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John Thomas
Associated eponyms:
Throckmorton's sign
On abdominal flat plate xray, the penis usually points to the side of the pathology.
Biography:
We thank John Howe for solving (probably) the problem of the identity of John Thomas: John Thomas is a well known British euphemism for the penis. So it is likely that John Thomas was not a real person but a polite if jokey name for the male member
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