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LT. JOHN D. JOHNSON, MC; HOWARD D. EASLING, M.D.; PAUL NEMIR, Jr., M.D.

AMA Arch Surg. 1960;80(4):586-590.

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Author Affiliations
U.S.N.; Philadelphia

From the Department of Surgery and the Harrison Department of Surgical Research, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication Aug. 27, 1959.

Aided by a grant from the Squibb Institute for Medical Research.

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