Enema Syringe

(en’-e-ma sir’-inj). An instrument, usually of india-rubber or gla for giving an injection into the rectum. The india-rubber one most often used consists of a bulb from which go two tubes; one tube has an ivory mouthpiece, which is inserted into the anus, the other is put into the fluid to be injected. In administering an enema, cause the patient to lie on his left side with knees drawn up, have the basin containing the enemata on a chair by the bed, oil the mouthpiece of the syringe, and, standing behind the patient, insert it gently: previously the air should have been squeezed out of the enema and the fluid drawn into it. The injecting should be done slowly and gently. Enema saponis.—Di olve an ounce of yellow soap in 16 ounces of hot water. Castor oil enema.—Add 1 ounce of castor oil to a soap and water enema; or it can be mixed with 16 ounces of thin starch. Enema terebinth inæ.—Mix an ounce of turpentine with 12 ounces of thin starch or soap and water. Starch enema.—2 ounces of thin starch, inject when nearly cold and very slowly. Starch and opium enema.—2 ounces of thin starch to which 30 minims of tincture of opium are added, given nearly or quite cold. Nutrient enema: Peptonised beef tea, 6 ounces; cream, 1 ounce; brandy, ½ ounce; inject warm.