Enema Catharticum. Dub. Purging Clyster

"Take of manna, an ounce; dissolve it in compound decoction of chamomile, ten fluid ounces; then add of olive oil, an ounce; sulphate of magnesia, half an ounce. Mix them."

Enema Foetidum. Dub. Foetid Clyster

"It is to be prepared by adding to the purging clyster two drachms of assafoetida."

Enema Opii. Lond. Dub. Clyster of Opium

"Take of tincture of opium, thirty minims; (opium, one grain, Dub.) decoction of starch, four fluid ounces; (tepid water, six ounces. Dub.) Mix."

The only use of this formula is to fix the quantity of the opium and the fluid.

Enema Terebinthinae. Lond. Clyster of Turpentine

"Take of oil of turpentine, a fluid ounce, yolk of egg, a sufficient quantity. Rub them together, and add decoction of barley, nineteen fluid ounces. Mix."

Enema Terebinthinae, Dub. Clyster of Turpentine.

"Take of common turpentine, half an ounce; the yolk of one egg; rub them together, and add gradually water of a temperature not exceeding 100°, ten ounces."

This is a useful clyster in cases of peritonitis, and in erysipelas of the head. It has been proposed to substitute half a pint of olive oil for the barley water, in cases of ascarides.1 The oil of olives alone is a useful enema in such cases.

Enema Tabaci

Lond. Clyster of Tobacco. . "Take of tobacco, a drachm; boiling water, a pint. Macerate for an hour, and strain."

Much caution is required in using this powerful sedative enema: if it depress too much, solution of ammonia and brandy should be freely administered.

1 Collier's Trans, of the New Pharm., p. 190.