Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-05-23 | Page 8 | Dr. Fishbein's Health Talks

Dr Fishbein Health T Told 1 By DR MORRIS The IDt latest t tendency under unc I hope you haven't fallen C h has b eI to group all aU disturbances es of t y bo bowels ls under the general genera colitis 0 that Tb This is due particularly to the f I arose some years f ago for VIa Ing out the bowels with all kin kinc apparatus Colon washing bee beebe began ot of r J b be ba exploited as a means of If curing Sj most any kind of ot d dise disease e se e. e 1 If It you'll look up your history hl hoJ f ever you you'll II find strangely how these fads fadz have repeated enough th selves from era to era rn j jAs As long ago as 77 A. A D. D the B Ro 1 man historian Pliny told how hOR ho th I the Egyptians used to wash their in exactly the S same way that mat lh th method is exploited In our our- modern Um times cs 4 Again in jn the sixteenth bowel wa washing had a terrific t. t and the French cm emperor Louis SJ J i Fourteenth Is supposed to have tak taken tak en several thousand such int intestinal in f v mr washings s. s e S SIf If It you ou should go to a doctor with with the announcement that you have co lit litis 13 the doctor is likely to zu- zu susn tt t chronic appendicitis the gall bladder or almost any oth other other- disease A real colitis means ai an ir and inflammation of or fJ the in le lestine tine and that type of condit is tf really rare There are arc however numerous cases case of ot severe constipation with irritation of ot the bowel There are arc also cases in which people have eaten too much roughage Others develop habits involving ti fae daily use of strong cathartics Much of or this condition no doubt is with the speed and dr drive ve of oj modern life ille Those who have fallen Into inlo anyo these evils demand a complete reu lation lallon of every detail of or their lives li from Crom a point of or view w. 1 9 J If It you have the cathartic habit babit you should get rid of it as soon roon jj as possible It is lS well to be l less co conscious con coc sc ous of the bowel ow l than to be over over- conscious v The best advice that I can give to top a p person in itt this condition is to stop hurrying stop overworking sope t. t ing abo about t. t what the future lutine will bring and get rid of ot all extra stimulation such as comes front from rom tea co coffee c tobacco and alcohol Regulate your jOur life lire with definite pe periods Periods Pe- Pe of ot rest and exercise e Walk wADe enough h W Walking is not only a good mild exercise but also alro will keep you out in the open air In other words treatment of this condition demands less attention to the colon and mere attention n to the body as a whole Most people with colitis make the condition yo worse se by taking large amounts of bran urn um seed and other roughage These merely serve to irritate further further further fur fur- ther the lining of a bowel already I The ri right ht diet for a person perron with ith colitis is one with milk fruits well macerated and pureed vegetables vegetable After Arter the use UEe of ot a bland and soft diet harder materials ma may gradually gradual gradual- I ly Iy be added until you jou have hae returned to a normal diet did l