enema

(en’em-ah), pl. enem’ata (Gr. ἕνεμα)]. A clyster or injection; a liquid thrown or to be thrown in to the rectum. analeptic e., an enema consisting of a pint of tepid water containing } teaspoonful of salt. Called also thirst ε. blind ὁ., the insertion of a soft-rubber tube into the rectum to aid in the expulsion of flatus. Dobell’s e., a nutrient enema containing scraped boiled meat, pancreas emulsion, boiled arrowroot, pepsin, and pancreatin. Ewald’s e., a nutrient enema containing eggs, wheat flour boiled in a 20 per cent. grape-sugar solution, and red wine. Leube’s @., an enema containing boiled meat, fat, and pancreatin. pancreatic on an enema containing pancreatin. Rosenh ‘8 e., a nutrient enema consisting of peptone. cod-liver oil, and sugar in a 0.3 per cent. soda solution. thirste., analeptic enema.