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What does winterbottom's sign mean?
A swelling of lymph nodes along the back of the neck, characteristic of the early phase of African trypanosomiasis, and suggestive of cerebral infection.
Where does winterbottom's sign come from?
From descriptions made by Dr. Thomas Masterman Winterbottom (1766-1859) in 1803.

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