Intestinal ills; chronic constipation, indigestion, autogenetic poisons, diarrhea, piles, etc : also auto-infection, auto-intoxication, anemia, emaciation, etc., due to proctitis and colitis / by Alcinous B. Jamison.

  • Jamison, Alcinous B. (Alcinous Burton), 1851-
Date:
1913
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Credit: Intestinal ills; chronic constipation, indigestion, autogenetic poisons, diarrhea, piles, etc : also auto-infection, auto-intoxication, anemia, emaciation, etc., due to proctitis and colitis / by Alcinous B. Jamison. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    stances referred to, whilst a passage exists along the centre of the canal that shall permit a daily evacuation to occur. The dejections, even, may be loose in char- acter, and still the same sequence of events ensue. From the irritating- influ- ence of preternaturally retained feces, colicky pains are, as a rule, induced, and the ultimate effects may be such as to lead to the production of fatal inflammation. The effect of constipation upon the muscular coat of the bowel is, through distention to which it is subjected, to weaken or deteriorate its evacuating power. As the result of a great amount of distention, like as happens in the case of the urinary bladder, more or less com- plete paralysis is induced. From the prolonged retention of fecal matter ac- companying constipation, excrementitious products that ought to be eliminated be- come absorbed and thereby contaminate the contents of the circulatory system. As the result of this contamination, the secretions become vitiated, and a general disturbance of the conditions of life is produced. The action of the liver be- coming deranged, its eliminative office is imperfectly discharged, and thus sallow-