suppository

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But Clysters must be forborn on these Occasions, especially when one of the thick Guts is wounded, making use rather of a Suppository or laxative Diet-Drinks, to avoid dilation and straining.

From The Compleat Surgeon or, the whole Art of Surgery explain'd in a most familiar Method. by Le Clerc, Charles Gabriel

Vaginal Suppository Acid citric, 6 grainsAcid boracic, 1 dramCocoa butter, 90 grains Make into 12 suppositories.

From Family Limitation by Sanger, Margaret