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- From: George.Leach@stjhmc.fidonet.org (George Leach)
- Newsgroups: sci.med
- Subject: Re: Colonic irrigations
- Message-ID: <8399.2A715AA9@stjhmc.fidonet.org>
- Date: Sat, 25 Jul 92 06:29:05 mst
- Organization: St. Joseph's Hospital/Medical Ctr, Phoenix, AZ
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- In article <15782@pitt.UUCP> km@speedy.cs.pitt.edu (Ken Mitchum)
- writes:
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- >In article <j4cm#df@lynx.unm.edu> bhjelle@triton.unm.edu writes:
- >>
- >>So for just $49.95 I will send you a package of "colon floss" and
- >>a "colon brush" designed to keep your colon free of lint, plaque,
- >>decaying matter, beer bottles, televisions, etc.
-
- >One of my favorite xrays from medical school showed a quart
- >bottle of mayonaise in the transverse colon. The patient claimed
- >to have accidentally sat on it and the laws of physics had done
- >the rest. We didn't quite belive him. The bottle was full and
- >unopened. We don't know if the surgeon who removed it took it
- >home or what....
- >
- That's disgusting. No surgeon would do that. He probably donated
- it to the hospital cafeteria. I hope he remembered to claim the
- deduction at tax time.
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