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Show Origin of Appendicitis. A new explanation of tho origin of apreadlcltls Is given by a writer In l.ho Clinical Journal. He thinks It may be due to tho widespread uso of uoraclc acid as a food preservative. Ho says boracle acid has an Irritating effect on tho alimentary tract when it Is swallowed In small doses for a certain time. Tho Inflamed mucous aiembrano offers n favorable soil for the growth of tho peculiar pus-forming erms and enables them to multiply ind enter Into tho depths of and des-:ioy des-:ioy tho underlying tissues, |