Physicians and surgeons of conventional schools of medicine are not aware that the common cause, and indeed the key, of all forms of anal, rectal, and bowel trouble is proctitis (inflammation of the lower bowel and sometimes of the colon); that proctitis is the cause of nearly all cases of constipation, diarrhea, indigestion, and biliousness; and that, finally, proctitis is the cause of auto-infection (self-poisoning) and its outcome--anemia, emaciation, etc. No book to which physicians have access treats this subject so fully as “Intestinal Ills,” and yet in this volume it is presented in a popular manner suited to the common understanding. The following enumeration of the chapter headings will give an idea of the scope of the treatise: 1. Man, Composed Almost Wholly of Water, is Constipated. Why? 2. The Physics of Digestion and Egestion. 3. The Interdependence of the Anus, Rectum, Sigmoid Flexure, and Colon. 4. Indigestion, Intestinal Gas, and Other Matters. 5. Key to Auto-infection. 6. How Auto-infection Affects the Gastric Digestion, and Vice Versa. 7. How Auto-infection Affects Intestinal Digestion, and Vice Versa. 8. The Cause of Constipation and How We Ignorantly Treat It. 9. Cures for Constipation “Fearfully and Wonderfully Made.” 10. Biliousness and Bilious Attacks. 11. King Liver and Bile-bouncers. 12. Semi-constipation and Its Dangers. 13. The Etiology of the Most Common Form of Diarrhea, i. e., Excessive Intestinal Peristalsis. 14. Ballooning of the Rectum. 15. Ballooning of the Rectum (_Continued_). 16. Erroneous Diagnoses and Treatment of Bowel Troubles. 17. Costiveness. 18. Inflammation. 19. Proctitis and Piles. 20. Pruritus, or Itching of the Anus. 21. Abscess and Fistula. 22. The Origin and Use of the Enema. 23. How Often Should an Enema be Taken? 24. Physiological Irrigation. 25. Proper Treatment for Diseases of the Anus and Rectum Very Essential. 26. The Body’s Book-keeping. 27. Selection and Preparation of Food. 28. Diet for Indigestion. 29. Diet for Constipation. 30. Costiveness, Diet, etc. 31. Diet for Diarrhea. 32. A Final Word. You need this book for yourself and your friends. By making a present of it to some one requiring its light you will perform an act of unselfish kindness. Price, cloth bound, lettered in gold, $2.00, post-paid to any address. In sending for the book please write name and address plainly. All orders should be sent to the author: A. B. JAMISON, M.D., 43 WEST 45TH STREET, NEW YORK CITY. End of Project Gutenberg's Intestinal Irrigation, by Alcinous B. Jamison