William O.Abbot 1902-43

William Osler Abbot 1902-43
US physician and inventor of intestinal tube

As an adult she had her organs removed one by one. Now she is a mere shell with symptoms where her organs used to be.

Quoting the dangers of overzealous treatment of non-organic disease in: Dictionary of Medical Eponyms, (2nd edn), p. 267, Firkin and Whitworth. The Parthenon, Lancashire, UK (1996)

Source: Oxford Dictionary of Medical Quotations by Peter McDonald

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