Others are not hypnotizable at all. The eminent Dr. Lewis Thomas once marveled at this sort of mind-control over the body, akin to the ability of certain patients under the power of suggestion to cause longstanding warts to dry up and fall off. I want to know how this can happen. I would rather have a clear understanding of this phenomenon than anything else I can think of. This creates a sharp angle, almost a kink, between the rectum and anus.
Feces have to change direction, and the more they're pushed, the worse the angle gets.
Squatting, on the other hand, with heels under hips, shifts the rectum nearly vertical, in straight line with the anus. Now the muscles all work together, aided by gravity. Still, you won't hear many docs prescribe giving the old throne the boot. The Cincinnati Enquirer , a Gannett Co. Inc. newspaper.