In case you care to know, there is a right way and a wrong way to go to the bathroom. The Figure at the left comes from a recent article published in BMJ.
I hope the apparatus under his feet is firmly planted on the ground. Otherwise, he would have a "loose stool."
For more information on this article you may want to click on the following link:
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/section_pdf/338/mar20_1/b831.pdf
And, no, I'm not kidding. This is a real article in the medical literature.
(Thanks go to David Angaran for bringing this landmark research to the attention of the faculty).
Must have been a slow publication month...
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of landmark research, check out the title to this article in The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. "Preinjury Warfarin Worsens Outcome in Elderly Patients Who Fall From Standing."