Show constipation and insanity it is now generally admitted that constipation sti is productive of serious disorders that it aggravates other ailments increases tho susceptibility of the system to infections diseases and produces a detate of general physical disturbance the nervous system is especially affected and it must be remembered that the nervous centers are in the brain the deleterious effects of constipation were formerly explained by the pressure of the hardened mass on the blood ves eels and nerves of the intestines ant a different view is now taken it is believed that they are due to powerful poisons which have been proved to be developed in the process of incipient de |