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  • Replicas of Indian surgical instruments in the Wellcome Collections. Key as follows: 14. Lion forceps, 15. Blunt probe, 16. forceps with arms, 17. hyena forceps, 18. curlew forceps, 19. sharp probe, 20. rectal enema or syringe, 21. stone extractor, 22. scissors, 23. midwifery forceps.
  • King Louis XIV receives an enema while sitting on a globe of the earth, thus besmearing it with ordure; around him, chaos reigns; symbolising the events following the Protestant rebellions of 1674 including the flight of the royal family from England in 1689. Engraving by R. de Hooghe, c. 1689.
  • King Louis XIV receives an enema while sitting on a globe of the earth, thus besmearing it with ordure; around him, chaos reigns; symbolising the events following the Protestant rebellions of 1674 including the flight of the royal family from England in 1689. Engraving by R. de Hooghe, c. 1689.
  • Trichuris trichiura (Tricocéfalo dispar) ... : medicación especifica: Santokin Kuba liquuido en enemas / Laboratorios Kuba ; Kouri-Basnuevo.
  • Trichuris trichiura (Tricocéfalo dispar) ... : medicación especifica: Santokin Kuba liquuido en enemas / Laboratorios Kuba ; Kouri-Basnuevo.
  • An old, rich couple enjoy the latest fad in baton-powered enemas. Coloured engraving by G. de Cari (?).
  • An old, rich couple enjoy the latest fad in baton-powered enemas. Coloured engraving by G. de Cari (?).
  • At a Great Exhibition a shopkeeper sells enemas concealed in hollow volumes of classic literature for purposes of discretion. Lithograph by C. Vernier, 1844.
  • Enterobius vermicularis (Oxyuris) ... : medicación especifica: por via oral: Oxyuricda Kuba tabletas recubiertas y granulado : por via rectal: Santokin Kuba liquuido en enemas / Laboratorios Kuba.
  • Enterobius vermicularis (Oxyuris) ... : medicación especifica: por via oral: Oxyuricda Kuba tabletas recubiertas y granulado : por via rectal: Santokin Kuba liquuido en enemas / Laboratorios Kuba.
  • Jets of water spray naked young women on a bed; suggesting the connection between enemas and eroticism. Process print after an engraving by P.L. Auvray after J.H. Fragonard.
  • Jets of water spray naked young women on a bed; suggesting the connection between enemas and eroticism. Process print after an engraving by P.L. Auvray after J.H. Fragonard.
  • Eucomis comosa (Houtt.)H.R.Wehrh. Hyacinthaceae Pineapple flower. From the Greek eu comis meaning 'good hair' referring to the tuft of leaves on top of the flowers. Comosa being Latin for 'with a tuft' referring to the same thing. Used in South African 'muthi' medicine. Enemas of Eucomis autumnalis are used in Africa to treat low backache, to aid postoperative recovery and to speed the healing of fractures. Decoctions are taken for the treatment of everything from hangovers to syphilis. The active ingredients include homisoflavones, which have anti-inflammatory and antispasmodic activity (van Wyk et al, 2000) Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Eucomis comosa (Houtt.)H.R.Wehrh. Hyacinthaceae Pineapple flower. From the Greek eu comis meaning 'good hair' referring to the tuft of leaves on top of the flowers. Comosa being Latin for 'with a tuft' referring to the same thing. Used in South African 'muthi' medicine. Enemas of Eucomis autumnalis are used in Africa to treat low backache, to aid postoperative recovery and to speed the healing of fractures. Decoctions are taken for the treatment of everything from hangovers to syphilis. The active ingredients include homisoflavones, which have anti-inflammatory and antispasmodic activity (van Wyk et al, 2000). Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Rev. Pat Robertson converses with Vice-President Dan Quayle with numerous speech bubbles; a protest against their policies including those relating to AIDS. Lithograph.
  • Jug Spanish: 17th century
  • The clyster is prepared for a glutton. Colour line engraving by J.J. Leveau after himself, 1762.
  • A clyster in use. Oil painting by a French painter, ca. 1700(?).
  • A clyster in use. Oil painting by a French painter, ca. 1700(?).
  • A clyster in use. Oil painting by a French painter, ca. 1700(?).
  • A clyster in use. Oil painting by a French painter, ca. 1700(?).
  • A physician with a garland of bottles, pill boxes and a clyster-pipe. Coloured etching after T. Rowlandson.
  • Three long-faced physicians prepare a clyster for a pallid young woman; representing Thiers and two other ministers attending to France amidst her troubles after 1848. Lithograph by C. Vernier, 1849.
  • A wealthy man at his dinner table is offered a clyster by a servant. Lithograph by Tal-Zar.
  • A monkey rejects the old style clyster for his new 'clyso-pompe', which he fills with opium and marshmallow. Coloured lithograph.
  • Doctor Purgon, a physician from Molière's play Le malade imaginaire. Coloured etching.
  • Three women, one of them wielding a syringe approach three apprehensive men. Pen drawing.
  • Three women, one of them wielding a syringe approach three apprehensive men. Pen drawing.
  • A gentleman compares the size of his syringe with a physician's clyster; he says that his is for the other side of the body. Process print after J-A. Faivre, 1902.
  • A scared beautiful young woman standing between two physicians holding clysters illustrating a treatment for constipation. Chromolithograph after G. Droz.