DEPURANT POWDER.

Water at a temperature of from 120 to 135 or more degrees is an excellent antiseptic if properly applied to diseased tissue. Its anti-toxic, soothing, and healing properties, however, can be vastly increased by the addition of Depurant remedies. Water of this temperature, if used in the treatment of proctitis or colitis, should be applied with the aid of an Intestinal Recurrent Douche.

Water at a temperature of from 90 to 105 degrees—which is recommended for taking an enema—is antiseptic or depuratory only to the extent to which it washes away morbid matter from the intestinal canal. To increase its antiseptic and therapeutic value, as well as to meet other requirements, Depurant remedies are administered with the water during the flushing of the large intestine.

The Depurant Powder, prepared by the author, readily dissolves in the warm water and is brought into contact with every part of the mucous membrane as far as the antiseptic flushing extends along the intestine, thus leaving the washed and sterilized canal sweet and clean—a fit and proper channel and receptacle for the on-coming fecal mass. Here it may remain about four hours without danger of putre­fac­tion, whereas, were the passage-way and receptacle foul, the feces would putrefy and form gases and toxic material in briefer time.

This Depurant remedy is not restricted to intestinal uses; it is equally efficacious when applied to the mucous membrane of any part of the body or to the skin. It may be used effectively for washing out the bladder or the vagina; for syringing the ear; for a mouth wash, tooth wash, gargle, nasal douching or spray; for a throat spray; for bathing infants; and for internal use where foulness of the stomach and small intestines exists. It is also a valuable adjuvant in the use of water for cleansing, or for hygienic purposes, on all the tissues of the body.