Without it, we don't have young Jeff Blatnick of Niskayuna, New York, growing up to beat cancer and beat his opponent in the 1984 super-heavyweight gold-medal match, quite a feat for a kid who had his spleen and appendix taken out.

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It is a pity he did not start with the appendix and trace out what it might entail.

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You can do the old-fashioned sort of cut through the stomach muscles to get to the appendix and take it out.

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For those of you who like equations, the framework is spelled out in an appendix to the report.

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Imagine if each of us had to grow his own food, make his own clothing or snip out his own appendix.

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It heard Dr Abdullah had told the hospital's consultant that she was competent to perform the appendix operation but initially had not realised she had taken out an ovary by mistake.

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