title: Constipation, purgatives or the knife? A 19th-century dilemma.
authors.affiliation: Division of Gastro-enterology, Johannesburg Hospital.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jeppe
mesh_terms: D002400:Cathartics / Q000266:history* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003248:Constipation / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000266:history* / Q000601:surgery; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000266:history*
chemical_list: D002400:Cathartics