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Craven Morehead · 04-03-2010, 06:55 AM

20 Scary Old School Surgical Tools - Surgical Technologist

Yikes!!!!!!

Amputation knife

Skull saw

and there's this gem....

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Tobacco Smoke Enema (1750s-1810s)
The tobacco enema was used to infuse tobacco smoke into a patient's rectum for various medical purposes, primarily the resuscitation of drowning victims. A rectal tube inserted into the anus was connected to a fumigator and bellows that forced the smoke towards the rectum. The warmth of the smoke was thought to promote respiration, but doubts about the credibility of tobacco enemas led to the popular phrase "blow smoke up one's ass."

Poppinjay · 04-03-2010, 06:57 AM

How. Why. WTF. I love reading old medical prcedures where apparently the more damage you could do to a person, the better the result. No pain no gain.

I'm waiting to hear about the nutkicker consumption therapy.

DaveOrion · 04-03-2010, 08:04 AM

Dr Phibes would be proud.

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04-03-2010, 06:57 AM	#2 (permalink)
Poppinjay You had me at hello Location: DC/Coastal VA	How. Why. WTF. I love reading old medical prcedures where apparently the more damage you could do to a person, the better the result. No pain no gain. I'm waiting to hear about the nutkicker consumption therapy. __________________ I think the Apocalypse is happening all around us. We go on eating desserts and watching TV. I know I do. I wish we were more capable of sustained passion and sustained resistance. We should be screaming and what we do is gossip. -Lydia Millet

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