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Book Synopsis Medico-Chirurgical Transactions, 1888, Vol. 53 (Classic Reprint) by : London Medical and Chirurgical Society

Download or read book Medico-Chirurgical Transactions, 1888, Vol. 53 (Classic Reprint) written by London Medical and Chirurgical Society. This book was released on 2017-11-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Medico-Chirurgical Transactions, 1888, Vol. 53 Typhlitis, or inflammation of the cacum, is not to be denied. Ulcers - and notably stercoral ulcers, due to the impaction of faeces in the bowel - are not uncommon in the cacum. These may lead to perforation, to peri typhlitis, and possibly to inflammation of the connective tissue that is not far distant. The overwhelming influence of the appendix has been well demonstrated by Fita1 With, Matterstock', and others. The appendix is a part of the human body that is in reality obsolete, and exists as an organic anachronism. It is the deformed relict of the elongated cacum of lower mammals - of the capacious cacum of the rodents, and the remarkable blind gut of the marsupials. It would appear to be functionless and to be perishing (as do many obsolete organs) by a pathological process. So high is the mortality in typhlitis, and so common is the disease, that the appendix may be conceived to take some share in evolution, since in the question of the survival of the fittest an advantage would attach to the being whose appendix was abortive or had been obliterated by early disease. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.