To the Editor: I have read the comments on page 1317 of the Case Records in the December 20, 1962, issue of the Journal regarding the standard practice in your area of using solid Hegar dilators fo ...

Varying in diameter from ½ inch to 1 inch and up to 4 inches long, plastic devices known as “rectal dilators” – also known as butt plugs – were devices said to have been sold in the 19th ...