New use for Blender


Sometimes I miss advances in medicine.

Doctor's in Duluth performed and wrote up their finding on the topic of "stool transplants" in 2003. They used a household blender to prepare the "organ" for transplant. I hope it was a disposable blender.


blender, originally uploaded by redjar.

I'm not making this up.

" ... A second concern is the esthetics of this process."

John G. Bartlett, M.D., posted 04-15-2003

More links if you don't believe me.

[Link coutesy of Metroblogging Twin Cities]

1 Comments

Thankfully, there was a tube from the nose or mouth straight to the small intestine -- no chugging was required.

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