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Was the original goal to prevent backsplash?
by cactusplant7374 4y ago
Was the original goal to prevent backsplash?
- DonHopkins 4y agoI think the original goal of having a shit shelf was so that you had something to talk about for the rest of the day.
- 77pt77 4y agoNo. It was to facilitate detecting parasites.
- globalise83 4y ago"In some aristocratic households, the Herzog or Fürst would appoint a physician whose sole duty was to inspect the stools of the family members daily, making detailed notes on consistency, form and appearance. He would recommend adjustments to the nobile diet accordingly. The specially shaped receptacles for the material to be inspected thus became intricately associated with nobility and wealth, and during the rapid industrialisation of the late 19th Century, middle class urban households adopted them in vast numbers" From the History of European Stool Inspections, Henry O.R. Scrap (Oxford 2003)
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- 77pt77 4y ago>History of European Stool Inspections, Henry O.R. Scrap Nominal determinism.
- globalise83 4y agoBusted!
- Tangurena2 4y agoIt was a work-around to avoid patents on toilets.