Wiki doesn’t seem to say, but I have a bet with myself that it was a Frenchman:D
I’ll bet it was the Romans. They did it in a room next to the vomitorium; I think it was called the Colosseum.
I’m glad I wasn’t drinking anything when I read that. Well done.
I think there is a rule against replying with a joke to a GQ thread, but we’ll forgive it this time:D
I might be able to answer that. I work in an alternative medicine school/clinic and we teach a course in colonics. In the course, they say it is mentioned in the Ebers papyrus.
I think it was Billy Bob Colon of Plano Texas. He intended it to be called the Collinic after the county in which most of Plano lies but due to the unfortunate coincidence of his name it has been permanently misnamed.
Pardon me for injecting (ha!) a serious question into the merriment, but since we’re on the subject: is there a difference between a colonic and an enema, or are they synonymous?
Colonics generally refer to a procedure where a tube is placed far up into the colon, sometimes as high as the area where the small intestine enters the colon, 4 feet or more. Large quantities of fluids/herbs/drugs are then instilled, on the principle that this is somehow “good” or “cleansing”. This practice is not endorsed by mainstream medicine, save for exceptional diagnoses/circumstances.
Enemas are done by introducing a tube a few inches into the rectum, into the rectal vault, and fluids are instilled, generally to help facilitate a bowel movement by softening/loosinging/irrigating material in the rectal vault. This is a mainstream medical procedure. ,