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A collage showing (clockwise from top left) Donald S. Fredrickson and Paul Altrocchi sitting on a boat; a clipping from a magazine article announcing Fredrickson's discovery; the location of Tangier Island, Virginia in the Chesapeake Bay; unidentified object; unidentified woman; a photo of infected tonsils; and patients Timothy Laird and sister Elaine with their mother, Frances.
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