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SOUNDINGS
The gas we pass
BMJ 2004; 329 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.329.7471.925-a (Published 14 October 2004) Cite this as: BMJ 2004;329:925- George Dunea, attending physician
- Cook County Hospital, Chicago, USA
Benjamin Franklin once wrote that “it is universally known that in digesting our common food there is produced in the bowels of human creatures a great quantity of wind.” As escaping gas is offensive because of its smell, and retained gas causes pain and disease, he wished one would discover a drug that “shall render the natural discharges of wind from our bodies, not only inoffensive, but agreeable as perfumes.”
Alas, no such …
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