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"Perhaps the most important aspect of my research training was the lack of any specific formal episode, but instead a continuing self-interest in research beginning rather early in life," Guyton wrote in remarks at the American Physiological Society web site. "Like many other young boys, I had my own shop, which later became more a laboratory especially in the field of electronics. I built devices such as an oscilloscope, code recorder, multiple amateur radio transmitters, multiple radio amateur receivers, an operational amplifier for multiplication in the days before analogue computers began to be used, and so forth. This continued through college years." And longer. While recovering from polio, Guyton designed a motorised wheelchair. He also built a home in Mississippi that was, according to [John Hall], "unbelievable in terms of design and efficiency". "One of the things that impressed me", Hall said, "was that I don't think a repairman ever set foot in Dr Guyton's home."