Joseph Gayetty

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Joseph Gayetty (sometimes referred to as "Gayette", "Cayette", or "Coyette")[1] was an American inventor credited with the creation of toilet paper. Gayetty invented toilet paper in 1857 and originally sold for $0.50 U.S. Dollars in packs of 500 bearing a watermark of his name.[2] The original product contained aloe as a lubricant and was marketed as an anti-hemorrhoid medical product.[2] By the 1890s, other companies such as British Perforated Paper Company and the Scott Paper Company had begun producing toilet paper and Gayetty's product was no longer commercially available.

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  1. ^ The Story of Toilet Paper
  2. ^ a b Toilet Paper: the interactive user experience of the last 1.5 centuries
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