Show Your Health User of Cathartics Laxatives Could Get Along Without By James Tames W. W Barton MD M.D. D I The average healthy individual cannot understand why the sales of cathartics and laxatives amount to many millions of dollars yearly If He finds no need for them or perhaps perhaps per per- ha haps ps takes a dose r r f of Epsom salts or ora t q a purgative pill two or t three h r e e es i 41 times a year 7 Now there is h no question but LAL that a number t. t find a pill laxative laxa laxa- j tive or an enema Dr Barton helps to clear the mind and body I at at times but bul the great majority of those using these helps regularly regularly regularly reg reg- gradually could find themselves themselves them them- selves sel able to do without them if they gave the matter a little thought In the first place it is found that thal those using purgatives to top often have become what is called colon colon- conscious the colon is the medical name for the large bowel the large intestine These individuals think of this lower bowel as a reservoir resI reservoir res res- carrying pounds of waste I matter which if not removed within a- a afew few hours will be absorbed absorbed absorbed ab ab- into the blood and poison the body Accordingly they believe believe believe be be- lieve that by removing removing- this waste matter at once they escape many ills About Wastes What about wastes in the bowel Do they do harm if not removed daily I have spoken before of or the research work done by Dr Walter Valter Alvarez Mayo clinic in which he showed that a daily bowel movement move move- ment was not absolutely necessary necessary sary that many enjoyed perfect t health with a bowel movement t every second or third day While e the blood did absorb some of th the e poisons in the waste in the bowel the tired feeling feeling- was caused by the heaviness or weight of th the e wastes dragging on the nerves o of f the bowel While half the cases o of constipation constipation constipation con con- are caused by irregular r habits in not going to stool Immediately immediately immediately im Im- im- im mediately after alter breakfast and not no t eating enough rough h food such a as 5 cereals and leafy vegetables there are at least as L. L many cases of high high- strung individuals where rough h foods are eaten to prevent constipation constipation con con- in whom the irritation n of the bowel ns by rough foods causes cause s a spasm |