Clyster

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(klis'-ter) [kXuott)P, an injection]. An enema. See Alimentation, Rectal. C, Meat- bouillon-wine- (Fleiner) : 80 Gm. of beef- tea and 40 Gm. of mild white wine. Inject 2 or 3 times a day at body-heat. C, Meat- pancreas- (Leube) : 150 Gm. good beef scraped and chopped fine; 80 Gm. fresh pancreas (cow or hog) free from fat; mix with 150 Gm. lukewarm water; inject from 50 to 100 Gm. at a time, by means of a simple funnel, and at blood-heat. C, Nutritive (Boas): warm 250 Gm. of milk, stir in 2 egg-yolks, 1 tea- spoonful of common salt, and 1 tablespoonful of wheat-starch, and afterward add 1 table- spoonful of red wine. If the mucous mem- brane is easily irritated, 4 or 5 drops of tinc- ture of opium may be added. C, Nutritive (Ewald) : wheaten starch, J teaspoonful, is boiled with a cup (100 Gm.) of a 20% solu- tion of grape-sugar, and 1 wineglass (150 Gm.) of red wine added. Then the solution is cooled to 35 C. and 2 or 3 eggs beaten smooth with 1 teaspoonful of cold water and a little salt are stirred in slowly. Inject at blood-heat. C, Nutritive (Jaccoud): bouillon, 250 Gm.; wine, 120 Gm.; yolks of 2 eggs; and peptone, 5 to 20 Gm. C, Nutritive (Rosenheim) : peptone, 4 to 8 Gm.; 2 eggs; glucose, 15 Gm., and sometimes, if desired, emulsions of cod-liver oil. * Cnemial ine'-me-aT) [Kvrjfirj, the leg]. Relating to the tibia or leg; crural.

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Contributors: Prab R. Tumpati, MD