Today we have cardiac defibrillators, back then they had…A tobacco enema kit originating from
Today we have cardiac defibrillators, back then they had…A tobacco enema kit originating from England, circa 1774. This apparatus, which blew smoke into a patient’s rectum, was used to revive people who were ‘apparently dead’ by making use of tobacco’s stimulant qualities. -- source link
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