Tobacco enema kit, late 18th century. A tube connected to a fumigator was inserted into the rectum, and tobacco smoke blown in using the bellows. Toba
Tobacco enema kit, late 18th century. A tube connected to a fumigator was inserted into the rectum, and tobacco smoke blown in using the bellows. Tobacco enemas were used to treat a number of conditions including intestinal pain, and to resuscitate victims of near drowning. This kit was produced by the Royal Humane Society which was founded in London in 1774 by two doctors concerned at the number of people wrongly taken for dead. They wanted to promote the tobacco enema technique of resuscitation, and offered money to anyone rescuing someone from the brink of death. During the early 19th century tobacco enemas were no longer used, as it was discovered that nicotine in tobacco smoke is poisonous.
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