Cooley's Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I

by Arnold James Cooley; Richard Vine Tuson

Enema of Pop′pies. Syn. Enema papaveris, L. Prep. 1. Decoction of Poppies.

2. Poppy-heads (with the seeds), 5 dr.; water, ³⁄₄ pint; boil to 12 fl. oz., and strain. Anodyne; as a substitute for opium clyster.

Enema, Pur′gative. See Enema Cathartic.

Enema of Quinine. Syn. Enema Quiniæ. Sulphate of quinine, 5 to 15 gr.; decoction of starch, 6 oz.

Enema of Rue. Syn. Enema Rutæ. Prep. Confection of rue, 20 to 60 gr; thin gruel, 6 oz. to 8 oz.

Enema, Sim′ple. Barley water, rice water, thin-made starch, and decoction of mallows, are frequently so called, from being used either for simple laxative enemas, or as the vehicle for more active substances.

Enema of Soap. Syn. Enema saponis, L. Prep. (St. B. Hosp.) Soft soap, 6 dr.; hot water, 1 pint; dissolve. To soften indurated fæces, &c.; and as a detergent in certain ulcerations of the rectum.

Enema of Soot. Syn. Enema Fuliginis. Wood soot, 4 oz.; water, 1¹⁄₂ pints; boil to a pint.

Enema of Starch. Syn. Enema amyli, L. See Enema Simple (above).

Enema, Stim′ulant. Syn. Enema Stimulans, L. The ordinary cathartic clysters are often so called. The following belong to a different class:—