DISEASES OF THE LYMPHATIC SYSTEM. 



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In the posterior portion of the body the number of glands that 

 can be examined is much smaller. The gland of the stifle, also called 

 " gland of the flank," is, so to speak, the only one which can readily 

 be detected by examination or palpation. Nevertheless, in cases of 

 lymphadenitis, tuberculosis of the glands, etc., it becomes easy to 



detect lymphatic glands in the loose fold of skin known as the flank. 

 These glands are very small, and three in number. They are arranged 

 in a triangle, one being much more prominent than the two others. 

 In exceptional cases, little nodular glands, indistinguishable at ordi- 

 nary times, may become hj^pertrophied. This is particularly true of 

 the small glands in the neighbourhood of the last rib. 



The retro-mammary glands need only be mentioned, but it is 



