Back to top Disorders in the brain can distort odors. Epileptics sometimes get auras of strange odors just before a seizure. The Egyptians first invented toothpaste, some 5,000 years ago. It was a crude mixture of wine and pumice. From the early Roman Empire until 18th-century Europe and America, urine was a main ingredient in toothpaste, because the ammonia in it is an excellent cleaner.
Ammonia is still a main ingredient in many types of toothpaste.
Back to top Old Aunt Dora went to her doctor to see what could be done about her constipation. Back to top A lady came to the hospital to visit a friend. She had not been in a hospital for several years and felt very ignorant about all the new technology. A technician followed her onto the elevator, wheeling a large, intimidating looking machine with tubes and wires and dials. Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a battle.