Identifier: epidemicshowtome00hans (find matches)
Title: Epidemics; how to meet them
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Hansen, Louis A., ed Review and Herald Publishing Association
Subjects: Communicable diseases
Publisher: Washington, D.C., New York City (etc.) Review and Herald Publishing Association
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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in the proper adminis-tration of this common treatment. First, it is well toremember that the enema should not be relied uponhabitually for moving the bowels. The enema generallygives immediate relief, is fairly easy to take, and its usemay become a habit, when by careful bowel training andby proper diet it may be needed less frequently andpossibly dispensed with altogether. The hot enema is valuable for the relief of pain inthe lower bowel, in diarrhea and dysentery, for irrita-tion or pain in the rectum, and in case of much gas inthe bowels. The temperature should range from 103° Home Treatments 107 to 110°. It is always well to follow a hot enema witha small injection of cool water, to restore the tone ofthe bowel tissues. The temperature of the ordinary enema, given forcleansing purposes, ranges from 95° to 100°. A hot ora cold enema is more effective for stimulating bowelmovement. The warm enema is used when it is neces-sary to inject a quantity of water. The addition of two
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Fig. 7. Giving the Enema and a quarter teaspoonfuls of common salt to two pintsof water will help to prevent griping, and the additionof soapsuds will make the enema more effective forcleansing purposes. Only the purest soap should be used— as Castile. Frothy soapsuds contains air, whichshould not be injected into the bowel. When soap isused, an enema of plain water should follow. The knee-chest position (patient on knees, with chestnearly level with knees) will facilitate the flow of waterto the highest point possible in the bowel. Anotherfavorable position is lying on the left side, knees wellflexed (Fig. 7). The enema can or fountain syringe 108 Epidemics: How to Meet Them bag should be hung from two to three feet higher thanthe patient; that is, the fall of water should be aboutthat much. If it is hung too high, the flow will be toostrong. Care should be taken not to inject air into thebowel, as that would cause cramping. The first tube-length of water will be cool, and there ma

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