly by accumulated 
waste in the colon; this is bound to accumulate, 
because we of to-day neither eat the kind of food 
nor take the amount of exercise which nature 
demands in order that she may thoroughly 
eliminate the waste unaided — 
That’s the reason when you are ill the physician 
always gives you something to remove this ac- 
cumulation of waste before commencing to treat 
your specific trouble. 
It’s ten to one that no specific trouble would 
have developed if there were no accumulation of 
waste in the colon — 
-And that’s the reason that the famous Professor 
MetchnikofF, one of the world’s greatest scientists, 
has boldly and specifically stated that if our colons 
were taken awa-y in infancy, the length of our 
lives would be increased to probably one hundred 
and fifty years. \’ou see, this waste is extremely 
poisonous, and as the blood flows through the walls 
of the colon it absorbs thepoisons andcarriesthem 
through the circulation — that’s what causes auto- 
intoxication, with all its perniciously enervating 
and weakening results. These pull down our 
powers of resistance and render us subject to 
almost any serious complaint which may be pre- 
valent at the time. And the worst feature of it 
is that there are few of us who know when we are 
auto-intoxicated. 
■ But you never can be auto-intoxicated if you 
periodically use the proper kind of an internal 
bath — that is sure. 
It is Nature’s own relief and corrector — just 
warm water, which, used in the right way, cleanses 
thecolon thoroughly its entire length and makes and 
keeps it sweet, clean and pure, as Nature demands 
it shall be for the entire system to work properly. 
The following enlightening news article is 
quotW from the New York 4 imes; 
“What may lead to a remarkable advance in 
the operative treatment of certain forms of tuber- 
culosis is said to have been achieved at Guy’s 
Hospital. Briefly, the operation of the removal 
of the lower intestine has been applied to cases of 
tuberculosis, and the results are said to be in 
every way satisfactory. 
“The principle of the treatment is the removal 
of the cause of the disease. Recent researches 
of MetchnikoflF and others have led doctors to 
suppose that many conditions of chronic ill- 
health, such as nervous debility, rheumatism, and 
others disorders, are due to poisoning set up by 
unhealthy conditions in the large intestine, and it 
has even been suggested that the lowering of the 
vitality resulting from such poisoning is favorable 
to the dev'elopment of cancer and tuberculosis. 
“At Guy’s Hospital Sir William Arbuthnot 
Lane decided on the heroic plan of removing the 
diseased organ. A child who appeared in the 
final stage of what was believed to be an incurable 
form of tubercular joint disease, was operated on. 
The lower intestine, with the exception of nine 
inches, was removed, and the portion left was 
joined to the smaller intestine. 
“The result was astonishing. In a week’s 
time the internal organs resumed all their normal 
functions, and in a few weeks the patient was 
apparently in perfect health.” 
You undoubtedly know, from your own per- 
sonal experience, how dull and unfit to work or 
think properly biliousness and many other ap- 
parently simple troubles make you feel. And you 
probably know, too, that these irregularities, all 
directly traceable to accumulated waste, make 
you really sick if permitted to continue. 
You also probably know that the old-fashioned 
method of drugging for these complaints is at 
best only partially eflfective; the doses must be 
Increased if continued, and finally they cease to 
be effective at all. 
It is true that more drugs are probably used for 
this than all other human ills combined, which 
simply goes to prove how universal the trouble 
caused by accumulated waste really is — but there 
is not a doubt that drugs are being dropped as 
internal bathing is becoming better known — 
For it is not possible to conceive, until you have 
had the experience yourself, what a wonderful 
bracer an internal bath really is; taken at night, 
you awake in the morning with a feeling of light- 
ness and buoyancy that can not be described — 
you are absolutely clean, everything is working 
in perfect accord, your appetite is better, your 
brain is clearer, and you feel full of vim and con- 
fidence for the day’s duties. 
There isnothingnewaboutinternalbaths except 
the way of administering them. Some years ago 
Dr. Charles A. Tyrrell, of New York, was so mir- 
aculously benefited by faithfullyusing the method 
then in vogue that he made internal baths his 
special study and improved materially in adminis- 
tering the bath and in getting the result desired. 
This perfected bath he called the “J. B. L.” 
Cascade, and it is the one which has so quickly 
popularized and recommended itself that hun- 
dreds of thousands are to-day using it. 
Dr. Tyrrell, in his practice and researches, dis- 
covered many unique and interesting facts in con- 
nection with this subject; these he has collected 
in a little book, “The What, the Why, the Way of 
Internal Bathing,” which will be sent free on re- 
quest if you address Charles A. Tyrrell, M.D., 134 
West 65th Street, New York City, and mention 
having read this in the Garden Magazine. 
This book tells us facts that we never knew about 
ourselves before, and there is no doubt that every 
one who has an interest in his or her own physical 
well-being, or that of thefamily will bevery greatly 
instructed and enlightened by reading this carefully 
prepared and scientifically correct little book. 
Time Savers for the Housekeeper 
T here is no truer axiom than, “Tis an ill wind 
that blows nobody good ’’and it is particularly apt 
in regard to the swift pace that modern life de- 
mands of us. Even its most bitter critics will admit that 
this very swiftness is responsible for many innovations 
and inventions that have lifted the drudgery from the 
business of living, thereby saving energy as well as time 
for other business. Particularly is this true of articles 
for household use. For example, consider the many 
electrical devices 
whose very use 
prove a joy and 
especially in 
houses where 
service is limited. 
There is no 
need to mention 
the better known 
articles; such as 
toasters, percol- 
ators, etc., but 
how many people 
realize the im- 
mense saving in 
time and break- 
age that is gained 
by using an elec- 
tricplatewarmer. 
Thisdrumshaped 
friend of tbe family is of nickel, small enough to i 
find a place on the table yet large enough to hold a 1 
dozen plates at one time. Imagine the satisfaction i 
of having at hand on a cold winter’s morning a half! 
dozen hot plates and porridge bowls. i 
While not new, one of the best time and labor savers 
on the market are j 
^ the aluminum I 
measu ring 
spoons, a group 
of which are 
shown here, with- 
out which no 
modern kitchen 
is complete. No 
guessing at the . 
amount of an 
ingredient that 
will make or mar 
a recipe since five 
sizes are those 
most frequently 
called for. So 
satisfactory are 
all these spoons 
that one enter- 
prising firm has 
packed them into 
a special box in- 
scribed with a 
clever little verse and sells them at 30 cents. 
Decorative as well as useful are the carved walnut 
bellows, 19" tall, with brass nozzle, selling at $14, 
and 19" hearth brush of fine pig bristles priced $10 that 
are pictured here. There are to be had also plainer 
ones that with a three letter monogram on the bellows 
and one letter on brush cost $\z and $5 respectively. 
These are 22" tall. 
In point of space saving as well as convenience this 
folding muffin stand is to be commended. Of Cuban 
Mahogany in a dull wax finish it costs but $13.50. 
