PLATE VIII 

 LYMPH-GLAND SPLEEN (Sobotta) 



FIG. i. Transverse section of a human cervical lymph-gland from an executed criminal 

 (sublimate; hematoxylin-eosin), X 18. 



The figure shows the general structure of a lymph-gland. 



bg, bloodvessels ; cf, fibrous capsule ; H, hilum ; Kz, germ-centre ; nl, lymph-nodules ; 

 sc, cortical substance ; sm, medullary substance ; tr, trabeculae ; via, afferent lymph-vessels ; 

 vie, efferent lymph- vessels. 



FIG. 2. Portion of an injected spleen of a rabbit, X 28. 



This preparation was taken from the material of the Institute for Comparative Anatomy, 

 Wiirzburg. 



The arterial trunks of the lymph-nodules (Malpighian corpuscles) are injected red, the 

 veins and spleen-sinuses, blue. 



a, artery of a Malpighian corpuscle ; Mkn, Malpighian corpuscle ; /, spleen-pulp. 



