Definition of High colonic

1. Noun. An enema that injects large amounts of fluid high into the colon for cleansing purposes.

Generic synonyms: Colonic, Colonic Irrigation

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Literary usage of High colonic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Hahnemannian Monthly (1901)
"... should receive every four hours the high colonic flushings, followed by a pint or less of the normal saline solution, which latter should be retained-', ..."

2. The Medical Clinics of North America by Michael C. Fiore, Stephen S. Entman, Charles B. Rush (1922)
"In those cases that are referable to the gastro-intestinal tract high colonic irrigations are often of great value. In the matter of drugs I occasionally ..."

3. Diseases of infants and children by Henry Dwight Chapin, Godfrey Roger Pisek (1915)
"... and in the graver cases high colonic irrigations of saline solution twice a day until the normal amount of urine in secreted. Otitis. ..."

4. American Medicine (1908)
"Upon the other hand, when these ninety-eight per cent of cases are subjected to thorough high colonic irrigations with normal salt solution the indican in ..."

5. The American Journal of Obstetrics and Diseases of Women and Children (1903)
"If there is a tendency to obstinate constipation, or too free movements, high colonic flushing is indicated. The patient is directed to take a quart or more ..."

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