80 ME. SWALE VINCENT ON THE 



2. That this head-kidney is a lymphoid organ with a probable blood-destroying 

 function. 



3. That the kidney of fishes consists of two totally distinct parts — (1) The secreting- 

 tubules and Malpighian bodies, and (2) an adenoid intertubular material. 



4. That the head-kidney in adult Teleosts is not a " specialised " portion of the 

 primitive kidney, but simply an increase, at the anterior end, of the lymphatic tissue 

 which exists between the tubules throughout the kidney. 



5. That there is no anatomical or physiological relationship of any kind between the 

 suprarenals and the head-kidney. 



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