"I was mystified one morning in an outpatient department by the numerous and vague complaints of an Italian boy—who, incidentally, neglected to mention his chief trouble—and in order to temporize he was told to return with a "24-hour specimen". The next morning he arrived in a Ford car with sundry members of his family and six jugs containing 20 litres of pale, clear ! I need scarcely remark that this was my first experience with ."
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John Farquhar Fulton
(November 1, 1899 – May 29, 1960) was an American physician, , expert in , and historian of science. Among his many honors, he was elected in 1934 to the , in 1949 to the , and in 1953 to the . He was awarded in 1958 the .
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