ENDYMION

in Greek mythology, a huntsman, a shepherd, or a king of Elis, who is said to have asked of Zeus, or to have received as a punishment, eternal sleep. Others relate that Seléné or Diana (the moon) conveyed him to Mount Latmos in Caria, and threw him into a perpetual sleep in order that she might enjoy bis society whenever she pleased. Ke LLP IR AT La a hae Endymion, from British Museum Endymion is also supposed to be a personification of the sun, or of the plunge of the setting sun into the sea. Cf. Keats, Endymion. ENEMA. Fluid injection into the bowel. Enemata may be cleansing, comprising water with or without soap and purgatives; nutrient, when stomach derangement prevents digestion; sedative, for painful bowel irritation; destructive, for thread-worms; and healing, as for intestinal ulcers. A rubber ball syringe or a funnelled tube pa es the fiuid through a round-ended nozzle into the rectum.