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Amaros -> RE: Acceptance of Enemas (2/19/2009 10:43:39 AM)
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ORIGINAL: Vendaval
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As pinkwind mentioned, enemas go in and out of style in cycles. Sometimes they are proclaimed the fountain of youth and the best way to rid your body of toxins along with a juice fast, etc. If you want a really funny look at whacky medical practices rent the DVD of The Road to Wellville, a story set at the health resort run by the Mr. Kellogg, the inventor of corn flakes.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111001/
Absolutely, and Kellogg was actually a disciple of Graham, inventor of the Graham cracker, and founder of a wholistic health movement, the Grahamites that advocated whole grains and colon health via enemas - he also advocated sexual abstinence, based on the Aristotilian theory of humors, which was not an uncommon pre-scientific belief, you still run into it here and there, Seventh Day Adventists for example. So, there is some question as to what extent enemas were a substitute for sex, at least in my mind.
And perhaps for that reason, the colon cleansing thing has legs too, I've seen television infomercials on the subject recently. Though I have no idea how much scientific efficacy it actually has, but certainly, in terms of general sexuality, E. coli bacteria is nothing you want to spread all over the place, and this is one way to reduce the possibility of cross contamination - I was playing with a woman for a while who had neuropathy, and she was very concerned about infections, as she was prone to them due to decreased circulation in her legs, and we just had to avoid going there altogether, due to the increased risk.
Wikipedia has fairly extensive articles on Graham and Kellogg.
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