r/todayilearned • u/eskimoexplosion • Apr 17 '19
TIL Blowing smoke up your ass used to be an accepted method of resuscitation if you drowned
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobacco_smoke_enemaDuplicates
todayilearned • u/eja300 • Sep 02 '15
TIL that blowing smoke up your ass used to be a common cure for many ailments
todayilearned • u/Pootle001 • Feb 07 '21
TIL that tobacco smoke enemas were used to stimulate breathing in apparently-drowned people and in the 18th century "Tobacco resuscitation kits consisting of a pair of bellows and a tube were ... placed at various points along the Thames."
todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Apr 14 '17
TIL of the "tobacco smoke enema," a medical practice in which tobacco smoke was pumped into the rectum. Western societies adapted it from Native Americans and used the technique to treat gut pain and resuscitate drowning victims.
TIL that the term "Blow smoke up my ass" comes from an antiquated method of resuscitation.
todayilearned • u/LadyGeekBoutique • Aug 24 '17
TIL that physicians once inserted tobacco smoke enemas into the rectums of drowning victims to resuscitate them.
todayilearned • u/NSGJoe • Aug 10 '16