Turpentine 1/2 ounce
Rochelle Salts 1 ounce
Mix with warm soap-suds, one pint.
The buttocks and anus should be washed off with warm water after
turpentine has been used in the enema.
3. Molasses and Laxative Enema.--Mix from two to ten ounces, according to
age, with one pint of soap suds and inject slowly.
Nutritive Enemata.--Food is given by the bowel when the stomach cannot
retain it. It is then called Nutritive Enemata. They should be given only
from four to six times in twenty-four hours and the quantity given at one
time should not exceed four ounces. It must be introduced high up in the
bowel, about ten inches, and therefore they should be given through a
rectal tube made of heavy rubber one-quarter inch in diameter and at least
eight inches of it should be inserted in the bowel. After it has been
oiled the tube is gently inserted in a backward, upward, direction and a
glass funnel is attached to the outer end. The enema has been already
mixed in a small pitcher and gently poured (very slowly) into the funnel,
which is then raised so that the contents will go slowly through the tube
into the bowel. The patient is protected from drops by a folded towel
underneath him. Then the tube is slowly withdrawn. The tube should then be
cleansed by allowing warm water to run through it, and then kept in a one
per cent solution of boric acid. Food given by enemata should be very
nourishing and concentrated. The following are excellent formulas: