Tobacco smoke enema: WikipediaNow, not only do you know where the term "Blow smoke up their ass" came from, but you can actually see it action today from the current administration!
The tobacco smoke enema, an insufflation of tobacco smoke into the rectum by enema, was a medical treatment employed by 18th-century European physicians for resuscitating drowning victims and other purposes.
[...]
The use of smoke enemas in Western medicine began to cease after 1811. In that year, Benjamin Brodie showed through animal experimentation that nicotine, the principal active agent in tobacco smoke, was a cardiac poison prone to stopping the circulation of blood.
[...]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
0 comments:
Post a Comment