The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, July 31st, 2000
After all these years, constipation concerns linger on
By DENISE GRADY
New York Times
Monday, July 31, 2000
In a grand leap of logic about 100 years ago, doctors pinpointed the cause of violent crime, suicide, nervous exhaustion, insomnia, fatigue, headaches, confusion, sexual dysfunction, bad skin, baldness, tuberculosis, gum disease, cancer and spinsterhood. The culprit was intestinal stasis, leading to that horror of horrors, autointoxication. It was, please pardon the term, constipation.
It was universal. Astute doctors could spot victims everywhere, even on city streets, by their tel...
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