This reminds me of when I was a little boy. When I’d get an ear-ache my parents would blow smoke into my ear. Why? I have no idea. I think just the warm air must have quieted me down. Anyone else remember that?
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I’ve heard the terminology “blowing smoke out your a$$” but I never condsidered its origins…
Maybe the smoke was from a “funny cigarette”.
I saw one of these in a museum in London and NO-ONE WOULD BELIEVE ME. They used to have them stationed all along the Thames (possibly where the lifebelts are now). I would like to see a re-enactment, perhaps in the background of a costume drama.
the thing that would freak me out in England is when someone asks you for a fag,I would just start running for the door
I have heard of parents blowing cigarette smoke into a child’s ear for an earache. My hub got horrible ear infections as a child. Doc said they were from ‘indoor air pollution’. Both of his parents were chain smokers. So that smoke in your ear was probably making the infection worse, but, hey, at least it felt better there for a second or three!
My brother-IN-LAW said his Dad would piss on a cotton ball and put the COTTON in his ear. He claims it worked every time, dunno.
This seems way wrong, almost disgusting.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/buzz/Urine_Therapy
A shadow of things to come (again) if the Obama-Lama-Ding-Dong health care passes
KLAW – Your brother-in-law was lucky that he didn’t get sore throats…
My parents did the smoke in the ear to me, too. I think perhaps the warm smoke gave temporary relief, but maybe the nicotine had an effect. “Nicotintinitis” anyone?
KLAW, I think those urine remedies are just someone trying to blow smoke up your ass!
Yup, it was the nicotine in the smoke that provided temporary ear pain relief. During the Civil War, one method of anesthetizing soldiers on the battlefield was – I shit you not – stuffing a cigar up the patient’s butt. Because the colon is the fastest place to absorb chemicals into your bloodstream, a stogie up the bum would knock you right out.
Pres. Garfield had the cigar up the butt trick- along with vegetables and other nutrients to try and deaden his pain and feed him….. Dr’s knew what he needed but couldn’t refine the delivery method – nicotine had been used for centuries as an analgesic – rectally and otherwise –
hey Houizi (Aug. 4th) If you believe as your comment suggests your are being used… wake up! you are believing garbage promoted by people and companies who are $ fat with the current system.
Having smoke in your ear was a normal item in the ’30s etc. My Mother did not smoke but she always had her “corn cob” smoking pipe. It was used to warm and melt the wax in the ear and relive the pain in the ear.
It sure worked. I am sure it would now.