Measuring intestinal gas in the bath
Dr Janet Tomlin developed an ingeneous method of collecting flatus in normal volunteers using gas proof bags sealed to the anus. She tested this for leaks in the bath! Her work afforded an impression of the normal variation of flatus production in normal volunteers.
- Tomlin, J., Lowis, C., Read, N.W. (1991) Investigation of normal flatus production in healthy volunteers. Gut 32: 665-669.
- Read, N.W. (1985) Gastrointestinal Gas. In: Topics in Gastroenterology 12. (Ed. D.P. Jewell and P.R. Gibson), Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (in press) pp. 283-288.
