Rectal dilator
A set of antique rectal dilators exhibited at Glore Psychiatric Museum.
A rectal or anal dilator is a medical device similar to a speculum designed to open and relax the internal/external anal sphincter and rectum in order to facilitate medical inspection or relieve constipation.[1] One early version of a rectal dilator was Dr. Young's Ideal Rectal Dilators, invented in 1892.
See also[]
- Anal plug, a medical device for treating anal incontinence
- Butt plug, a sex toy resembling an anal dilator
- Proctoscope, another medical device inserted anally
- Vaginal dilator, an equivalent device for dilating the vagina
References[]
- ^ Francisco Vilardell (2006), Digestive Endoscopy in the Second Millennium: From the Lichtleiter to Echoendoscopy, Thieme, pp. 200–201, ISBN 9781588904201
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