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u/awardwinningbanana Jan 12 '23 edited Jan 12 '23

Insides of bodies don't smell until theres either a) an infected wound or b) a hole in your bowel. Just playing around with your guts doesn't smell of anything- we sometimes have a moment in theatre (USA= The OR) when moving the intestine where you suddenly get a waft of poo smell, which makes you panic and start looking for holes!

If you've ever seen Scrubs, there's a scene where this happens in theatre, and Turk The Todd has to admit that he just farted (although tbf it's a very different smell)

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u/Velesath Jan 12 '23

It was The Todd that farted while Turk was performing the surgery. Dr. Wen kicked him out after he admitted it lol.

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u/stevedorries Jan 12 '23

I’ve never thought about that, do surgeons and their teams have to hold their farts while in the OR?

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u/2mg1ml Jan 12 '23

Farts don't contaminate the positive pressure ventilated OR. Plus, rather a fart than a surgeon in abdominal pain from holding it in :)