A manual of diseases of the throat and nose : including the pharynx, larynx, trachea, œsophagus, nose and naso-pharynx / by Morell Mackenzie.

  • Mackenzie, Morell, 1837-1892.
Date:
1884
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Credit: A manual of diseases of the throat and nose : including the pharynx, larynx, trachea, œsophagus, nose and naso-pharynx / by Morell Mackenzie. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    tliis iBstrument is not at hand, a coinnion catheter and an onlinaiT eneina-liottle can he used, but tlie tap and bayonet joint greatly facilitate the operation of feeding. The Rectal Feedhaj Bottle.—It so often happens that in diseases of the throat feeding per rectmn becomes necessary, that this seems to be the a])proj)riate place for describing the instrument which will lie found most servicealde for the purpose. The ordinary liipiid injections, such as beef-tea, eggs, milk and brandy, have ])roved so unsatisfactory in my hands that I have for a long time employed the panada first recommended by Leube (.see Appendix, Yol. i. p. 580). As this jianada, however, will not pass through an ordinary enema pipe, it is necessary that the elastic bottle should be furnished with a short viUcanite tul)e, having a bore of not less than half an inch. The difficulty of drawing u]) the nutritive fluid through the tube l)y the common vacuum process, makes it re([uisite that the vulcanite nozzle should be capable of being easily unscrewed, in order that the bottle may be tilled with a spoon or funnel.