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 ...

Genomic DNA was extracted from tumor and control nonneoplastic tissues after microdissection from 5-μm sections of formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue as described previously (27). LOH of ...

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TUBERCULOSIS localized in the vermiform appendix as the only tuberculous lesion in the body is relatively rare. As such it is recognized only by pathological examination after appendectomy for ...

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 ...

AT the November, 1855, meeting of the Buffalo. Medical Association, the main paper was a spirited defense of phlebotomy in pneumonia, which had been attacked as harmful by Austin Flint on a previous ...

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Almost everyone knows someone who has had an appendectomy. For pediatric surgeons, it is one of the most frequent procedures we perform. Appendicitis can still be tough to diagnose, but the most ...