In cases of volvulus, Hippocrates bids us insert a purgative suppository and administer an enema. If these means are not successful:
‘Insert a blacksmith’s bellows (φῦσαν χαλκευτικήν) and inflate the intestine in order that you may dilate the contraction both of the colon and the intestine. Then remove it and give an enema’ (ii. 305).
Nasal Syringe.
Greek, ῥινεγχύτης; Latin, rhinenchytes.
A special nasal syringe with a double tube is mentioned by Aretaeus (ed. Adams, vol. ii. 459). The medicament is made into liquid form and is injected by means of a nasal pipe. The instrument consists of two pipes united together by one outlet so that we can inject by both at one time, for to inject each nostril separately is a thing which could not be borne.
Galen also mentions a nasal syringe (ῥινεγχύτης), though he does not describe it (xi. 125).
Scribonius Largus also mentions it:
Per nares ergo purgatur caput his rebus infusis per cornu quod rhinenchytes vocatur (Compositiones, vii).
Aspiration Syringe and Sinus Irrigator.