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In article 4>,
says...
> On Mon 02 Jun 2008 11:07:02p, Mark Thorson told us...
>
> > Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> >>
> >> I suppose that's also where the practice of high colonics comes from,
> >> too.
> >
> > That's not where it came from. It came from
> > 19th century medicine that was considered
> > respectable practice at that time -- John
> > Harvey Kellogg in particular popularized it
> > in the U.S.
> >
> > But as it transitioned from conventional
> > medicine to quackery, it found refuge among
> > the ignorant, where it survives today.
> >
>
> Thanks, Mark. I vaguely remember this from a bio of Kellogg now that my
> memory is working. :-)
>
>

Yes indeed. Kellog had a huge sanitarium in Michigan during the early
years of the 20th century.