Inner Hygiene: Constipation and the Pursuit of Health in Modern Society

by James C. Whorton

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Inner Hygiene explores the serious health threat of constipation, and discusses the extraordinary variety of preventive and curative measures that have been developed to save people from the toxic effects of intestinal regularity. The book examines the evolution over the last two centuries of the belief that constipation is a disease brought on by an unnatural lifestyle of urban, industrial society. Particular attention is given to the many constipation...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0195135814

ISBN13:9780195135817

Release Date:April 2000

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Length:344 Pages

Weight:0.10 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Related Subjects

Digestive Organs Health Health, Fitness & Dieting Health, Fitness & Dieting Medical Medical Books Modern (16th-21st Centuries)

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