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" This is true of quite a number of species, and as Aristotle 

 says, the gall-bladder is specially variable in mice. In man, 

 its absence is rare ; and Aristotle's statement may well be 

 derived from his observation of aborted embryos, in which 

 the gall-bladder develops somewhat late. 

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