The Appendix Vermiformis, Its Function, Pathology and Treatment, And, the

Henry H. Smith, Thomas G. Morton

ISBN 10: 0260064386 / ISBN 13: 9780260064387

Verlag: Forgotten Books, 2018

Beschreibung

Print on Demand. This book explores the functions and complexities relative to one primary organ, the appendix vermiformis. The author, a doctor treating patients in the late 19th century, presents a study of its disorders and their impact on digestion. He questions long-held assumptions regarding its alleged uselessness, instead arguing that the appendix plays a critical role in digestion and waste elimination. A proponent of early surgical intervention to avoid life-threatening complications, the author presents numerous case studies supporting his theory that the appendix's health is integral to overall well-being, challenging the common misperception of it as a dispensable organ. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book.

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Bibliografische Details

• Titel: The Appendix Vermiformis, Its Function, Pathology and Treatment, And, the
• Verlag: Forgotten Books
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0260064386
• ISBN-13: 9780260064387
• Einband: Paperback
• Zustand: New
• Buchtyp: print-on-demand item
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Inhaltsangabe

Excerpt from The Appendix Vermiformis, Its Function, Pathology and Treatment, And, the Diagnosis of Pericaecal Abscess, and Its Treatment by Removal of the Appendix Vermiformis: Read in Section on Surgery at the Thirty-Ninth Annual Meeting of the American Medical Association, Cincinnati, May 8, 1888

Anatomists have devoted themselves through all time, to determining the use of the parts which they de scribed, and demonstrating their mechanism. Al though they have satisfied us,as to an infinity ofinterest ing objects by which medicine has profited, it is neces sary to admit that they have not yet discovered all, and that there are some parts the use of which is but little known. Since all that has been said upon the use of the appendix of the caecum does not. Explain the changes and variations to which this part is subject, and is hardly in accord with the arrangement or the function of organs to which this body appears to be destined, might we not advance what has not been guessed heretofore, viz., to determine the true desti nation of it. Supported by Observation, I shall try to do it, although the result may appear to have but little interest but it is important always to know what it is, if only to satisfy our curiosity.

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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.