We are like a crowd of Victorian idiots marvelling at some fairground quack who claims to cure constipation.
The publishers sold advertising space inside the book jackets, "offering everything from male corsets to remedies to help cure constipation," writes John Sutherland, the British literary historian, in the fall issue of a quarterly published by Bonhams auction house.
Still, the reader would do well to pay heed to the authors' comment after suggesting that eating two small beets in the morning may cure constipation: "If, after trying these remedies, you still have a persisting problem, you should see a health professional".
Borody et al. [22] first documented that FMT could cure constipation and this was followed by a more complete case description showing reversal of symptoms, melanosis and dysmotility [35].
Eating fiber prevents and cures constipation.
The label touts it as "the herbal remedy for skin diseases such as acne vulgaris, boils, skin rashes, blemishes, urticaria, etc. Checks nose bleeding, cures constipation, corrects indigestion, improves complexion and helps you stay slim and smart".
Just good for your body in general and cures constipation associated with iron Cut your hair.
It is very entertaining, to be sure, to hear how Voltaire sneakily tried to get hold of "the best rhubarb that Chinese Tartary ever produced" to cure his constipation, despite his doctor's stern insistence that he stick to cassia (in a letter to his doctor's cousin, Voltaire wrote: "It is quite impossible to speak of rhubarb in his presence").
No problem in fine weather, but guaranteed to cure your constipation when things get 'exciting' - the term used by Stewart Robertson, our captain, revealing a Queeg-like glimmer in his eye, to describe the kind of weather he clearly enjoys most of all, ie gales and storms.
Commenters in these instances claim the noise cured their constipation, or that the brown note caught them by surprise and really worked, but were these historically trustful anonymous YouTube trolls telling the truth?
Some skepticism may be owing to the scars left by 19th-century color healers, who claimed to cure everything from constipation to meningitis with glass filters.
