[3]This injection should never be administered, save by the advice or under the eye of a physician.
[3]This injection should never be administered, save by the advice or under the eye of a physician.
Vaginal injections should first be given in quantities sufficient to thoroughly cleanse the vaginal canal; and then, in quantities of about a gill, should be administered and retained as long as from ten to twenty minutes, if possible. The temperature of the injections may vary with the state of the patient, and be either hot or cold. Warm injections may afford a speedy relief to some, while upon others they have no effect. In cases of leucorrhœa, if copious, injections of tepid water, three or four times a day, will be found to be very beneficial. In falling of the womb, injections of cold water in quantities of a quart at a time, have been administered with good results. In some cases of leucorrhœa an astringent injection may be required. The injection for this complaint mostly recommended by physicians consists of a decoction of white oak bark, (see Astringent Injections,) and can be used warm or cold, as best suits the patient. However,in all cases of vaginal complaints, unless they are very mild,legitimate medical advice should always be had; physicians in regular standing being the most reliable in all critical cases. Application to them should therefore be made at once, or evil consequences may be the penalty of neglect.
From the venerable and distinguished Dr. James Jackson, No. 3 Hamilton Place, Boston.
Boston, December 21, 1855.
I have seen Mr. Lewis's Improved Portable Syringe, and I think it is a very neatly made instrument, and that it is an excellent apparatus for family use.
James Jackson.
From Dr. Nathaniel B. Shurtleff.
Boston, December 5, 1855.
Mr. Thomas Lewis.
Sir: Your Portable Syringe, constructed for medical use, combines so much of the needful with the convenient, that I have no doubt of its proving invaluable in many cases where others, from their construction, will be entirely useless.
Nathaniel B. Shurtleff.
From Dr. Walter Channing.
Boston, December 17, 1855.
Mr. Thomas Lewis.
Dear Sir: I have examined your Improved Syringe, and find it will perfectly answer the purpose for which it is designed, either for self or family use.
Walter Channing, M. D.
From Henry G. Clark, M. D., Surgeon at the Massachusetts General Hospital, and City Physician of Boston.
Boston, December 11, 1855.
Mr. Thomas Lewis.
Dear Sir: I have thoroughly examined the Improved Portable Syringe manufactured by you, and think it one of the very best I have seen.
Yours truly,
Henry G. Clarke.
From Dr. M. S. Perry, No. 16 Rowe Street.
Boston, December 12, 1855.
Mr. Thomas Lewis.
Dear Sir: I received your Improved Syringe, and have examined it very carefully. I think it is all you recommend it to be. Simple and durable in mechanism, and convenient in its form, it is certainly a good family instrument.
Respectfully yours,
M. S. Perry.
Also recommended by the following distinguished physicians of this city:
Dr. Henry J. Bigelow, Surgeon to Mass. Gen. Hospital.
Dr. J. V. C. Smith, Mayor of Boston.
Dr. D. H. Storer, and many others.
From Dr. Theo. Kittredge, Waltham, Mass.
Waltham, December 21, 1855.
Mr. Thomas Lewis.
Dear Sir: Your Improved Syringe, of which I have made a thorough trial, is the most simple and convenient apparatus I have ever seen, and for durability it cannot be excelled. Its simplicity of construction is certainly of the greatest importance, particularly to country physicians, who are frequently under the necessity of repairing their own instruments, and are greatly perplexed by the common apparatus being so often out of order.
Theodore Kittredge, M. D.
From Joseph M. Wightman, Esq., the celebrated Philosophical Instrument Manufacturer, No. 33 Cornhill, who is well known throughout the United States.
Boston, November 8, 1855.
Mr. Thomas Lewis.
Dear Sir: After a thorough trial of your 'Improved Portable Syringe,' during severe sickness in my family, I am gratified to give my decided opinion in favor of its construction, as admirably adapted to the purpose, and also in regard to the excellent workmanship and convenient arrangement of the various parts. These qualities combined with 'Hard Ball Valves,' which operate as well with those injections of which gruel forms a part, as with those more fluid, render it invaluable to those who are obliged to resort frequently to the use of such an instrument for the purpose, and have suffered from having those of other constructions so often out of order as to be a continual source of annoyance and expense.
Yours truly,
J. M. Wightman, 33 Cornhill.
From Thomas Hollis, an old and long-established Druggist, No. 23 Union Street.
