an organism there is nothing superfluous – modern scientists so consider. Earlier some bodies were considered as useless or even unhealthy. In those days doctors promoted their removal.
- Thick gut
The uselessness of a thick gut in a human body for the first time was declared in 1903 by the Nobel Prize laureate Ilya Mechnikov. According to the scientist, fermentation in a thick gut leads to presenilation and diseases. If to remove a thick gut, the person will become healthier and will longer live.
Swordsmen did not perform similar operations. His ideas inspired many surgeons of that time. The most known of them – William Arbutnot Lane. He made more than 1000 removals of a thick gut. Soon patients of the surgeon had to reconcile to side effects of removal of this important body. Some of them even soon died. Unfortunately, the first criticism about removal of a thick gut began to be published only in two decades.
Later the important role of a thick gut in a human body was defined. Thanks to it in blood vitamins, amino acids and water are soaked up. In case of removal of a gut, the chair becomes more frequent and becomes liquid. Also live in a big gut bifido- and lactobacilli who strengthen immunity and promote digestion improvement.
Today the thick gut is deleted only at a disease Krone, cancer or heavy ulcer colitis. And if already nothing helps.
- Appendix
The same Ilya Mechnikov for the first time started talking about uselessness of an appendix. According to the scientist, this body is capable to cause serious diseases. In those days appendicitis in 8-10% of cases came to an end with the death of the patient. Therefore scientists considered the magnificent idea its removal.
In the thirties in Germany at once after the birth at children cut out an appendix. This practice was stopped only after problems at the grown-up children were revealed. They did not acquire maternal milk, badly gained weight, often were ill and lagged behind in development.
Scientists started talking about an important role of an appendix quite recently. He participates in fight against microorganisms which attack intestines. In an appendix substances which prevent locks are produced. Also good bacteria which in case of deficiency inhabit a thick gut are stored in it.
Today the appendix is deleted only at appendicitis. Other way of treatment of this disease does not exist yet.
- Tonsils
In the USA in the 30th years of last century to all newborn children began to delete tonsils. Nearly a half of children of that time lost tonsils. In SRSR the tonsils deleted only at a tonsillitis.
As a result, those children to whom in infancy removed tonsils suffered from diseases of lungs and bronchial tubes more, caught a cold more and were exposed to throat infections more.
Researches in this area showed that tonsils the first assume the attack of infections, viruses and bacteria, protecting a throat and not allowing them to get further.
Most of all tonsils are necessary to children up to 10 years. Today tonsils are removed only at chronic tonsillitis. But only as a last resort, when nothing else helps, and tonsils not to save.