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Where did "blow smoke up your ass" come from - deed I ask?

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In the 18th Century it was seriously believed that under certain conditions blowing tobacco smoke into the rectum of an apparently dead person could resuscitate them. In the Science Museum in London there is a Tobacco Resuscitator machine dated 1774. Check it out.


ORIGIN: The Tobacco Smoke Enema (1750's-1810's) was used to infuse tobacco smoke into a patient's rectum for various medical purposes, primarily to resuscitation of drowning victims. A rectal tube inserted into the anus was connected to a fumigator and bellows that forced the smoke into 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 one's ass."

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