MAY WE RECOMMEND--
Three Cheers for Toilet Paper

Items that merit a trip to the library

by Helen Ahanbasket, AIR staff

All the world loves toilet paper. Here are three aspects worth your consideration.

Tribute to Toilet Paper (1)

"A Tribute to Toilet Paper," W.T. Hughes, Reviews of Infectious Diseases, vol. 10, no. 1, January/February 1988, pp. 218-22. (Thanks to Judy E. Patankin for bringing this to our attention.)

Tribute to Toilet Paper (2)

"Contact Allergy to Moist Toilet Paper," A.C. de Groot, T.J. Baar, H. Terpstra, and J.W. Weyland, Contact Dermatitis, vol. 24, no. 2, February 1991, pp. 135-6. The author is at Carolus Hospital, Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands. (Thanks to Althea Pym for bringing this to our attention.)

Tribute to Toilet Paper (3)

"Anal Hygiene in Perianal Skin Diseases Compatibility of Water and Moist and Dry Toilet-Paper," W. Bruhl and R Schmauz, Zentralblatt Fur Hygiene und Umweltmedizin, vol 200, nos. 5-6, 1998, pp. 562-70. (Thanks to Wendy Cooper for bringing this to our attention.)

A Must for Tourists

We also recommend a visit to the Virtual Museum of Toilet Paper.

© Copyright 2001 Annals of Improbable Research (AIR)

This is a HotAIR exclusive feature item. For a list of other HotAIR featured items, see What's New.