ar of lead, two drachms; carbolic acid, half a drachm; laudanum, four
ounces; glycerine, four ounces; water, four pints; mix. This may be
applied to the itching parts, and also injected into the vagina.

[Illustration: Fig. 6.
FOUNTAIN SYRINGE.]

HOW TO USE VAGINAL INJECTIONS. We usually recommend the Fountain Syringe
illustrated in Fig. 6, as the most convenient instrument for
administering vaginal injections. The fountains supplied by us are of
soft rubber, and have extra nozzles, with which to make rectal, nasal or
ear irrigations. There is also a large, long nozzle for vaginal
injections.

[Illustration: Fig. 7.
SOFT RUBBER-BULB SYRINGE]

It is channeled so is to permit the free clearing away of the secretions
as the Douche is employed. The Fountain Syringe can he used without
assistance, the flow of fluid is gradual, and with a force that can be
varied, by raising or lowering the reservoir, yet is never so great as
to be liable to produce injurious effects.

The syringes usually sold with small nozzles or pipes are of little or
no value for vaginal injections. In many instances so small a tube will
pass readily into the canal of the uterus, and hence there has
frequently resulted an injection of a portion of the fluid into the
uterus itself, producing severe pain. It is important, therefore, in
using the Vaginal Douche to employ only a large tube that has grooves in
its surface for the free clearing away of the fluid as it runs from the
fountain.

Where it is desired to obtain relief from a congested, inflamed or
sensitive and irritable state of the mucous surface, the employment of a
large quantity of water as hot as it can be borne, is of the greatest
remedial value. It rapidly diminishes the size of the blood vessels, and
aids in bringing about a normal circulation in the parts.

As a rule, in taking the Douche with the Fountain Syringe the rubber bag
is filled, and suspended from a nail or hook at a height of from two to
five feet above the patient, and the fluid passes through the tube by
force of gravity, thus requiring no muscular exercise. The force of the
stream depends upon the height of the fountain above the outlet nozzle.
It is only necessary that the patient should assume a comfortable
position where the fluid which comes from the vaginal canal can flow
into a water closet, or any convenient vessel.

After a thorough cleansing of the vaginal surfaces of mucus, by means of
the warm or hot wa