Cases of the evacuation of desquamated patches of diphtheritic membrane from the intestinal mucosa 6 to 9 feet in length have been reported.
"Special Report on Diseases of Cattle"
U.S. Department of Agriculture J.R. Mohler
The uses of the latter are the following: The pulp acts as an astringent, but it would be more correctly called a tonic of the intestinal mucosa, for it has been experimentally proved that, although it checks diarrhoea, it also acts as a laxative in chronic constipation.
"The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines"
T. H. Pardo de Tavera
One not infrequently observes in little children that they refuse to empty the bowels when they are placed on the closet because they obtain pleasure from defecation, when the retained stool by its accumulation excites strong irritation of the mucosa.
"Studies in Forensic Psychiatry"
Bernard Glueck