The History of Appendicitis Bayyeh

Time to look into the history of Appendicitis and of the Appendix itself, and recount some dope stories we encountered along the way!


~the Shownotes~
The Egyptian Canopic Jars;
blogs.biomedcentral.com/on-medicine/2018/06/27/medical-imaging-is-lifting-the-lid-on-ancient-egyptian-canopic-jars/   



Some summaries of the history of the Appendix and Appendicitis
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/ans.12425
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17866611/
cbc.org.br/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/02012014-AS.pdf
We used Sleisenger and Fordtran’s Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease to research this episode as well



Leonardo Da Vinci’s drawing of the appendix (annotated)
image.slidesharecdn.com/acuteappendicitis-160331161753/95/acute-appendicitis-18-638.jpg?cb=1459441330  
(If anyone would like to see, there is a book called ‘Leonardo Da Vinci Anatomical Drawings’ published by the Metropolian Museum of Arts → page 59 bottom right corner has the appendix drawing)



Claudius Amyand’s journal entry (scroll 3 pages up, sorry for such a janky link)
books.google.kg/books?id=zFcbEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT151&lpg=PT151&dq=j+mestivier+french&source=bl&ots=q5XdtN_5-q&sig=ACfU3U1jTHQnY1gxZigyRr3KAWbHIv7qiw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjt4ICw74XxAhWklosKHWZTAiMQ6AEwDnoECBgQAw#v=onepage&q&f=false





McBurney’s writing on open Appendectomies
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1428594/ 



Reginald Fitz and appendicitis
www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/3890203/Reginald_Fitz_and_appendicitis_



Kurt Semm on laparoscopic appendectomy
www.thieme-connect.com/products/ejournals/abstract/10.1055/s-2007-1021466  



Kalloo et al's description of NOTES surgery
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15229442/ 



Dr. Reddy, N. and Dr. Rao on Transgastric Endoscopic Appendectomy
www.scirp.org/(S(i43dyn45teexjx455qlt3d2q))/reference/ReferencesPapers.aspx?ReferenceID=1238531 



The transvaginal Appendectomy paper we couldn’t figure out how to open
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18145316/



The first modernly claimed Transvaginal appendectomy by Dr. Bernhardt:
link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00384-007-0427-3





King Edward Vll’s appendicitis story
adc.bmj.com/content/88/6/549 



Dr. Evan Kane’s self appendectomy
timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1921/02/16/103546164.pdf



Leonid Rogozov’s own accounts of his self-appendectomy
www.southpolestation.com/trivia/igy1/rogozov.pdf 

Another write- up on Rogozov’s self-surgery
www.sheffield.ac.uk/polopoly_fs/1.126611!/file/Rogozov-Bermel-BMJ.pdf 





Leonardo da Wink-ee
i.ibb.co/2M1Yc8r/Leonardo-da-Winking.png





If you’re interested in reading the papers but find that they’re behind a paywall, here’s a cool video that might interest you
youtu.be/PriwCi6SzLo





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Mdv Police Victim Support Unit - 9770640





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