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CHAPTER XXIX. 



THE SPLEEN. 



296. THE capsule enveloping the spleen is a 

 serous membrane the peritoneum. It is a connective 



1'ig. 130. From a Vertical Section through the Spleen ot Ape. 



a, The capsule ; 6, the trabecuhe; c, Malirighian corpuscle ; <J, artery eushcatlit-d 

 in a Malpightan corpuscle ; e, i>ulp tissue. (Atlas.) 



tissue membrane with networks of elastic fibres, and 

 covered on its free surface with an eiidothelium. The 

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