RT Journal
A1 HARBIN RM
T1 APparatus for proctoclysis at an even temperature
JF Journal of the American Medical Association
JO Journal of the American Medical Association
YR 1909
FD December 25
VO LIII
IS 26
SP 2160
OP 2160
DO 10.1001/jama.1909.92550260001001i
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1909.92550260001001i
AB There are certain requirements in the use of salt water by the rectum in peritonitis that must be met: (1) an even temperature for the solution; (2) slow instillation; (3) provision for an escape of rectal gases and the regurgitant flow. Numerous forms of apparatus have been devised, but because of the expense and difficulty of obtaining them they have not come into general use. The apparatus here described was improvised and put into operation in thirty minutes. The ordinary bottle, made on the principle of vacuum non-conductor, found in nearly every drug store, will keep the solution at even temperature. A perforated rubber cork, glass tubes, and a discarded stomach-douche with a rubber funnel are all that are needed in addition.The introduction of the solution, drop by drop, is accomplished by making a joint at P with a small glass dropper or pipette. A tube thermometer may be