Drug Store windows

While I have never seen enema equipment displayed in the window. I remember seeing a good display in a local drug store back in the 1970's that covered a section of wall at least 6 feet tall and about 8 feet long with everything from bulbs to bags of all colors. I even got my nerve up and bought one of the white douche bulbs. it was great except at that time I didn't know that vaseline would rot the rubber.

sadly the store is long gone and stores around here don't carry or display any equipment anymore

The drug store window is mentioned in "To Kill a Mockingbird," the 1960 classic by Harper Lee. One of the later chapters begins with some locals standing in front of the drugstore looking at the display of enema bags -- mentioned by name. The idea is that want to appear distracted. Hard for any true klismaphilic to miss this one.

Enema bags etc, window displays. Chicago-Walgreens-State St and Randolph NOW has window display of large photos of old walgreen store windows.--Fountain Syringes and hot water bottles galore. Will try to take pictures! Encourage me with some karma. Thank you. And let me know how to post them to the site.

GDFRU

Remember seeing them in the windows in the late 60's and early 70's as well

Don't really recall seeing enema equipment much in drugstore windows when I was young (late 40's into early 50's), but I do very much recall liking to look at the pictures of enema stuff in the Sears and "Monkey-Wards" catalogs that my folks had laying around. I remember always being very discrete with my looking however, as I didn't want the folks to catch me.

Do not remember the window displays in particular but do remember all of the classified adds in the Sunday news papers. Every drug store that advertised would have at least one special enema item for sale.

I don't remember enema bage in window displays, but in the 70's in Burnsville, MN there was a small drugstore that had a good selection of bags. Several styles and brands. And they had a small cabinet with drawers where you could select replacement nozzles, shut-offs, and stoppers.

When I was living in Germany in the 1980's , there were tons of medical supply houses in Nuremberg that displayed all of their enema equipment in their windows. They were very proud of their enema history 😃

I don’t remember ever seeing enema equipment displayed for sale in Australia. In the 50s I wouldn’t have known what it was, but from at least the mid 60s I would have, and I don’t believe I ever saw it. Obviously it was obtainable—it might have been sold from behind the counter.

In 1955, Disneyland opened. We visited two months after the grand opening. As you entered the park, there was a nostalgia section named Main St. Next to one of the arcades, Upjohn Pharmaceutical had a small display set up. it contained a full range of enema equipment! To a nine year old klysmo the very words "Up-John" had provocative connotations!! My other family members had to pry me away from this display to go and ride the teacups and Mad-hatter rides!!

For so many years...since I was about 8 or so, I stopped to look in the window of any drugstore to see the enema bag displays. I always got an erection. As I grew up and then traveled I still would find a drugstore to see if they had a display. If they didn't have a display I went inside and went to the section where they were sold and looked as long as I could.

I ALWAYS got a thrill from seeing a bag and the pipes and the clip. This lasted for years and years. By the way, whenever I visited anyone's home I ALWAYS went into the bathroom, locked the door, and looked on the shelves to see if they had enema equipment, even if I didn't need to go to the bathroom. I was really hooked!

I recently went to a local bank in Brooklyn and in the back it had a diorama of full-size enlargements of pictures of the neighborhood in the 20's and thirties. On one photo there was a corner drug store and on the side window a large display of enema bags with a banner above it "Fountain Syringes from 89 cents" With todays money i could only imagine someones shower curtain rod crowded with all those enema bags!

There was one drugstore in my small city in Norway, when i was a boy. They always showed a lot of enema things in the windows. I remember it like it was yesterday. I was always embarrassed to look in that direction, when I sometimes passed. But when I was sure I was alone in the street I sometimes got my chance. What a world I looked into. This was in the golden age. Sorry, I could never buy myself some equipments at that time, living at home, so it was only collected in my most private mind.

I have pondered with this for quite awhile. What has changed in our society that we are drawn to forums so we can express our feelings on this subject? I walk in malls and drugstores and I SEE THONGS DILDOES VIBRATORS CONDOMS LUBRICANTS ALL IN VIEW FOR KIDS AND ADULTS TO VIEW. WHY IS OUR LOVE OF THE ENEMA VIEWED AS TABOO TODAY? WHAT HAS CHANGED?

Ginnie -

What a GREAT question!!! Not sure I have the answer, but I have a few theories. For one, I think Dr. Spock scared many parents with respect to "how to raise a child". In his view, enemas were "punishment" and thereby considered taboo. Then there was the advent of the Fleet which fundamentally abolished the use of the can and/or bag.

I'll never forget my first enema that I received in a hospital at about (+/- 7) prior to a routine T&A extraction. While I did NOT "enjoy" my initiation, I'll never forget the attractive nurse. In today's world, I don't think they use cans or bags.....

Simple. Big Pharma, along with the other usual suspects, determined there would be no money to make if the masses realized minor health issues can be remedied with a few quarts of water. It's always just about money.

Pestle & Mortar chemists in West London, suppositories and micro-enemas displayed quite prominently and accessibly last time I was there (three months ago-ish)

My mom used to work in a "mom and pop" drug store and ever-so-often she had to do the store display. One time she was to put douche and enemas syringes in the window for display. The syringes were from various companies and were bulbs and bags, as well as the preparations for them.

