Intestinal ills; chronic constipation, indigestion, autogenetic poisons, diarrhea, piles, etc : also auto-infection, auto-intoxication, anemia, emaciation, etc., due to proctitis and colitis / by Alcinous B. Jamison.

  • Jamison, Alcinous B. (Alcinous Burton), 1851-
Date:
1913
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Credit: Intestinal ills; chronic constipation, indigestion, autogenetic poisons, diarrhea, piles, etc : also auto-infection, auto-intoxication, anemia, emaciation, etc., due to proctitis and colitis / by Alcinous B. Jamison. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Here we have the pathological reason why local remedies to the outer surface of the skin will not cure pruritus ani. Also the reason why dieting is useless, and why internal remedies are worthless for the cure of anal itching ; for the itching, as shown, is the result of an inflamma- tory product in the channels under the skin of the victim, numbering from five to twenty. Over fifteen years ago I dis- covered the cause of the great suffer- ing from painful itching at the anus and contiguous tissues and have been able to give instant relief, and in a little time permanent cure, in every case treated since then. It is well for those who have an occasional attack of pruritus ani to take treatment at once for proctitis proper, as well as for this symptom, itching- resulting from these channels. The proctitis, if neglected, will only be the means of increasing the size, length and number of these channels. In chronic, sub- acute and acute stages of proctitis there is more or less secretion of inflammatory