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And while titles which say things like “Argon plasma coagulation in the treatment of hemorrhagic radiation proctitis”, well, don’t be fooled by the title.

Hardly a civilized man escapes proctitis from the day of the diaper to that of death.

I cannot, accordingly, insist too emphatically that proctitis, the exciting cause, must be treated primarily if we would cure chronic constipation.

There is a legion of secondary symptoms of proctitis, all of which medical empiricism considers and denominates causes.

In all cases of chronic constipation I have found proctitis, and often colitis, and am forced to believe it is the most common and proximate cause of chronic constipation of the bowels.