Tobacco Smoke Enemas
Tobacco smoke enemas were practiced in the 18th century to treat various ailments. Back in the day, this procedure was administrated to patients suffering from headaches, respiratory failure, cold, or abdominal cramps, just to name a few. This method was even used to resuscitate individuals who were dying from typhoid fever or cholera. It was believed that nicotine could stimulate a patient's adrenal glands, produce adrenaline, and revive them. Unsurprisingly, this method hardly ever worked.
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Stuck 4 year s ago
#16 Tobacco smoke enemas were also believed to resuscitate drowned people : "In the 1780s the Royal Humane Society installed resuscitation kits, including smoke enemas, at various points along the River Thames, and by the turn of the 19th century, tobacco smoke enemas had become an established practice in Western medicine, considered by Humane Societies to be as important as artificial respiration." (from Wikipedia)
#18 The idea is that of sympathetic (imitative) magic : mices have good teeth, so they are good for ailing teeth... the same kind of "reasoning" is always used nowadays in... homeopathy !
#19 Some trepanated prehistoric patients have survived long enough for the bone to grow again around the opening !
#18 The idea is that of sympathetic (imitative) magic : mices have good teeth, so they are good for ailing teeth... the same kind of "reasoning" is always used nowadays in... homeopathy !
#19 Some trepanated prehistoric patients have survived long enough for the bone to grow again around the opening !
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Back 4 year s ago
I wonder in 80 years from now how people will react to our present time. I’m sure they will be as horrified as I am. 
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Legs 4 year s ago
Indeed, they will probably shake their heads at the toxins people ingest created by big pharma.
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Amazing 4 year s ago
#16 sounds like someone is just trying to "blow smoke up your a$$." I bet that's where the phrase came from.
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Haven 4 year s ago
#4 Note the manufacturer's name on the label. Bayer still holds the patent on heroin. They'd originally intended to market it as an analgesic, but reality set in and they changed their minds about that. Instead, they released another one of their drugs: acetylsalicylic acid, otherwise known as aspirin -- Bayer aspirin.
#1 Maybe one was supposed to have masturbated with a handful of cornflakes. That certainly would have made it a lot less fun. (Cream on your cornflakes, anyone?)
#1 Maybe one was supposed to have masturbated with a handful of cornflakes. That certainly would have made it a lot less fun. (Cream on your cornflakes, anyone?)
#18 The idea is that of sympathetic (imitative) magic : mices have good teeth, so they are good for ailing teeth... the same kind of "reasoning" is always used nowadays in... homeopathy !
#19 Some trepanated prehistoric patients have survived long enough for the bone to grow again around the opening !
#1 Maybe one was supposed to have masturbated with a handful of cornflakes. That certainly would have made it a lot less fun. (Cream on your cornflakes, anyone?)