In the late 40s and early 50s I recall a Rexall drug store had a display of bags and feminine syringes in the store window. I was fixated on the what to me seemed a large enema nozzle on a douche bulb. Too young to know what it was used for.

Years later living in Norfolk, Va I was shopping in a large discount store which I think was a precursor to Target or Walmart. The store had everything from car tools to children's clothing. While walking down the drug aisle, I came on a large box of catheters of different sizes. They were inexpensive and sold singular. I regret not buying the entire box. Months later I was in the store and of course went to the drug aisle; there where no catheters on display. Walmart should consider selling catheters both rectal and urethral.

Our local Rexall pharmacy in Oklahoma had enema and douche syringes as a window display on a frequent enough basis even into the early and mid 70's. Being covertly interested in such things I also discovered that the Rexall ad that was part of the Sunday paper usually told what they would have on sale. If enema and douche items were mentioned in the ad, there would usually be a window display. Also, does anyone else remember that Rexall had a 1¢ sale meaning that if you bought one item for regular price you could get a second one of the same item for 1¢? I can't help but wonder how many enema and douche bags were sold that way.

I remember local drugstores having nice equipment displays. It wasn't considered equipment then although it was used as such. It was very medicinal !! I would try not to spend too much time looking at the displays since other people could see what I was looking at and besides, it would give me an erection just seeing it. I wonder who it was (I guess Mr. Fleet) that determined they could make money by offering small bottled enemas. They pretty much made it easier to prescribe, purchase and use. Sad for us water people.

When I was in elementary school, we bought all of our drugstore items at a Drug Fair in Northern Virginia. While waiting for prescriptions to be filled, customers would be given coupons for a free small Coke at the soda fountain, which was adjacent to the pharmacy. Dividing the two sections, was a display case with a mirrored back. That was where all the enema bulbs and douche bulbs, nozzles and related equipment were placed. (The bags were on a rack not far away.) Countless times I would sit there drinking my Coke, squirming, as my eyes focused on all the enema paraphenalia. It was a mesmerizing sight for sure.

I was born in 1963 so I can remember as a little boy going into the local Rexall Drugstore in our town, or any other drug store, and see the variety of enema bags and bulbs that were available for sale. It's sad that now if you can find an enema bag in a drugstore it is of the worst quality possible!

For a number of years we skied in Canada. The drug stores there still have extensive displays. We added to our collection on a recent trip.

As a child of the 1940s, I well remember drugstore displays--windows as well as in-store counters. Oh wow! What a treat for a young kid who loved enemas.

My daily walk to and from school took me past our neighborhood pharmacist-owned drugstore and its generously equipped window display of 'sickroom needs." In the 1940s and '50s this of course included enema bags (combo and open-top) , irrigator cans (mom's favorite) and bulb syringes of various sizes. it was a pretty sure bet that nearly every home had at least one item for use as needed.

My grandmother's home in Philadelphia was next to a neighborhood pharmacy, complete with a soda fountain, hand dipped ice cream and an enema equipment display in the left case, just as you walked in. I blocked the door more than once

I lived in the suburbs, when I was old enough to ride my bike to our "Main St" I would always visit the pharmacy as they had an extensive display of enema equipment as well.

I wish I had the money then and the foresight to buy some of that equipment. But who thought they would ever go out of vogue? Just like metal golf spikes did years later.

I can also remember the drug store displays. As a teenager I couldn't stand in front of them because I would get an instant erection. At least the stores with the outside window displays were OK, I could look for a while without anyone noticing the tent in my pants. All of the new pharmacies going up in my area (a ton of them) don't even have windows. Even if they did, the only bags they carry now are the 2 qt combo's which are very basic. Does anyone have a store near them that even carries a selection of enema products?

I lived in Burnsville, MN for a time in the 70's and there was a local drugstore that had a pretty good selection of interesting things. They had several brands of combination sets, fountain syringes, folding syringes, bulbs, and a kit to convert a water bottle to a syringe with the stopper, hose, clamp, and pipes. The most interesting thing to me was a small display case with about a dozen drawers with accessories and parts. You could buy individual nozzles, clamps, and stoppers. There were straight and curved douche nozzles, adult and child straight enema nozzles. I have not seen anything like that one since.

I moved away after 2 years and one day several years later I drove by the area and decided to stop in to see what they had. The place was gone. Replaced by a Rite-Aid or some chain on the corner. Much bigger store with lots of stuff, but only a pitifully slim selection of enema gear. A sign of the times.

Yeah, modern pharmacies are truly a sorry lot when it comes to a decent variety and stock of enema equipment. I suppose it is a sign of the times, as Cheryl lamented - enemas promote health and (hopefully) less doctor's visits. Therefore we cannot really expect the mainstream medical profession to actually support their use. It's plain bad for business.

I also remember pretty elaborate displays back in the day - bags, bulbs, pitchers, hoses, nozzles and what not. In stark contrast, I recently saw a combination pack of 2 pitiful little nozzles at our pharmacy. Real cheapskate, low quality rubbish that will be an insult to any serious enema aficionado. If I could display some of my own gear there, it would probably scare the shit outta most customers. People have become such wimps nowadays.... 😁 😁