> Before the Suicide Act of 1961 it was illegal to kill oneself.
That's certainly interesting. I wonder if it carried the death penalty..
I think the first comment in the article explains it.
Its basically an IV, getting in fluids when they can't be administered orally.
Avoid rectal ginger ale. Horse trader secrets should not be applied to patients.
Sounds like it allowed to avoid dehydration. Probably not the worst way of doing it [IANAD]
"Making you grateful for modern medicine."
Not just a lemonade enema, but even more perverse: An enema made with lemonade thrown up by a nurse.
I don't think that was what that meant. I think the "throw up" part was in reference to the administering of the enema itself.
I don't believe that is what "throw up a clyster" means. If you google it, that particular phrasing is not uncommon to this story.
To me, from context (I have no special knowledge), "throw up a clyster" means to mix a clyster, not regurgitate it.
I'm guess its like knocking up (a clyster)... Which doesn't mean getting it pregnant.