Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoTIL that in the 1750s, doctors used tobacco enemas, believing they could cure various diseases. When the practice was debunked, the phrase “blowing smoke up your ass” was born.NSFWen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up1168arrow-down117
arrow-up1151arrow-down1external-linkTIL that in the 1750s, doctors used tobacco enemas, believing they could cure various diseases. When the practice was debunked, the phrase “blowing smoke up your ass” was born.NSFWen.wikipedia.orgDon_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square10fedilink
minus-squareacockworkorange@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoPeddle * And you’re right. It’s the same bullshit in a different package. Sometimes even the same package, like homeopathy or “traditional Chinese medicine”.
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And you’re right. It’s the same bullshit in a different package. Sometimes even the same package, like homeopathy or “traditional Chinese medicine”.