单词 | gas douche |
释义 | > as lemmasgas douche gas douche n. [after German Gasdouche (1821 or earlier)] Medicine (now rare or disused) a jet of gas, esp. carbon dioxide, introduced into a cavity of the body for (supposed) therapeutic purposes. ΚΠ 1837 J. R. Bennett tr. W. Kramer Nature & Treatm. Dis. Ear ii. ii. 197 Even the gas-douche is never applicable to nervous deafness. 1871 Med. & Surg. Reporter 18 Feb. 141/1 The gas douche applied every ten minutes, with the effect of relieving the pain in so marked a manner that it was with difficulty that I could convince the mother and nurse that I had not stopped the labor. 1913 Amer. Jrnl. Clin. Med. 20 77/2 The remedy is carbonic-acid gas douches applied into the vagina or into the rectum by means of a gas-generator which I have introduced. < as lemmas |
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