<P> a common edition of Horace, of which he tore off gradually a couple of pages, carried them with him to that necessary place, read them first, and then sent them down as a sacrifice to Cloacina; thus was so much time fairly gained...</P> <P> In many parts of the world, especially where toilet paper or the necessary plumbing for disposal may be unavailable or unaffordable, toilet paper is not used . Also, in many parts of the world such as India, people consider using water a much cleaner and more sanitary practice than using paper . Cleansing is then performed with other methods or materials, such as water, for example using a bidet, a lota, rags, sand, leaves (including seaweed), corn cobs, animal furs, sticks or hands; afterwards, hands are washed with water and possibly soap . </P> <P> Joseph Gayetty is widely credited with being the inventor of modern commercially available toilet paper in the United States . Gayetty's paper, first introduced in 1857, was available as late as the 1920s . Gayetty's Medicated Paper was sold in packages of flat sheets, watermarked with the inventor's name . Original advertisements for the product used the tagline "The greatest necessity of the age! Gayetty's medicated paper for the water - closet ." </P> <P> Seth Wheeler of Albany, New York, obtained the earliest United States patents for toilet paper and dispensers, the types of which eventually were in common use in that country, in 1883 . </P>

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