Appendicitis (1886)

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New York Governor George Pataki has appendicitis. That hasn't stopped the  
running of his commercials for the program "Healthy New York," however.
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"Appendicitis" is slightly earlier in a paper presentation described in the  
same publication.
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(OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY)
Inflammation of the vermiform appendix of the cæcum.  
1886  R. H. FITZ in Amer. Jrnl. Med.  Sci. Oct. 323 As a circumscribed  
peritonitis is simply one event..in the history of inflammation of the appendix,  
it seems preferable to use the term appendicitis to express the primary  
condition. 1887  _BUCK_ (http://dictionary.oed.com/help/bib/oed2-b4.html#buck)  
Handbk. Med. Sci. IV. 185/2 The  symptoms of appendicitis, pure and simple, are 
probably very slight, and not  easily recognizable. 1905  _KELLY_ 
(http://dictionary.oed.com/help/bib/oed2-k.html#kelly)  & HURDON  Verm. App. 382 Some cases 
of  appendicitis occasioned by influenza.
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82) 
PROCEEDINGS.; ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN PHYSICIANS. First Annual  Meeting, held 
at Washington, D. C., June 17 and 18, 1886. (Specially reported  for THE 
MEDICAL NEWS.) FRIDAY, JUNE 18TH.--SECOND DAY. MORNING SESSION.  AFTERNOON 
SESSION. 
Medical News (1882. Jul 3, 1886.  Vol. 49, Iss. 1; p. 12 (7 pages) 
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DR. REGINALD H. FITZ, of Boston, read a paper on
THE INFALMMATORY DIEASES OF THE APPENDIX CAECI,
which consisted of a very full and accurate analysis of a great  number of 
cases of perforating appendicitis; a disease which, he said, is most  apt to 
affect healthy adult males.
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DR. FITZ, in concluding the discussion, said that incipient  appendicitis was 
so obscure that he had only begun his consideration of the  subject with 
perforation.
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_PERFORATING  INFLAMMATION OF THE VERMIFORM APPENDIX; WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE 
TO ITS EARLY  DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT.1; SHATTUCK PROFESSOR OF PATHOLOGICAL 
ANATOMY IN HARVARD  UNIVERSITY. _ 
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REGINALD H FITZ. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences (1827-1924).  
Philadelphia: Oct 1886. p. 321 (26 pages) 
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_PERFORATING  APPENDICITIS._ 
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Medical News (1882-1905). New York:  Oct 23, 1886. Vol. 49, Iss. 17; p. 461 
(2 pages) 

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