RULES AND DIRECTIONS
FOR THE
EMPLOYMENT OF INJECTIONS
IN VARIOUS DISEASES;
WITH QUOTATIONS FROM DISTINGUISHED
MEDICAL AUTHORS.
Trade Mark
PRINTED TO ACCOMPANY
LEWIS'S IMPROVED PORTABLE SYRINGES,
OR DOMESTIC INJECTING APPARATUS.
BOSTON .... 1857.
Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1856,
By Thomas Lewis,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts.
Printed by Alfred Mudge & Son, 21 School St.
INJECTIONS.
PREFACE.
Heretofore one of the greatest objections to the free use ofInjections, as a domestic remedy, has been the inconvenience and clumsysize of the instruments employed for the purpose, and the manner oftheir construction, such as to render them liable in a short time toget out of repair, and become worthless. It had therefore become amatter of necessity that a new instrument should be introduced, thatcould be used with ease either for injecting the bowels of children,for female uses, or for self-administration. The new instrument whichis herewith offered to the public, termed the Improved PortableSyringe, or Domestic Injecting Apparatus, we have taken great pains[Pg 4]with to perfect, so as to overcome the many serious objectionsentertained against the old ones, and which we flatter ourselves wehave succeeded in doing, by constructing it in such a manner as torender it impossible for it to get out of repair, unless by the abuseof the user. Its size makes it extremely portable, so much so thatit can be carried in the pocket without the least inconvenience; andbeing made on the principle of the pump, is capable of injecting anygiven quantity of fluid without being taken to pieces, or alteredin the least, and with any degree of force or rapidity that may benecessary; and in connection with the crooked or angular tube, can beused by an invalid without any assistance or difficulty, thereforemaking it a very superior and convenient instrument for self use.Also, in connection with the vaginal tube, as a female syringe, andwith the small tube for injecting the bowels of children, which is avery difficult matter with the common instruments formerly used forthe purpose. One very important feature in this instrument is, that[Pg 5]an injection of which gruel forms a part will be found to be as easilyadministered as one more fluid, therefore rendering it invaluableto physicians and others who have frequently to reso