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Letter: Smelly child

Published 31 March 2001

From Simon Larter

When I was about 8 years old, I correctly diagnosed my mum’s friend as having
an ear infection. She asked me how I knew. I said I could smell it. What took
the scientists so long to catch up?

Hampshire

Issue no. 2284 published 31 March 2001

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