CHEM 180 Lecture Notes - Dung Beetle, Coprostanol, Guano Islands Act

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King george iii suffered from porphyria (south african type), meaning he had problems with eliminations in his body. Porphyria: condition characterized by elevated fecal levels of photophyrin and corporphyrin at all times, with increased porphyrins at times. Iron overload is a well-established precipitating or aggravating factor in porphyria variegata. His physicians would examine all of his body secretions because of its reddish colour, which came from the high porphyria content. Florida ecological and evolutionary symposium (feces) study feces. Shit creek is a place in ireland. England: public convenience, water closet, loo (l"eau) Back in the day people would shout gardy loo before throwing the contents of their chamber pot out of the window. Comes from word science which comes from scitan . The word poppycock comes from pappekak of a dutch dialect meaning. Soft dung and is used to say nonsense . The word shit is sometimes replaced by the word crap .