1900's French Enema Pump

I am very curious , does anyone here have one of these French Enema machines , that work with a clock type of winding mechanism , and if so does anyone use it , i just bought one and i am going to have it fully restored to new and usable condition , but am interested if anyone has used it or does use it

Yes, I bought one at a flea market many years ago. They are not that difficult to find over here. Mine is however not in a working condition. The spring mechanism is a bit rusty/fouled and the tubing is also frayed and broken in places. It does make for an interesting decorative object though and could probably function as the proverbial blunt object in a crime investigation ... ha ha.

But one thing: you may perhaps be mistaken in its main purpose. These kind of devices were not necessarily used as enema machines, but were normally designed as a vaginal douche apparatus. They could probably double as an enema device, but I am not certain if they could produce enough pressure to effectively act as an enema device. What you have is most likely a female hygiene apparatus meant to be sold to the more affluent classes of society in the late 19th-early 20th centuries.

In France (Europe) enemas were usually given by clyster pumps. Older models from the 18th-19th centuries were usually made of tin with a wooden plunger inside. They looked suspiciously like fat short bicycle pumps or an old oil lubricating device for engines. The better models of clysters were often intricately designed in copper or brass with glass containers for the fluid. Rubber enema bulbs were also used a lot in France and other countries, but not until the 20th century, when pliable and durable rubber became cheap enough to use.

I have about four of them AnneMarie ... I turn them into bedside lights and they sell well in the shop!

@AnneMarie -You'll find images on www.flickr.com & numerous on flickriver (sister site of flickr) that may help with restoration

1) https://www.flickr.com/search/?text=enema%20pump

2) http://www.flickriver.com/search/enema+pump

3) http://www.flickriver.com/photos/28847572@N06/popular-interesting/

Good pictures!! Thanks Anne-Marie!! (it's the name of one of my aunts!).

I suppose these are the kinds of machines you are referring to:

http://auction.catawiki.com/kavels/5440419-france-collection-of-vaginal-irrigators-19th-century

Anne Marie, have you watched the video of the woman who restrains herself to the Enema Machine and forces herself to take three full enemas? Have you seen the Enema Chair that the recipient sits on while she is pumped full of enema? Roger

Mentioned was an enema chair. "Have you seen the Enema Chair that the recipient sits on while she is pumped full of enema?" I have heard of but never seen a picture of an antique enema chair. I am not talking about a modern one but one from fifty or a hundred years ago. Does anyone know of one?

@chamed

Here is a picture of a vintage enema chair sold a while ago on eBay:

https://img.techpowerup.org/191123/enema-bench-00.jpg

https://img.techpowerup.org/191123/enema-bench-09.jpg

https://img.techpowerup.org/191123/enema-bench-10.jpg

While the item looks complete and correct, it is not. The pewter syringe assembly is not the correct, original one.

@4Quarts

How about posting links?