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The Conquest Of Constipation 1923 Wiliam S. Walsh
~PREFACE
CONSTIPATION, or so-called autointoxication, is
by far the most common of all impairments. It
would be no exaggeration to state that it affects
at least twenty per cent of the entire population,
or about 25,000,000 people in the United States.
One can gain a good idea as to its prevalence by
noting the large number of pills, liquids, foods,
and appliances advertised for it in the newspapers
and magazines. On proprietary remedies
for constipation, approximately $50,000,000 are
spent each year in this country; the sales of one
laxative for infants and children average almost
$1,500,000 yearly.
Concerning constipation there are many popular
misconceptions. For instance, many persons
think that the malady is incurable. The truth is,
that in nine cases out of ten, even better, the
disorder can be cured, and cured without resort
to drugs or to surgery. How cure may be effected,
however, the average man does not know.
Few of the constipated take counsel of the physician,
and the few that do rarely persist with the
treatment prescribed. Consequently, there seems~
CONSTIPATION, or so-called autointoxication, is
by far the most common of all impairments. It
would be no exaggeration to state that it affects
at least twenty per cent of the entire population,
or about 25,000,000 people in the United States.
One can gain a good idea as to its prevalence by
noting the large number of pills, liquids, foods,
and appliances advertised for it in the newspapers
and magazines. On proprietary remedies
for constipation, approximately $50,000,000 are
spent each year in this country; the sales of one
laxative for infants and children average almost
$1,500,000 yearly.
Concerning constipation there are many popular
misconceptions. For instance, many persons
think that the malady is incurable. The truth is,
that in nine cases out of ten, even better, the
disorder can be cured, and cured without resort
to drugs or to surgery. How cure may be effected,
however, the average man does not know.
Few of the constipated take counsel of the physician,
and the few that do rarely persist with the
treatment prescribed. Consequently, there seems~