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sTroPkIN OP t1_itsozxh wrote

Reply to comment by Jesse0100 in TIL Tobacco smoke enemas were used in an attempt to resuscitate victims of near drowning. by sTroPkIN

>On the advice of a passing sailor, the woman's husband inserted the stem of the sailor's pipe into her rectum, covered the bowl with a piece of perforated paper, and "blew hard". The woman was apparently revived.

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polaralo t1_itssuq9 wrote

Was it meth ? I feel like meth would work in this case.

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ICPosse8 t1_itsz3lx wrote

I don’t think you need meth or drugs to be involved when someone is literally blowing air up into your asshole. If she’s alive that’d be enoug.

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polaralo t1_itt504w wrote

But if she was dead. Meth is the cure ?

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5050Clown t1_ittb0mr wrote

Nope, still just putting something in your ass. It cures a lot of things.

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schnellzer t1_ittyx3l wrote

I once saw a girl overdose on GHB at the tail end of a party. Her boyfriend, without panicking, took a hit of meth and blew it into her lungs. My friends now refer to their trailer triage as the meth of life.

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grat_is_not_nice t1_itszbly wrote

The vagus nerve is responsible for many autonomic functions, and runs from the brain stem to the colon. Digital rectal stimulation of the vagus nerve has been used to resolve intractable hiccups.

My theory (and I am not a doctor) is that inserting a bellows/pipe stem and introducing air into the rectum can stimulate the vagus nerve, which in some cases was sufficient to trigger a gasping/coughing/breathing response.

It almost certainly failed in many cases, as well ...

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proxyproxyomega t1_ittfefq wrote

even funnier, the unnerving part is not the blowing of the smoke up the ass, but whoever thought of it in the first place and how they got there. like, the husband wouldn't have just thought "lets blow smoke up her dying ass, just cause". he would have seen or heard of it before from someone else. and that person would have seen or heard from someone else. or maybe it was common to smoke enema yourself back then, and the rush it gave gave them ideas...

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TheSaltyTar t1_ittogj7 wrote

Agreed, that what I ALWAYS wonder about stuff like this. Someone had to be first. Someone thought this and then acted it out.

But consider this.

That someone told someone else.

And that person tried it themselves.

I want to be a fly on the wall for that conversation.

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Ahelex t1_itultmd wrote

> But consider this.

> That someone told someone else.

> And that person tried it themselves.

The other person: FOR SCIENCE!

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biggy-cheese03 t1_ituigfb wrote

I get really bad hiccups sometimes but man, I’m not shoving my finger up my ass

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m_s_phillips t1_itvjs0u wrote

As with tickling, it probably doesn't work if it's your own finger.

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wokeupquick2 t1_itt9k8o wrote

Ahhhh fuck... I'll bet that "passing sailor" was thinking "holy fuck! He actually did it! I can't believe I convinced this dude to blow smoke up his wife's ass!!"

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