Anesthesia enema

There's apparently archival footage of patients being given rectal anesthesia, but only doctors are allowed to stream the video. Anyone here with viewing privileges?

https://wellcomelibrary.org/item/b16759370

Back in the "good old days" many drugs were given PR,even most oral drugs , evolved from rectal suppositories ,solutions, syrups etc...

PS today PR is few and far between ,however many things people routinely use or take can have much greater effect ,if you drink two alcoholic beverages between 8-9 guaranteed "tipsy" do the same drinks by enema ,your body gets twice the alcohol and you are unsafe to drive .

Hi Kevin,

I logged into the site (since I am a medical professional..) The video is restricted to staff viewing only. Why, I have no idea. There is also a book on using Avertin anesthesia, which is only available at their library, as it's a 1931 printed book.

Doc

There is a nursing site that outlines rectal drug administration--suppositories and enemas--in adults.

https://nursingtimes.net/clinical-archive/neurology/rectal-drug-administration-in-adults-how-when-why-22-02-2016/

My Safari browser has warned me that the link has a certificate that is not valid. I closed the page.

Beware!!!

Certificate errors show a bit of carelessness on the part of the IT team but do not necessarily mean bad guys are active. This one probably has a certificate issued to a hosting provider for some intermediate step that gets flagged - the actual site has a certificate issued for nursingtimes.net.

It is always good to check things out to minimize risk of man-in-the-middle attacks, but you can also ask the question "what would somebody malevolent be able to do with this information?" (provided that it is not a situation where the certificate would enable auto-install of software).