Boston, December 3, 1855.
Mr. Thomas Lewis.
Sir: I have examined your Improved Portable Syringe, and regard it as a most admirable instrument. Compact and simple in its construction, it is easily managed, and not liable to get out of order, and is well adapted for all the purposes for which it is intended.
Thomas Hollis.
The following opinion, expressed by the principal wholesale and retail Druggists of this city, shows with what favor the new instrument has been received by the trade generally:—
Boston, November 16, 1855.
The undersigned having carefully examinedLewis's Improved Portable Syringe, are satisfied as to its excellence, and believe it to be superior to any instrument of the kind before offered to the attention of the trade.
From the Boston Medical and Surgical Journal.
The editor of the Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, under date of Dec. 6, 1855, speaking of Lewis's Improved Portable Syringe, says:—
"Portability, durability, neatness, and efficiency are qualities which render any apparatus as nearly perfect as possible, and they are certainly possessed by this. The piston moves admirably, and its action requires hardly any more exertion from the person working it than does that of the elastic bottle attached to certain of these instruments.
"There is a great convenience, it is true, in avoiding the use of the pump, as is effected by Dr. Mattson in his arrangement, and the stream of fluid is thrown (or can be) more continuously; but the lasting nature of the metallic chamber and rod, together with the ease of working the latter, are equivalent excellences.
"This apparatus is adapted to both rectal and vaginal uses, and a small pipe is added for use in the case of children.
"One great advantage claimed by the proprietor, and which commends itself at once to the judgment, is the simple construction, and more than that, the lasting nature of the valves. A ball, accurately fitting, supplies the place of the leather or India rubber valves most commonly employed. It is evident that an important object is here attained; the valves cannot get out of order. If, in taking the syringe apart, the ball should accidentally drop, it tells its story as it falls, and is instantly replaced; no renewal is needed, except there be actual loss, when a common marble, if round, will answer the purpose.
"There are many occasions when it is necessary to use a thick, tenacious fluid for injections; for such purposes, this syringe can have no rival. With delicate flapping valves, these substances would decidedly interfere, and continual change and repair be demanded. With this simple and efficient arrangement, we can hardly conceive it possible for the instrument to get out of working order. In cases where it is imperative to give nourishing enemata, such as gruel, broths, &c., the above conditions are absolutely essential to success, and also to the final integrity of the apparatus.
"As a general thing, the more simple the machinery, the easier its use, and the more universal its application. Complicated arrangements,while they are far more readily disordered, puzzle the unskilful, and sometimes even foil the accustomed hand: their fate is, commonly, to be thrown by in disgust.
"Those who need such aids (and there are few who do not, occasionally, at least,) cannot do better than to supply themselves with this instrument. Every family should possess effectual artificial means of this description, to meet those exigences to which the sluggishness of nature or disordered health may give rise. Were enemata more used in this country, we could safely dispense with much purgative medicine given by the mouth; and when this can be done, we are sure that physicians as well as patients will gladly embrace the opportunity.
"Printed directions accompany each box which contains the syringe. For travellers it is perfectly adapted, not only from its compactness, but from the ease of cleansing it. It is afforded at the very reasonable price ofthree dollars and fifty cents, and it deserves a large sale."
From the Boston Daily Journal, Dec. 18, 1855.
"Lewis's Improved Portable Syringe.—This is a new and beautiful instrument, which is worthy the attention of Physicians and families, and which we are confident will come into general use forthe purposes for which it is intended. It is perfectly simple in its construction, and very efficient in its action, and it can be used by an invalid without any assistance or difficulty, and is not in the least liable to get out of order."
From the Boston Daily Chronicle, Dec. 5, 1855.
"Valuable Medical Invention.—The attention of physicians and others interested, is called to an Improved Portable Syringe, invented and sold by Mr. Thomas Lewis, No. 166 Washington street, of this city. We have seen the instrument alluded to, and although there are many now in use for the same objects, yet we have the authority of several of our first physicians for saying that none approach this invention in perfectedness of plan or execution. The syringe is plainly and simply constructed, not liable to get out of order, and can be used with the utmost facility by the invalid. Directions for its use are plainly and amply set forth on the case, and each instrument is fully warranted."
