Surgery, Old School

[MasterBlaster]

Interesting!

Not what you'd think!

 

[woodworkingboy]

Pretty grissly looking devices. A guy working near me makes one off instruments from plans sent to him, mostly from people involved in research using animals. Looking at what he makes has kind of changed my opinion of the value of such research.

 

[Fiddler]

Interesting indeed, I tried to guess what the wood screw was used for, maybe to hold bones apart, but got it wrong.

There is some scary stuff there.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Hey, at one point that was state of the art.

 

[NeTree]

Is it a cure for diarrhea?

 

[MasterBlaster]

Yes, pay no attention to the link whatsoever. That's always good to do before posting.

 

[Al Smith]

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."

I thought that was interesting .It appears you really can blow smoke up somebodies ass and all this time I thought it was a play on words .

 

[NeTree]

I followed the link, dumazz... it was a joke...

 

[MasterBlaster]

But you forgot the emoticion!

 

[Blinky]

Cool, a chainsaw for brains!

 

[Dave Shepard]

Would that be a brainsaw?:roll: Sorry.

 

[Al Smith]

What about this little gem for snatching 'roids .Makes you pucker just to think about it

 

[MasterBlaster]

 

[Dave Shepard]

Which one is that, the double tonsilectimizer? Were the first ones labeled as well, or just the last few?

 

[MasterBlaster]

Yes.

 

[olyman]

that tobacco smoke enema was a good one. and now i know where the saying came from.

 

[NeTree]

Can you imagine a bunch of people running around with their buttholes jonesing for a fag?

 

[woodworkingboy]

In the old days, it could have been that sadistic tendencies is what brought people into the medical profession, more so than the desire to get rich today.

People tell me that some years ago, before dentistry practices here caught up to the modern world, if you complained about pain during a dental procedure, the dentist would get real pissed at you.

 

[Newfie]

Yeah, the desire to help people doesn't even figure into the equation.:roll:

 

[woodworkingboy]

You make a good point, and no pain, no gain.

 

[Fiddler]

Once went in for dental surgery to have a couple teeth removed. The name of the place was "Paine and Panek",
Kept having to dig bone chips out of my gums for months afterwards. Never went back there again.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Lordy, haha.

 

[Al Smith]

Well along the name of properly named medical folks ,there was a chiorpracter by the name of Grone ,locally .

 

[Fiddler]

 

[NeTree]

Not far from me is a Dr. Doctor... his real last name, no shit.