Okay. Those damnable hyperlinks you discover while looking up something else. I just *had* to click on it.
From the late 1600s till about 1811, having borrowed the technique from some Native American tribe, medical society considered tobacco smoke enemas one of the best ways to revive drowning victims.
I have scratched a bald spot on my noggin over this: What in the world leads someone to think that blowing smoke up someone's butt makes their lungs work better?
But now I know the origin of one of my dad's favorite expressions: "Someone's blowing smoke up your a**."
You can read about it in the Wikipedia, but the practice declined after 1811 when someone demonstrated that nicotine was poisonous and affected the heart.
I see soooo many distracting paths for this thread to take. But... did you know of this? One guy in my office actually did know of this.
From the late 1600s till about 1811, having borrowed the technique from some Native American tribe, medical society considered tobacco smoke enemas one of the best ways to revive drowning victims.
I have scratched a bald spot on my noggin over this: What in the world leads someone to think that blowing smoke up someone's butt makes their lungs work better?
But now I know the origin of one of my dad's favorite expressions: "Someone's blowing smoke up your a**."
You can read about it in the Wikipedia, but the practice declined after 1811 when someone demonstrated that nicotine was poisonous and affected the heart.
I see soooo many distracting paths for this thread to take. But... did you know of this? One guy in my office actually did know of this.
