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Rectal dilator

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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

  1. ^ Francisco Vilardell (2006), Digestive Endoscopy in the Second Millennium: From the Lichtleiter to Echoendoscopy, Thieme, pp. 200–201, ISBN 9781588904201
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