In cases of a perforated appendix, I sometimes find the appendix, including the base, grossly gangrenous and seemingly undergoing autolysis. I find it impossible to place a good ligature around the ...
Pity the poor appendix, a 2- to 4-inch-long wormlike pouch dangling from the head of the cecum, where the large and small intestines meet. For most of its medical history — anatomists have known about ...
* Assistant surgeon, Massachusetts General Hospital. †Member, Board of Consultation, Massachusetts General Hospital. Select the format you want to export the citation of this publication.
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