"Complete absence of the appendix is rare in man but is common in such animals as the dog or cat." Thus, last week in Chicago, explained Dr. William Alexander Newman Borland, obstetrician and author of much note, concerning the discovery of a man who lacked his vermiform (worm-shaped) appendix.* This is now apparently useless to modern man, may be vestigial from the alimentary system of a onetime man-animal, has atrophied from want of utilization, just as the little finger and the little toe of the furthest civilized...
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