[Pharmboy]

The NEJM is a subscription service, but this article was offerred free. I thought some of you on FR would be interested in this x-ray.

[InsureAmerica]

a great story to start the day with

[bert]

The appendix has been described as a useless organ that is no longer required, that is to say, obsolete.

It is now obvious that there is a purpose for the organ. The appendix is designed to isolate ingested lead shot.

[Mr. Brightside]

Now I know what my football coach meant when he told us to "get the lead out!"

[Condor51]

Uh..... how come this 73 year old woman hasn't died from Lead Poisoning????

We are told that 'poor people' living in 'the ghetto' get lead poisoning from eating a few lead based paint chips (apparently the store is always out of Corn Flakes), yet this woman has been eating LEAD PELLETS for about 50 years.

So shouldn't she - and all Eskimos (Inuit) for that matter, BE DEAD????

[verity]

If birdshot would have been used instead of buckshot.....

[Royal Wulff]

So that's what the appendix is for!

[GovernmentShrinker]

So THAT's what we have an appendix for!