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  1. ... the mouth by rectal feeding. Before the first nutrient enema is given the rectum should be washed out ... salt has been added. The material of the nutrient enema is capable of almost unlimited variation, since the ...
  2. ... stopped altogether.' The use of blood as a nutrient enema is highly recom- mended by Sansom,1 who ... beef). Forster speaks highly of the following simple nutrient enema: Carnrick's Beef Peptonoids one to four drachms, milk, ...
  3. NLM Digital Collections - A manual for the practice of surgery 
    Publication: Philadelphia : Henry C. Lea, 1879
    ... I have never hesitated to resort to the nutrient enema. I do so also in cases of abdominal ... to regain its tone. The use of the nutrient enema for a few hours often tides over a ...
  4. NLM Digital Collections - The practice of pediatrics 
    Publication: Philadelphia : W.B. Saunders Company, [1924]
    ... age (p. 853) is of inestimable value. For Nutrient Enema.—In conditions when stomach feeding is im- possible ... of the white of egg makes the best nutrient enema for such cases (p. 98). It should be ...
  5. NLM Digital Collections - Pocket cyclopedia of nursing 
    Publication: New York : The Macmillan Company, 1923
    ... flushing with a soapsuds enema one hour before nutrient enema is given. This should be done once a ... hour’s rest the patient should be given a nutrient enema. The method of administering nourishment through the rectum ...
  6. NLM Digital Collections - Text-book of the principles and practice of nursing 
    Publication: New York : The Macmillan Company, 1922
    ... NUTRI- TIVE ENEMA Purpose of the Treatment.—The nutrient enema or rectal feeding is the injection into the ... unconscious, irrational or comatose. The ingredients of a nutrient enema vary, but they should always be as absorbable ...
  7. NLM Digital Collections - Diet manual, Fitzsimons General Hospital 
    Publication: Denver, Colorado : Fitzsimons General Hospital, 1941
    ... and 7:00 P.Mf . - By rectum: (1) Nutrient enema at B:00 A.M., 12:00 noon, ... a cleansing enema of normal saline solution. The nutrient enema vdll follow by the drip method at the ...
  8. NLM Digital Collections - Hospital diets 
    Publication: Washington, D.C. : U.S. Government Printing Office, October 13, 1941
    ... and 7:00 PM. (2) By rectum.—(a) Nutrient enema at 8:00 AM, 12:00 noon, 4: ... a cleansing enema of normal saline solution. The nutrient enema will follow by the drip method at the ...
  9. NLM Digital Collections - Surgical nursing 
    Publication: Philadelphia : P. Blakiston, Son & Co., 1895
    ... Beef Juice—Snow Pudding,.............157_I59 APPENDIX B. Nutrient Enema—Ice Poultice—Excessive Perspiration— Table of Weights and ... half a cup of white sugar. APPENDIX B. Nutrient enema. Ice poultice Nutrient Enema—Ice Poultice—Excessive Perspiration— ...
  10. ... the quart of flushing fluid. The rectal alimentation (nutrient enema) should be given through a rectal tube or ... 2 feet for an adult. In introducing the nutrient enema or food, the patient should lie on the ...
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