Blowing Smoke Up Your Ass

[GWguy]

Tobacco Smoke Enemas (1750s – 1810s)

The tobacco enema was used to infuse tobacco smoke into a patient’s rectum for various medical purposes, primarily the resuscitation of drowning victims.

A rectal tube inserted into the anus was connected to a fumigator and bellows that forced the smoke towards the rectum.

The warmth of the smoke was thought to promote respiration, but doubts about the credibility of tobacco enemas led to the popular phrase “blow smoke up your ass.”

This has been reintroduced in Washington D.C. , by the Obama Administration.

It will be part of the New Health Care Program.

 

[FireBrand]

 

[jazz lady]

And now you know...the rest of the story.

 

[b23hqb]

Like I say concerning my several trips to Karachi, Pakistan - if the world ever needed an enema, that was the place to stick the drainage hose.

 

[Merlin99]

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Tobacco Smoke Enemas (1750s – 1810s)

The tobacco enema was used to infuse tobacco smoke into a patient’s rectum for various medical purposes, primarily the resuscitation of drowning victims.

A rectal tube inserted into the anus was connected to a fumigator and bellows that forced the smoke towards the rectum.

The warmth of the smoke was thought to promote respiration, but doubts about the credibility of tobacco enemas led to the popular phrase “blow smoke up your ass.”

This has been reintroduced in Washington D.C. , by the Obama Administration.

It will be part of the New Health Care Program.

I wonder if the E-cig people have looked into this (sometimes) untapped market.