The American journal of the medical sciences (1827)
[Thorofare, N.J., etc.] Charles B. Slack [etc.] · leaf 180
erefore, absolutely necessary that the enema should have such powerful exciting influence on the muscular structures and on the in- hibited nerves as to produce normal, easy, imperceptible peristaltic action. It happens also frequently that, later on in the course of the disease, nature seeking an… … Force-pump. This is a grave condition, and generally hastens the fatal result. To bring relief even to so serious a condition, there must be enough power in the enema to reverse this action — to bring it back to its normal form. 1 Trousseau, Clinical Lectures, article Int. Obstr., vol. ii.…
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