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SERUM-PORCELAIN

IF A PATIENT AT VANDERBILT HOSPITAL HAS HAD HIS SERUM
PORCELAIN LEVEL CHECKED, HE HAS A PLACEBO TEST, WHERE THE
DOCTOR DREW BLOOD AND POURED IT DOWN THE DRAIN. HENCE THE
NAME SERUM, MEANING BLOOD, AND PORCELAIN, BEING THE SINK.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: SPEECH -- Vocabulary of Special Group

Date learned: 06-15-1973

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