Rectal dilator

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]}

A set of antique rectal dilators exhibited at Glore Psychiatric Museum.

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