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Definition of Enemas
1. enema [n] - See also: enema
Lexicographical Neighbors of Enemas
Literary usage of Enemas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Surgical After-treatment: A Manual of the Conduct of Surgical Convalescence by Le Roi Goddard Crandon, Albert Ehrenfried (1912)
"enemas There has been a discussion of long standing as to the relative value of
catharsis by mouth and of enemas in the treatment of postoperative ..."
2. Practical therapeutics by Edward John Waring (1874)
"In Affections of the Genito-urinary Organs, enemas containing opiates prove in
the highest degree beneficial. The researches of Dr. Brown- ..."
3. The Diseases of Animals: A Book of Brief and Popular Advice on the Care and by Nelson Slater Mayo (1920)
"enemas are best given by means of a hose with a smooth nozzle attached to a small
force-pump. In the absence of a force-pump, a tin funnel inserted in a ..."
4. The Practice of medicine on Thomsonian principles ... and a materia medica by John W. Comfort (1853)
"enemas. — INJECTIONS. MANY important objects may be accomplished by the use of
injections in cases of sickness ; and in many instances they constitute the ..."