Your "oldest" enema equipment

Hi All,

Bags, Bulbs and nozzles come and go. Some of them maybe not so. Just wondering,"How old is your 'oldest' enema set, bag and or nozzle??" I have one enema nozzle, the typical white, straight, slip-on type that goes back to a set I bought in "1985!!" Needless to say, it has seen great "service" over the years!! How about you??

With a "click!,"

highwater

Red rubber colon tube - 1973. Still in excellent condition with many "miles" on it!

An original JBL Cascade sit-on enema cushion from about 1950's......It was purchased to use on me as a constipated youngster and I spent a lot of time sitting on it in a high-chair while that thing relentlessly filled my entire colon with warm soapy water..................

Probably the collection of antique hand blown glass percolators that were from the turn of the last century. I also have some of the various old black douche nozzles.

Dan

I have 1 Davol family combination syringe circe 1965; 2 Rexall Victoria Combination syringes - circa 1965; and 1 Davol Comfy combination syringe - circa 1969. All in excellent working condition.....And I use them daily.

Nothing old yet, but I'm actively looking for a Davol Paris open top bag, or similar.

Hi Heidi, We are from the same generation and our parents used various equipment to keep our bowels functioning. I have never used a JBL and would like to know how it felt to be sat on one involuntarily. How much water was used? Did it give you cramps or did it just flatten out and it's job was finished?

All of my bags date from the mid to late 1970s. they were the stuff my Mom left behind when she left. Oldest equipment is a 2 Imperial Quart blue bag with white ribbed hose, and white fittings, and a metal clamp. based on what I know now, I think that is the one her mother bought for her before she started having periods, so that one could be from as far back as 1972. I don't think there is anything else older than about 1976.

I have a beautiful red open top BFG bag with original black nozzles, which i assume is 60's vintage, and a single balloon rectal catheter, I-M brand that i ordered from art hamilton in the mid 80's that still holds air and looks as good as the day it arrived. it has outlived two rusch double balloon rectal catheters.

The oldest item still in use would be the black rubber four quart bag I bought from Roxbury. That would the mid 1980s.

Prior to that, the metal clamp and nozzles from my first combination bag from 1972, then the now retired red rubber open top bag purchased a few years later.

I still have the two white rubber douche bulb nozzles from the same time period, mid 70s, then I used them for enemas by inserting a cut off douche tip in order to connect the hose. In later years they morphed into prostate massage tips as they nicely fit over the steel stud of a Wahl electric vibrator.

There's also a Foley catheter from that time as well that is still in use.

I have two, red rubber, closed-end, 30" Phoenix Colon Tubes (CH 36, CH 32), "Made in England" that I purchased from Arthur Hamilton back in the '80's. It's been quite awhile since I last used them, but they are in excellent shape and I'm sure continue to be capable of delivering a good high enema. My preference today though is my clear silicone one.

Well folk....my oldest is a Jones Irrigator (White can) and I use it primarily for Coffee enemas.

the boxar

Speaking of old equipment, does any one know who sells the good old fashioned metal hose clamps? I can't find then anywhere.

Oh....to stay on thread topic...I have an open top Davol Comfy bag that came with a Bakelite curved douche nozzle.

The oldest one I have is a COMPACTO Folding Syringe from the 1950's. The box says it holds 2 Qts, 10 Oz, but it easily holds a bit more than 3 quarts. Next on the list is a mid 70's vintage 4 quart SHEREMA bag, as pictured in my avatar. I have Crohn's and have been having minor flare ups. My S.O. surprised me when she suggested a series of salt & soda enemas this weekend : ) Both bags will get a workout this weekend. And the high Ph enemas actually help to put down minor flare ups.

Regards to all,

vapor

Ahhh, like Vapor (the prior writer) I have a 1950 vintage Compacto syringe, but at long last mine has given up and the rubber bag has hardened and leaks in several areas. It was a long time companion: since I was a kid, and I wish there was some way I could restore it, but...doubtful. As a back uo (one always needs a back-up) I have Rexall open top Victoria and Roxbury 1500cc bags. They work fine , but I sure miss the old gal.

Like the boxcar, a Jones-type enema can from at least the '40s similar to what I was brought up with. Also a Faultless soft red rubber open-top bag from the '70s or earlier. Both still get used as needed.

At the moment, the oldest piece of enema equipment I have is the green vinyl retention style enema nozzle that I ordered via mail-order close to 30 years ago. This is the same nozzle that I see show up on quite a number of the older enema vids, and the one that I still use most often today. My red bags and home-made 1 gal can have all come along since that time.

Thanks all for sharing the nice old enema bags an things you use for your enemas . I found the WONDERFUL OLD RED BULB SYRINGE my MOM first use to start me on my enemas . I still have it an even though it is to small for me now . I still just LOVE to hold it an look at it . Thanking back to when I was over her lap naked . Getting several bulb FULL from it up my BUTT! OH how I LONG for those days again . I got enemas with it every weekend till I was 12 . As for some of my OLD enemas toys . The one I LOVE an can't believe it looks and works like NEW is my OLD JBL BAG .

It must be 100 YEARS OLD NOW ! OMG did they know how to make ENEMA TOYS back then . An All the enema bags and bulbs they made from the 40's to the 60's . GOD they sure made over a MILLION of enema toys . An to think all the kids that got started on enemas . OH to go back to those days !!

I have a white 2 quart Jones enema can from the 1950's and a 2 quart red Davol open top enema bag probably from the 60's, as well as a black adult enema nozzle, metal clamp, and red ribbed tubing. All this wonderful stuff was used on me as a kid and teenager and I inherited it. Still use it all today.

My oldest piece of enema equipment is my grannies old Jones Specialized enamel enema can, still works fine, she was a nurse 40 yrs. 30 in a state mental hospital, which is where the enema can came from, they closed down years ago.[

I have several pieces of old equipment that to photo and will post,would like to have help on age of one Miller hot water bottle combo .

Lets see, my oldest enema equipment would have to be my two "Jones Specialized Graduated Irrigator With Handle No. 211", 64 ounce white enameled Hospital - Surgical Ware cans from the late 1930s or early 1940s. One has a tapered drain spout that the rubber hose goes over, and the other has a straight drain spout. To this day, they both look brand new. When I purchased them from an estate sale some thirty years ago, they were still in what I think was the original wrapping paper although the outer boxes were missing.

I do not use these very often as I prefer my enemas from a bag, so they are more of a display piece than anything else.

I also have a couple of screw on type Bakelite nozzles (hose adapter is missing) from a long past era, but have no idea of the age, so I am guessing from maybe 50-60 years ago.

I was happy to see the most recent posts that mention an enema can as the oldest equipment in our collection. Then again, it was no real surprise because " irrigators" ( their formal name) can last forever with proper care, with only the rubber tubing requiring replacement.

I have a Jones can from the 50's

It might be my Jones can, but I cannot be certain. Our combination bag came from the mid 80s, but along the way I acquired a black rectal nozzle from my mom's old enema set when we cleaned out her house. My guess is that it is from the 40s or early 50s.

Late 1800's clear glass irrigator mounted in tinplate frame

I have been trying to date some of my equipment. Most of which was left behind when my Mom abandoned me.

It's hard to say just how old everything is, but I suspect the green open-topped bag that I have only ever used for a douche must be from the 1960s, because it has both straight and curved vaginal nozzles, and all the nozzles are black. That essentially tells us it was made before 1970. How long it sat around the store before being purchased is guesswork at best.

Exactly the same. 😳

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