CHAPTER V 



THE SPLEEN 



A chapter on the physiology of the spleen may be al- 

 most as brief as the history of snakes in Ireland, for al- 



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Fig. 18. Vertical section of human spleen (modified from Kolliker), low 

 power, t, trabeculae; m, Malpighian corpuscles; b,\ injected arterial twigs; 

 s.p., spleen pulp. The clear spaces are the venous sinuses. 



most nothing is positively known of the function of the 

 organ. It not only has, in proportion to its size, a very 

 abundant blood supply, but its return circulation is car- 



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