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 fast in acute disease alone may be abruptly begun.

The salutary caution is added that, when impending illness is apparent, several weeks or even months of preparatory diet will render the system amenable to the complete cleansing results of the absolute fast, and, barring organic defects, will preclude many unpleasant consequences in symptoms. The value of the enema or internal bath during both the period of preparation and the fast itself, as well as its employment in health, will later be fully discussed.