>It feels to me like the human appendix - no residual purpose remains for it to >be here..
On the contrary! Having an appendix is a way to train pathologists, medical students, anaesthetists and surgeons about acute inflammation and operative procedures. It would also appear that an appendix has a use of making a small number otherwise healthy young (and occasionally old) people quite sick and killing them if left untreated. Medical and health science would be at a loss without the appendix (tongue planted very firmly in cheek)... Let's go gliding... Dr. Michael L. Texler M.B. B.S. M.D.(Adel) F.R.C.P.A. Consultant Pathologist _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
