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John B. Carnett
American surgeon.
Associated eponyms:
Carnett's test
A clinical sign that can distinguish between an anterior abdominal wall mass/pain and that which is coming from the intraperitoneal cavity.
Biography:
During World War I John B. Carnett, then an Associate in Surgery at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, was director of Base Hospital No. 20, located on Pelelieu, an island in the Palau archipelago in the southwest corner of Micronesia.
We thank Andre Trombeta for information submitted.
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