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Your appendix might not be useless after all—and new research says it could be an evolutionary secret weapon
For years, the appendix carried a reputation as the body’s most pointless organ. Doctors often removed it without hesitation, ...
The vermiform appendix or appendix as we commonly know it, is a vestigial organ of the body which does not come into notice unless it is inflamed (such as in appendicitis). In cases of appendicitis, ...
Read at the Surgical Section of the Suffolk District Med. Soc. Dec. 7, 1887.
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