lavage

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Lavage or washing out of the stomach with weak alkaline solutions has been used with marked success in the treatment of chronic gastritis.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various

Lavage was practiced by a cannula introduced through the opening, and a great number of cherry stones agglutinated with feces followed the water, and labor was soon terminated.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)