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. 2000 Dec;321(7276):1586-9.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7276.1586.

Civilisation and the colon: constipation as the "disease of diseases"

J Whorton  1
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Civilisation and the colon: constipation as the "disease of diseases"

J Whorton. BMJ. 2000 Dec.
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Scare tactics were used by manufacturers of purgatives
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An abdominal massage machine
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This advertisement was carried in “Nature's Path” in 1938
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Sir William Arbuthnot Lane appeared in advertisements promoting yeast for health
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