150 ANATOMY FOR NURSES. [CHAP. XII. 



lies upon the left side of the stomach, in the abdominal cavity. 

 It is an elongated, flat body, varying greatly in size at different 

 periods of life. The size is increased during and after diges- 

 tion, and is always large in well-fed, and small in starved, 

 animals. In certain diseases, and more especially in typhoid 

 and malaria, a temporary enlargement takes place. In pro- 

 longed or chronic malaria, a permanent enlargement of the 

 spleen occurs, and forms the so-called "ague cake." 



