Improvements in or connected with Enemas.
Year: 1894

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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Enemas..
I, EDWARD JOSHUA LAMBERT of 60 and 62 Queen's Road, Dalston, in the
County of Middlesex, Surgical Instrument Manufacturer, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed to bo
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
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The present invention consists in the combination with a rubber enema of a
hermetically closed receptacle to contain the liquid to be used, with the object of
enabling the rubber euema and its reservoir to be carried about and placed on a
bed or elsewhere without involving the risk of spilling any of the liquid.
One method of carrying my invention into effect is represented in the accom-
panying drawings in which
Figure is an exterior view of the rubber enema and a connected fluid
receptacle.
Figure 2 is an edge view of the receptacle and part of the rubber tube.
Figure 3 is a cross section of the receptacle.
Figure 4 is a vertical section of the filling nozzle of the receptacle and Figure 3
is a vertical section of the plug or stopper for the same.
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a is the elastic air bulh of the enema b is the tube connecting the bulb a with the
injection nozzle c which latter is preferably provided with a tap c' at or near its
connection with the tube b. e is a reservoir which as represented in the drawings
is made of flexible material, preferably india rubber covered or not with woven
material, and connected by the tube d with the air bulb a. The receptacle e is
provided with an internally screw threaded filling nozzle e' which is capable of
being hermetically closed by means of the screw plug or stopper which is
provided with an india rubber washer f¹ under its flange or head. The length of
the tube d may be varied as desired.
e is a loop by which the enema may be carried or by which it may be hung up
when it is desired to employ it as a douche.
When the enema above described is in use the tap c¹ will be turned on when by
acting on the air bulb a in the ordinary manner the liquid in the receptacle e will
be forced through the injection nozzle c but when the enemma has been filled and is
carried or held in the hand or laid aside before use the tap c' is shut off or if the
tape is left open the nozzle c is held above the receptacle e. The nozzle c is
provided at or near its connection with the tube b with the ordinary non-return or
delivery valve whilst at or near the junction of the tube d with the receptacle e is.
an ordinary suction valve.
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Although I prefer to use a flexible receptacle e, a receptacle made of rigid
material such as glass, earthenware or metal may be employed in which case such
non-flexible receptacle would be fitted with an air inlet valve which, whilst opening
to admit air to the receptacle and thereby permit the flow of liquid therefrom
through the enema when the air bulb a is operated, will close against the pressure
of liquid within the receptacle and thereby prevent the spilling of said liquid.
It will be evident that the shape of the receptacle e and the construction of its
filling nozzle and stopper may be varied without departing from my invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is :-
1.. An india rubber enema fitted with a liquid receptacle communicating therewith
and capable of being hermetically closed substantially as herein shown and described
and for the purpose stated.

page_text: 2. An india rubber enema fitted with a hermetically closed liquid receptacle
made of rigid material and provided with an air inlet valve substantially as herein
described and for the purpose stated.
3. The improvements in or connected with enemas substantially as heroin shown
and described.
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