In 1821, French physician René Laennec wrote, "A spitting pot I consider as an essential part of the bedroom apparatus." Laennec, who invented the stethoscope, spent his days gazing at his patients' ...

Being sick with a cold or other congestion-causing illness comes with a variety of symptoms, but a particularly annoying one is the buildup of mucus in your nasal passages and throat. In addition to ...

It pains me to write this, but for every loogie or spit wad I see hocked onto the ground during the pandemic, I fume just a bit more. This is a scourge that predates COVID-19, and it’s so ingrained in ...

The coronavirus pandemic has been a referendum on societal cleanliness. Not just regarding the time spent washing one's hands or wiping down household surfaces but also going right to the source: ...

Spit is here and of the moment — a post-pandemic, germ-swapping indulgence. Spit is the internal becoming external. In our bodies, we use it to digest and swallow; it makes that which goes in go down ...

Back in the 18th century, famed doctor and apparent blow job enthusiast Samuel-Auguste Tisot claimed that semen was a hyper-concentrated version of a man’s blood. He spread the sticky-icky rumor that ...

I’m curious what the etiquette is for the whole “spit or swallow” debate. How much fluid is to be expected from ejaculation exactly? And whatever is to be done with it if one decides not to swallow?