Something to be Thankful For: Indoor Plumbing

Posted November 27th, 2006 by Craig Woolheater

Nearly ninety percent of the black widow bites reported in the medical literature of the firstĀ four decades of the[twentieth] century were inflicted on the male genitalia by spiders lurking underneath the seats of outdoor toilets.

– Medicine for Mountaineering, p. 149


One Response to: “Something to be Thankful For: Indoor Plumbing”

  1. subscriber_test responds:
    Posted: November 29th, 2006 at 1:18 AM

    Ouch. That’s no good. I’m glad we’re out of the outhouse!


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