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was not so large as the renal portal itself, so that evidently a 

 considerable portion of the blood still passed along the usual 

 channels vid the kidney capillaries and post-caval. The accom- 



U. 



Fig. 2. — Vein connecting renal portal and pulmonary, p.v., pulmonary vein ; 

 LI., left lung; k, kidney ; l.r.p.r., left renal portal vein; u, ureter; c.v., 

 abnormal vein, connecting the left renal portal with the pulmonary. 



panying figure shows somewhat diagram matically the arrange- 

 ment described. 



This specimen is specially interesting when considered in con- 

 nection with the next to be described. 



3. Mesenteric, Splenic, and Hcemorrhoidal Veins connected to the 

 Left Lung. — In this specimen three veins passed from the mesen- 

 teric venous system to the apex of the left lung, lying in a band 

 of peritoneum, by which the lung was loosely connected with 

 the posterior part of the mesentery. One of the veins which 

 passed in this band arose apparently from the capillaries at or 

 near the tip of the lung, and became directly connected with the 



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