Note 22 — HISTORY OF DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORTING EVIDENCE (continued 2)

Gilbert Barling also traces the relationship between appendicitis and diet. “In a considerable number of cases,” he writes, “the attack of appendicitis can be directly attributed to unsuitable food—pork, mackerel, over-ripe or under-ripe fruit, uncooked vegetables” (Brit. Med. Jour., vol. i., 1903, p. 61).