i do lol.
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Robert N. Jenkins of the St. Petersburg Times to declare that Simms, in reality, "didn't need his spleen." In an article called "Humans have body parts to spare," Jenkins went on to pronounce that we also do not need our appendix, gall bladder, tonsils, esophagus, stomach, and adrenal glands because those organs, according to conventional wisdom, are "vestigial."
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if mr. jenkins cares to leave his organs at the door i guess that's up to him but he may find his quality of life so reduced as to be a different kind of living. can it be done? sure. with the proper regimen of drugs (with side effects) and lots of luck he'll be a be able to exist for a while but it won't be easy and often not comfortable. losing just a spleen means increased vulnerability to future infections and diseases. even run of the mill things like colds can become crises while more serious bugs like flus are often fatal. it's true that we can
exist after surgeries that would've killed our grandparents but the tone of that paragraph suggests these organs are somehow outdated and unnecessary, like pelvic bones in whales. not so.
- js.