1839 Book Claims Urine was Used in Tobacco

[Merton]

If you read enough, you learn things you didn't want to know.

A book from 1839 titled "A Paper: Of Tobacco--Treating of the Rise, Progress, Pleasures, and Advantages of Smoking, with Anecdotes of Distinguished Smokers," by the improbably named Joseph Fume, offers the following:



This actually is attributed to "Dissertation on the Use and Abuse of Tobacco, p. 35, 4th Edition, 1814.

And that is how Mixture 79 came to be...

just kidding

 

[trouttimes]

I wonder if this is why Haunted Bookshop taste so bad?

 

[BROBS]

Secret mcclelland ingredient

 

[BROBS]

I'll not soon forget a motivational speaker, no prostheses below the knees, Nam casualty. He spoke about how he resisted help/assistance until he realized successful people accept help in the areas they needed it. It was a lesson in recognizing our weak areas and finding those who could provide the necessary assistance, surrounding yourself with assistants who freed you up to use your strengths and delegate your weak spots to others. I found it inspiiring. I always sought out subordinates who made me better at what I was best at, letting me play to my strengths.

Would you say you were their arbiter?

 

[cosmicfolklore]

 

[warren]

Would you say you were their arbiter?

Beneficiary.

 

[GCW]

The staler the better

From Gunpowder to Teeth Whitener: The Science Behind Historic Uses of Urine

Preindustrial workers built huge industries based on the liquid's cleaning power and corrosiveness--and the staler the pee, the better

www.smithsonianmag.com

 

[crawdad]

Must be what’s behind the Lakelands essence

 

[mso489]

Our bodies go to a lot of trouble to get rid of whatever is in excretion (urine) and elimination (stools), therefore it is probably not a generally good idea to try to recycle those substances through the digestive track and lungs. I surmise that one of the reasons people find those odors so repugnant is that the tribes that avoided re-exposure survived better than those that did not. Genetically more people are programed to find those materials repulsive, thus stay healthier, despite looking more squeamish and fussy.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Not surprising considering some artificial vanilla comes from beaver anal excretions.

 

[GCW]

Not surprising considering some artificial vanilla comes from beaver anal excretions.

Well there goes half my aromatics

 

[bullet08]

Inspiration speaker? I think one of my project management course instructor was one. Great inspiration. Inspire me to avoid the rest of 'em. Worse than used car salesmen.

 

[weezell]

I always sought out subordinates who made me better at what I was best at, letting me play to my strengths.

I had a very wise boss years ago and he said "Never be afraid to hire someone better than you. In the end the choice will make you better!"...

 

[trouttimes]

Not surprising considering some artificial vanilla comes from beaver anal excretions.

Next you are going to tell me Santa is not real.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Next you are going to tell me Santa is not real.

Why would I do that? He was real.

 

[Brendan]

He’s just taking the piss, Embers.

 

[Sweet Home Alabama]

I read urine will cure toenail fungus.

 

[STP]

… and mouthwash.

 

[condorlover1]

There gentlemen you have it. The missing ingredient used in the manufacture of Royal Yacht!

 

[sablebrush52]

Secret mcclelland ingredient

And all the time, everybody thought it was vinegar.