The itinerary of a breakfast; a popular account of the travels of a breakfast through the food tube and of the ten gates and several stations through which it passes, also of the obstacles which it sometimes meets . 6:00 P. M. Breakfast Residue (blue) mostly Dinner Residue (Red) passing with Breakfast Residue. eaten (yellow). in Descending Colon,into Colon, mixingSupper just. 9:00 P. M. Breakfast Residue (blue) mostly in Pelvic Colon ready to be discharged. Dinner residue (red) in Right Halt 01 Colon. Supper Residue (yellow) nearly ready to enter Colon. THE HOUSE-BROKEN COLON 87 causes of the
The itinerary of a breakfast; a popular account of the travels of a breakfast through the food tube and of the ten gates and several stations through which it passes, also of the obstacles which it sometimes meets . 6:00 P. M. Breakfast Residue (blue) mostly Dinner Residue (Red) passing with Breakfast Residue. eaten (yellow). in Descending Colon,into Colon, mixingSupper just. 9:00 P. M. Breakfast Residue (blue) mostly in Pelvic Colon ready to be discharged. Dinner residue (red) in Right Halt 01 Colon. Supper Residue (yellow) nearly ready to enter Colon. THE HOUSE-BROKEN COLON 87 causes of the universal constipation which hasbecome a national curse and perhaps thegreatest cause of national inefficiency and phy-sical unpreparedness. 5. Reduced Quantity of Food. A reduc-tion of the quantity of food eaten lessens thebulk of the residue and so leads to constipa-tion. Fasting, or even the omission of a mealinterrupts bowel movement. Hence the needof regularity in diet. Meals must not beomitted. If there is lack of appetite or notime for the regular meal, fruit should betaken with bran or agar-agar and paraffin oilto keep up the normal rhythm, and to preventa blockade in the lower colon. An extra meal of fruit is an undoubted aidto bowel action. An orange or an apple eatenat bedtime is often effective in aiding the ad-vance of the food residues so that a goodevac
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