Transcriber’s notes: The text of this book has been preserved in its original form apart from correction of two typographic errors: incidently → incidentally, flouroscopic → fluoroscopic. Inconsistent hyphenation has not been altered. In this transcription italic text is denoted by _underscores_. A caret (^) indicates that the following bracketed characters are superscripted. Footnotes have been numbered and positioned below the relevant paragraphs, and some illustration captions have been moved closer to the relevant text. Numbering and labelling of illustrations is somewhat flawed, although it is hardly noticeable in this plain text version. Figure 20 does not exist and figures 18–24 are not in correct numerical sequence. The text has several references to figures 25, 26, 27 and 29 but these do not exist as figures in their own right – the numbers actually identify labelled items in figure 18. [Illustration: _Hargrave_ _5^{th} Ave. & 37^{th} St._, New York.] INTESTINAL IRRIGATION OR WHY, HOW, AND WHEN TO FLUSH THE COLON TREATED IN CONNECTION WITH OTHER MATTERS OF PHYSIOLOGICAL INTEREST AND IMPORTANCE BY ALCINOUS B. JAMISON, M.D. AUTHOR OF “INTESTINAL ILLS,” “HOW TO BECOME STRONG,” ETC. _Published by the Author_ THIRD EDITION NEW YORK CITY 43 West Forty-fifth Street 1914 COPYRIGHT, 1914 BY ALCINOUS B. JAMISON “Even from the Body’s Purity, the Mind Receives a secret sympathetic aid.” --_Thomson._ PREFACE. Within the last three decades the diagnosis and treatment of bowel troubles have been greatly changed through improved instruments, technique, hygienic measures, and various remedial agents.