Is there a more maligned human anatomic structure than the vermiform appendix? Since Charles Darwin, schoolchildren have learned to disparage it as a useless vestige of evolution with a tendency to ...
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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, ...
Presented at the Fiftieth Meeting of the Association of American Physicians, Atlantic City, May 7, 1935. Select the format you want to export the citation of this publication.
Darrah, L. W. — Assistant Physician, Gardner State Hospital. For record and address of author see "This Week's Issue," page 796.
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