On Sat, 27 May 2000 RSRICHMOND@aol.com wrote:

> http://user.icx.net/~richmond/rsr/ajax/harington.html
> 
> This is an 11th century Latin medical mnemonic verse, as translated into 
> English in 1608 by Sir John Harington, the inventor of the toilet ...

  Which kind did he invent? I'd alsways thought the water-closet
  was invented and first marketed by Sir Thomas Crapper (yes) in
  the 19th Century.  
                        John Kiernan
                        London, Canada.