Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoTIL that in the 1750s, doctors used tobacco enemas, believing they could cure various diseases. When the practice was debunked, the phrase “blowing smoke up your ass” was born.NSFWen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up1159arrow-down116
arrow-up1143arrow-down1external-linkTIL that in the 1750s, doctors used tobacco enemas, believing they could cure various diseases. When the practice was debunked, the phrase “blowing smoke up your ass” was born.NSFWen.wikipedia.orgDon_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square9fedilink
minus-squareOptional@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoAztec priests used to use tobacco in enema form for psychedelic adventure. Not smoke, though; water.
Aztec priests used to use tobacco in enema form for psychedelic adventure. Not smoke, though; water.