Picasso is born in Malaga in 1881, he’s not breathing, they think he’s stillborn. His mother is inconsolable, and the midwife gives up.
Then his uncle, Doctor Don Salvador, who happens to be smoking a cigar, blows a puff of smoke into the baby’s nose. The baby grimaces, coughs, and lets out a loud cry.
My Takeaway: if the situation is already pretty well fubar you might as well try anything.