A very large portion of the food eaten is sucked out of the food tube into the blood vessels, passes through a large area of the body, and is poured out again as waste through the glands of the lining of the lower third of the bowel.

Constipation, therefore, is caused by disturbances which interfere with these processes _all over the body_, not only in the stomach and bowels.

Its only real and permanent cure is through exercise in the open air, sleep, and proper ventilation of bedrooms, with abundance of nourishing food, including plenty of green vegetables and fresh fruits.
The Appendix and Appendicitis.

The beginning of the large bowel, where the small bowel empties into it, is the largest part of it, and forms a curious pouch called the _cecum_, or "blind" pouch.

From one side of this projects a little wormlike tube, twisted and coiled upon itself, from three to six inches long and of about the size of a slate pencil.
This is the famous _appendix vermiformis_ (meaning, "wormlike tag"), which is such a frequent source of trouble.