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.^{[citation needed]}

Rectal dilators are also used as sex toys.^[2]

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
2. Jennifer Eve Rehor (2013-04-24). "Sensual, Erotic, and Sexual Behaviors of Women from the "Kink" Community". Archives of Sexual Behavior. 44 (4): 825–836. doi:10.1007/s10508-015-0524-2. PMC 4379392. PMID 25795531.