Can You Name This Old Tool?

[topd]

Thought you would enjoy this educational moment in American history. 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 “Blowin' Smoke up your Ass".

(Exactly how they got the smoke from a pipe to the bellows is up to your imagination).

 

[wolfie90]

Wow

 

[pipesicle]

hahahahahahaha :rofl:. Thats too funny not to be true!!

 

[tbradsim1]

I gather this was before the song Smoke Gets In Your Eyes. The old cajun

 

[topd]

@Old Cajun :rofl:

 

[numbersix]

TMI! TMI!
Now I cannot unsee this! 8O

 

[papipeguy]

The smoke rings must have been something else to experience.

 

[nightmarejones]

That is funny every time and unfortunately I have seen one before.I was most commonly used to wake people that had passed out and drowning victims from what I understand.

 

[sixmp]

!!!

 

[mp31guitar]

I wonder how often it really worked?

 

[weezell]

Hmmmm,and the wife thought Cerberus smelled like shit..

 

[keith929]

Can't.......Get...........Image.........Out.......Of......My.........Head........AAAAAAAAAgrhhhhh :rofl:

 

[gwtwdbss]

That is some crazy shi*. :rofl:

 

[cajunguy]

I agree with that cat. That's how my eyes look about now.
... wow.
Think I'm going to shower, now. :rofl:

 

[mrenglish]

What freaks me out is OK, maybe if you were the first person for it to be used on. But what about the 10th or 20th person, etc. I mean it's not like they had disposable tips back then...
I wonder if they used different tobaccos for different ailments? If your passed out, they use an English blend...

 

[nsfisher]

Smoke em if you got em.

 

[crk69]

OMG.. that's unbelievable... Never will be able to look at a bellows assembly the same again without remembering this....

 

[taerin]

That long, thin metal attatchment really has me worried...

 

[gmwolford]

On the serious side, any idea how much something like that is valued at? And guys, now you know what to look out for at the swap meets to get yourself on Antiques Roadshow! LOL

 

[sixmp]

I have ulcerative colitis and that is probably something they would have tried on me back in the day lmao