Does it not stand to reason that the greater portion of the liquid in which the feces were dissolved and had fermented is re-absorbed into the system? Why should the poor victim of proctitis and cathartics wonder why he has gout, rheumatism, and disease of the kidneys, bladder, lungs, liver, stomach, nerves; why he has neurasthenia, debility, feebleness, loss of memory, inability to fix and hold the attention upon a single line of thought, apprehensions, etc.? His wonder is childish, for deep in his heart he knows that he poisoned himself. He knows this, but it seems that he must be reminded of the fact that there is a better way to remove the accumulated mass from the large intestine, and to prevent in future the undue retention of feces, liquids, and gases in abnormal sacs or pouches. The way that Nature prescribes is the resort daily, two or three times, to the enema. When the injected water reaches the imprisoned and dried feces, the crust is loosened from its holdings and the mass is moved toward the exit by the expulsive effort of the bowels. Previously the bowels were helpless with their load. As the sudden flood of water is expelled it carries with it the inspissated feces; whereupon the subconscious personal Ego, who is the superintendent of the digestive apparatus and functions, congratulates himself on the delightfully refreshing manner in which the local disturber has been ousted. Such is the satisfactory decision of the arbitrator--Enlightened Nature. No longer need we bow to Medicus or to any other kind of “cuss,” whether styled hygiene or physical culture. Arbitration of this sort makes life worth living. Now for Nature’s benediction: “May that feeling of freedom from uncleanliness, internal and external, be with you constantly, and this double blessing make your joys flow so fast that in their rapidity they blend into a sun and radiate from your rejuvenated physical being.” CHAPTER VI. GASEOUS OBESITY AND OUR ROLY-POLIES. Is there any human being so ignorant that he cannot understand that when food stuffs in the gastro-intestinal canal ferment and putrefy they thereby generate toxic (poisonous) gaseous matter, volatile fatty acids, and putrid feces; that such matter, acids, and feces are rapidly absorbed by the system, and that, if the system does not readily eliminate them by way of the bowels, kidneys, and mucous membrane, they will tend to bring on one or more forms of acute or chronic disease?