S-436.1. GAINES, Albert B.

Title from wrapper. Gaines divides this odd compilation, intended apparently to advertise his practice, into two parts. The first half of the pamphlet is devoted to colonic hygiene. Gaines is a member of the school that attributes disease to intestinal poisoning, i.e., the unnatural retention, decay and absorption of fecal matter in the colon that corrupts the blood and every cell and organ the blood reaches. He describes in detail this process “for the purpose of acquainting you with the necessity for taking internal baths” (p. 9), and provides detailed instruction for the selfadministration of the enema. The second half of the pamphlet provides a list of poisons and their antidotes; a formulary providing recipes for “the leading patent medicines” (e.g., Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, Scott's Emulsion, Wine of Cardui, etc.); a Latin-English “dictionary of drugs” (which Gaines dismisses as “the bugaboo of ‘Latin mystery’”); and a section on sexual habits in marriage entitled “Plain talk to men and women.” In the section on colonic hygiene Gaines refers his readers to the work of A.B. Jamison (#1977-1980, S-630.3); and in concluding praises the “Ancient Remedial Practice” reintroduced by A.W. Hall (#1487, S-490.2, S-493.4) and W.E. Forest (#1262, 1263, S-416.1–S-417).

S-436.2. GALBRAITH, Anna Mary, b. 1859.

For information on the author and the publishing history of this work, see the annotation to the first edition (#1319).

S-436.3. GALBREATH, Thomas Crawford, 1876-1916.

“Second edition” (verso of title-page). Galbreath provides the prospective tubercular invalid a firsthand and honest account of what he or she may expect to find in Colorado's much-vaunted climate.