The Clyster Syringe: A Historical and Medical Analysis
WEBThe Clyster syringe, (also spelled in the 17th Century, `glister’) is an old-fashioned word for enema, more particularly for enemas administered using a Clyster syringe — that is, a syringe with a rectal nozzle and a plunger. This medical instrument has a long and fascinating history.
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WEBNov 12, 2012 · Despite its rather draconian and monstrous appearance, the clyster was essentially a proto-enema enjoyed by many people–even King Louis XIV. Consisting of a long metallic tube, the clyster was inserted into the body directly through the anus so that various liquids could pass through it.
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WEBThe crude instruments of yesteryear—tubes of bone or wood attached to animal bladders or silk bags—were replaced by a formidable piston-&-cylinder device. An apothecary or doctor’s assistant,...
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WEBDec 18, 2017 · Those of us who have managed to survive sixty, seventy, or more years remember that the enema or clyster was, by far, the commonest home remedy in the twentieth century. (Enema: “Liquid or gaseous substance, either medicinal or alimentary, introduced mechanically into the rectum.”)
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WEBSep 16, 2024 · In medieval times appear the first illustrations of enema equipment in the Western world, a clyster syringe consisting of a tube attached to a pump action bulb made of a pig bladder. A simple piston syringe clyster …
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WEBMar 13, 2021 · This enema syringe, also known as a clyster, reflects the early nineteenth-century belief in the benefits of purging the body on a regular basis. This example is made of wood and pewter, but enema syringes could …
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WEBThis enema syringe, also known as a clyster, reflects the early nineteenth-century belief in the benefits of purging the body on a regular basis. This example is made of wood and pewter, but enema syringes could also be of such materials brass and ivory.
WEBNumerous references to the clyster are to be found in the German medical literature as far back as the sixteenth century. We have already referred to Fabry of Hilden,43 who utilized a bladder with a hollow reed attachment as an enema apparatus. Heinrich Rantzau,94 in a work published in 1587, states that enemata are the safest of
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WEBFeb 6, 2020 · The first illustrations of enema design are medieval, and show a simple device with a tube attached to a pig’s bladder which acted as a pump action bulb. Simple piston syringe enemas or clysters were in use by the 1400s, and continued to …