Comments on: NCBI ROFL: Asparagus, urine, farts, and Benjamin Franklin (Part I)

By: Lov4art

Lov4art — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 06:33:54 +0000

Drinking turpentine is said to make urine smell like a rose, so hundreds of years ago, women would drink turpentine so their pee would smell sweet.

Alan — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 06:36:54 +0000

I found some other references to the turpentine phenomenon:
http://www.agonys.com/facts/urine.shtml (talks about rose scent resulting)
http://www.ehow.com/way_5805113_turpentine-cold-remedy.html (other strange urine related uses for turpentine)
http://www.jstor.org/pss/20267317 (here a medical case, including violet scent, lasting at at least 24 days from ingestion of the turpentine, but with very bad side-effects)

Brian — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 05:58:31 +0000

Now I want to experiment with turpentine pills!

Pat — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 21:52:13 +0000

Aspara”gas”

Richard — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:55:18 +0000

Fact check: Ben Franklin was dead in 1871. Is that meant to be 1771?