From the Boston Daily Evening Telegraph, Dec. 3, 1855.
"Portable Syringe.—Our attention was called a few days since to an improved Portable Syringe for domestic use, which is of great value. It is superior to any other which has yet been invented, andmust, we think, be preferred by physicians and others who are obliged to use such an instrument. While it is very simple in its construction, it is perfectly adapted for the purposes for which it is designed. Its size is such as to make it a very portable and convenient apparatus for traveller's use."
From the Worcester Mass. Journal of Medicine, April, 1856.
Lewis's Improved Portable Syringe: We take occasion to call the attention of our readers to the "Domestic Injecting Apparatus" manufactured by Thomas Lewis, No. 166 Washington Street, Boston. It is decidedly the best construction of metalic syringe that we have ever seen. It has many important advantages over any other form of syringe. Its construction is such that the valvular apparatus seldom gets out of place. It is small and convenient, enclosed in a neat box, and may be conveniently carried in almost any way. The objections commonly urged against the metalic syringe, are in this improvement wholly obviated. Its long flexible tube allows a convenient self-application. Persons having the syringe need not the aid of an assistant.
Connected with the syringe are full directions with reference to its use, and the advantages to be derived from it. The mass of people are but little aware of the great benefits derived from the frequent use of common water injections. This want of practical knowledge arises more from the want of a good instrument than any other cause. We can strongly recommend Lewis's Improved Syringe in this particular. Physicians themselves would always find it advantageous to recommend a good instrument of the kind to their patients.
From the New Hampshire Journal of Medicine.
Lewis's Improved Portable Syringe, which is advertised in this number, will be found on examination and in use to be one of the most perfect instruments in the market. It is so simple and its several parts fit with so much accuracy that there is little chance of its getting out of repair, and its price is so low as to place it within the reach of every family who desire an injecting apparatus.
From the Boston Weekly Dispatch.
Improved Portable Syringe, or Domestic Injecting Apparatus; manufactured by Thomas Lewis, Boston.—There has been a great varietyof attempts to perfect an instrument of this sort for Domestic Use. The French have led the way. We remember, while in Paris, to have examined a great variety of Syringes, and also while in England. Before leaving Liverpool, we paid £1 for one, which we supposed would never need repair; but it has failed. We have taken great pains to secure the best article in this country; for, to a dyspeptic such as we have been for twenty years, the Syringe is invaluable. In passing through Washington Street, we accidentally met with the instrument now on our table, and which we have tried with complete success. We think we must say that Mr. Lewis has really met the want of the community in producing a Syringe at once portable, simple, and combining all that will be desired. We understand that Dr. Jackson and other eminent physicians of our city have recommended it for general use. We trust Mr. Lewis will be amply rewarded for his excellent labor in the extensive sale of his instrument. Call at 166 Washington Street.
From the Boston Advertiser.
We were shown to-day, an instrument manufactured by Mr.Thomas Lewis, 166 Washington Street, which in its operation is superiorto any we have ever seen before. It is simple and effective, dispensing altogether withLeather or Rubber valves, (which are so liable to get out of order,) and instead round mineral balls are used, these, by the peculiar construction of the parts, can never get out of place, or wear so as to prevent its perfect operation at all times.
It is so constructed that it may be used without assistance, and is well adapted to children, as well as adults. The importance of every family having one of these instruments is fully set forth by the testimony of the medical faculty of this city, which is furnished in a small book, which contains full directions, receipts, &c.
View of Lewis's Improved Elastic Syringe.
DESCRIPTION.
A—Elastic Bag.B—Metallic coupling, joined to C by a screw.C—Metallic Valve Chamber, containing a Valve.D—Metallic Tube through which the fluid is drawn into the Instrument.E—Metallic Valve Chamber, (discharge valve,) containing a Valve to which is connected by a screw, the flexible tube.F—Flexible Tube to which is attached as they may be needed, the different Pipes.G—Pipe for Injecting the Bowels of Adults.H—Small Pipe for Injecting the Bowels of Children.I—Vaginal Tube, (for Female Uses.)
A—Elastic Bag.
B—Metallic coupling, joined to C by a screw.
C—Metallic Valve Chamber, containing a Valve.
D—Metallic Tube through which the fluid is drawn into the Instrument.
E—Metallic Valve Chamber, (discharge valve,) containing a Valve to which is connected by a screw, the flexible tube.
