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 in digestive and assimilative processes, peristalsis and subsequent evacuation of refuse products occur in sequence. No instance of loss of function or of paralysis of the bowel as the result of the judicious use of the internal bath has ever been observed or known in the course of the long experience of the writer. On the contrary, the enema has been found to restore natural action and to act as a tonic stimulus upon the muscles of the colon, preventing all chance of septic poisoning and of resulting disease.

Years of feeding upon other than natural foods and of excess consumption have brought about conditions in the body of man that leave no doubt as to food rubbish retained in the intestinal canal. Its removal is absolutely essential to health, and pure water is the natural agent for the accomplishment of this purpose. When digestive power reasserts itself, the daily use of the enema may be discontinued, but it should without question be administered at least twice weekly in health.

The factors that conduce to decomposition in the colon are several in number. The organ is developed as a storage reservoir for evacuations; it forms a suitable culture