Re: how they did in ancient times...

http://www.rpsgb.org.uk/pdfs/mussheet21.pdf


"Over time, many types of apparatus have been used to
administer enemas. It is likely that ancient civilisations and
African and American Indian tribes were using hollow reeds,
gourds, horns and other natural devices as enemas from early
times. The first illustrations of enema design are medieval, and show a simple device with a tube attached to a pig’s bladder which acted as a pump action bulb. Simple piston syringe enemas or clysters were in use by the 1400s, and continued to be used into the 1800s. From the 1600s onwards, enemas were mainly designed for self administration at home. Many were French, due to the wide usage of the enema in France. The 1800s saw an abundance of new innovations. Many
enemas were designed to include a long tube attachment for
the vagina due to their increased use for contraceptive
douching after around 1860. Plunge reservoir enemas relied
on pressure from a plunger forced down into an upright
reservoir. Valve pump enemas consisted of a two way valve
syringe with attachments, and appeared after 1820. Mechanical reservoir enemas had an upright reservoir from which solution was propelled by release of pressure through a valve. Bulb enemas, introduced in around 1840, consisted of a rubber bulb with tubing attached at both ends, sometimes with metal fittings added. The bulb enema continued in use well into the twentieth century. Enemas are still occasionally given, but are usually administered by medical professionals using a funnel and tube or disposable plastic proprietary enema."
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