F—Flexible Tube to which is attached as they may be needed, the different Pipes.
G—Pipe for Injecting the Bowels of Adults.
H—Small Pipe for Injecting the Bowels of Children.
I—Vaginal Tube, (for Female Uses.)
DIRECTIONS FOR USE—FOR SELF-ADMINISTRATION. The Elastic Bag A should be clasped by the right hand, the end of the metallic tube D resting in the basin containing the fluid intended for use, the left hand being employed in directing the terminal tube G. By compressing the Bag with the hand and then loosening the grasp, it will immediately fill itself with the fluid. By the next compression of the hand upon the Bag, the fluid thus drawn into the Instrument will be forced through the Flexible Tube, and out of the terminal Pipe. By this means either a large or small quantity of fluid can be used without any difficulty or any alteration of the Instrument whatever.
For Injecting the Bowels of Children.Use the small Pipe H.
For Female Uses.Attach the Pipe I. (For further particulars see Pages 22 to 37 inclusive.)
The Valves, and the care of the same.These consist of smallMetallic Balls, and are operated in an Improved Chamber or cavity, which allows them to always work well in any position, and without that liability to stick and become wedged, which is the case with all valves of different form. They are pronounced by the most eminent judges to be greatly superior to theflat IndiaRubber or Leather Valves,which are so soon acted upon by the fluid as to become utterly useless as well as being often drawn into the body of the Instrument, thereby preventing its working, and causing great perplexion.
N. B. After using any thick injection, all sediment which have collected in the Valve Chambers, C and E, should be thoroughly removed, as it may cause an obstruction to the workings of the Valves.
☞ Be careful and not put the Instrument away wet, or it will injure the Box.
The Flexible Tube.The reader will observe that the couplings to which the Flexible Tube is attached is made with a neck which is inserted into the orifice of the tube, the compression of which, when on, holds it firmly in its place. If the Flexible Tube should at any time be injured so as to be unfit for use, a new one can be obtained of the Proprietor, or his Agents, and forwarded to any place by Express or Mail, and it can be readily attached by any person.
N. B. Price of Flexible Tube 25 cents.
☞ For Formulas for injections, see pages 22 to 37 inclusive.
BUSINESS NOTICE.LEWIS'S IMPROVED PORTABLE SYRINGE,Or Domestic Injecting Apparatus;IS MANUFACTURED AND FOR SALE BY THE PROPRIETOR,THOMAS LEWIS,No. 166 WASHINGTON STREET,BOSTON.MARK WORTHLEY, 166 Washington Street, } AGENTS.B. S. CODMAN & CO., 57 Tremont Row, }BOSTON, MASS.☞ All orders directed as above will receive prompt attention.☜☞ Also for sale by the Druggists generally throughout the United States and the Canadas.☞ All Instruments manufactured by the subscriber are put up with great care and attention and warranted perfect in every respect; they are accompanied by a Book of Directions for use, stamped with the Proprietor's Patent Trade Mark. None are genuine unless so stamped, and all persons are hereby cautioned against infringing on the same.T. LEWIS.
BUSINESS NOTICE.
BUSINESS NOTICE.
LEWIS'S IMPROVED PORTABLE SYRINGE,
Or Domestic Injecting Apparatus;
IS MANUFACTURED AND FOR SALE BY THE PROPRIETOR,
THOMAS LEWIS,
No. 166 WASHINGTON STREET,
BOSTON.
MARK WORTHLEY, 166 Washington Street, } AGENTS.B. S. CODMAN & CO., 57 Tremont Row, }
BOSTON, MASS.
☞ All orders directed as above will receive prompt attention.☜
☞ Also for sale by the Druggists generally throughout the United States and the Canadas.
☞ All Instruments manufactured by the subscriber are put up with great care and attention and warranted perfect in every respect; they are accompanied by a Book of Directions for use, stamped with the Proprietor's Patent Trade Mark. None are genuine unless so stamped, and all persons are hereby cautioned against infringing on the same.
T. LEWIS.
Transcriber's Notes1.Simple typographical errors were silently corrected.2.Some illustrations have been moved for reader text continuity.
Transcriber's Notes
1.Simple typographical errors were silently corrected.
2.Some illustrations have been moved for reader text continuity.