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 ...

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, ...

You’d think life was dangerous enough without our bodies lugging around a useless structure that can turn traitor and kill us. We’re talking, of course, about the appendix--that 4-inch-long blind ...

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Since the dawn of modern medicine the vermiform appendix has seemed to be a completely useless organ. This week, the University of Chicago’s Dr. Leon 0. Jacobson suggested that a use for the appendix ...

Based on: The Vermiform Appendix and Its Diseases. By Howard A. Kelly, A.B., M.D., Professor of Gynecology in the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, and E. Hurdon ...

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