History - "Golden Age" | Names of Bags 7/7

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In the "Golden Age" of enemas all drug stores were a cornucopia of various enema and douching equipment. Many of them had very noble sounding names. Here is a list that I came up with of the various names, and would like to see people add to the list if you can think of any others. And with this group, I am sure we can.

Reliance

Wearever

Comfy

Dreadnaught

Endurance

Roxbury

Kantleek

Criterion

Merit

Monarch

Crusader

Petal

Paris

Victoria

Flamingo

Rainbow

Defender

A hand-full of companies, Rexall, Davol, Faultless, etc made many of these brands.

How many others can anyone think of?

Pecan nutjob

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Pecan nutjob

@vallee_2 what's an expanding syringe?

vallee 2

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vallee 2

@vallee_2 what's an expanding syringe?

It's a balloon with a check valve one fills with water from a tap like a Shy or Sonata syringe. The first patent I've seen for such syringes was granted in 1940's Typically, they can be filled to 2 quarts. More than that can cause damage to the balloon or valve. The Shy was originally sold for either douche or enema. The Shy could release water with a fair amount of pressure.

enough

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enough

This very old thread that has a good listing of enema bag names...

Bruce E

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Bruce E

Around 1880 Benjamin Franklin Goodrich M. D. went into the rubber business manufacturing rubber goods used in hospitals. This included enema bags, tubing and black hard rubber nozzles. As the auto business was growing he started manufacturing tires. He sold his enema goods in his tire stores.