This Hygiene Methods Of Old Are The Weirdest You’ll Ever See

Published on 02/11/2020
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Enema Practices

At one point in our lives, we must have heard the phrase: “blow smoke up your ass” and was seen as an insult to many who got the slur hurled at them. History has records that showed people having tobacco smoke enemas, which they would blow up the rectum. It was mainly practiced by Native Americans and later introduced to Europeans.

Enema Practices

Enema Practices

The practice was used to cure several conditions and was also used as a remedy for respiratory problems. Tobacco is a medicine used by many Europeans after being discovered in the New World and considered it great fro drowsiness and cold. But as time passed, it was discovered that nicotine (a product in the tobacco) was dangerous to the body. Thank goodness too, the tobacco enemas were also eliminated from history.

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