120 COMPARATIVE WEIGHT OF THE SPLEEN. 



Comparative Weights of the Spleens of Animals. 





Number of times the 



WcilTIlt Ol lis opiccll. 



Jb IbJtlilito, 







292 



^r^'Y'iinfwt vrtliotirt Sit i n (TT^mr f^ptnQ^ 





601 



' * ' ' ^-nft/T^n n vn nil pi i c f TTn \y\ vn f»rn aci rl Slli ovV i 



£J U\J%X,lt\Aj /iHAtlVllo \A.l.txLLklllXjlLlKjCi\X lOi-lClilVI • • 



443 



J^V /JtoUovL' llO t/OODttO I VJT t*i lloil 1 • • • • 



587 



/ .put QnQfP7/ Q /^QQPi/Q i irCiVnan 1 



J^Kj U CaUoHytAO Vo^vCto \\Ji CLL LlOlX J • • • • 



599 



REPTILES. 





1X(171(X CUWSOZdTKX (jDUllirOg) .... 





" " JTctcTodoTi mgev (Blcick Viper) . • 





" " Psamviophis flagelliformis (Coach whip Snalie) 



6,426 



" " Coluber guttatus (Corn Snake) 



9,600 



" " Coluber constrictor (Black Snake) 



1,285 





15 450 





1 319 



Ali'infiirw Jljo Cfi'} qqi 'Yitio pyi Qt Q ( A llio'Qtnv i TfunQiP 





* f /) PI rk'Yi'} n /^fiiypftn l\iC\ rrrro t* 1 1 po ri ^ ii ft! p l 



xjllCLOliitl CCfc/ettC* t XJUligcI litltltl ± ul Lie ) • • 



9 901 



f.npln'Yi'ii'YTt ^PffiP'^tii Yi fi ^^nQT^mtio* T^nvtlAi 



KjlliyvU it/(AI Uj OC-/ Ux^lthV IvIaj I kjLl£l|J [JlLIli i HI Ht/ J • • 



800 



//t yo (j^l 1 \AUvlv I Ocli L"Wa'Lcl Xcll OilJlil 1 • • • 



7 958 



" " Emys reticulata (Chicken Terrapin) . 



965 



" " Emys serrata (Yellow-bellied Terrapin) 



1,618 



" " Emys serrata (Yellow-bellied Terrapin) 



1,125 



" " Emys serrata (Yellow-bellied Terrapin) 



1,138 



"* " Testudo polyphemus (Gropher) .... 



2,527 



" Testudo polyphemus (Gropher) . • • . 



3,600 



BIRDS. 





" " WfplpnnT')^ ftnlloT^n'ijn i WTilrl nTn'rli'p'vi iPTTifilp 



1 538 



* ' " 1\Tp1 PCI fiTi c nnllfiTiniin ( VV 1 1 n T^ii t' v i tpyti q I a 



2 625 





9 190 



' * ' * iniifrtlii c 1 notil nin^ ^ WTnnrl TKi c\ 





* ' * ' imtinln c 1 noiil nfcty (^^J (\c\(\ TKi c \ 



J tC/vvll/vtlo cut- lllUtU 1 I VV fJUU. J.U1& f « • • 



9 044 



' * ' ' M^tivn 1 tivYi I") p I'i'ii 1 nciitn # n I'T'pri 1 1 nrl \ 



O y/ llVlf^iit /ivfJ lltUo Cli/l I X)tll 1 cLl vy VV 1 1 • * • 



1 4.70 





1 998 



MAMMALS. 





UidGipfi'ts vivgiTiioTiiis ((Jpossuin) 





** " Common Sheep ..... 



590 



t^f"}7/v")/v 1 J/yrfili pvi Qo Q ((-tVott HrjnTn*ol\ 



kJluVlAjl Mo tt / ULVltV/lOCO 1 vjti dy OUUlll cl 1 • ■ . 



689. 



" " Sciurus capistratus (Fox Squirrel) 



919 



" " Gervus Virginianus (FcBtus of Deer) . 



283 



" " Cervus Virginianus (Foetus of Deer) . 



350 



" " -/1/ms rattMs (Rat just born) .... 



498 



" " Jftis j-aiiMS (Rat just born) .... 



505 



" " Mus rattus (Rat half grown) .... 



506 



" " Lepus sylvaticus (Common Rabbit) 



1,494 



" " Procyon lotor (Raccoon), female 



343 



" " Procyon lotor (Raccoon), female 



292 



" " Procyon lotor (Raccoon), female 



391 



" " Procj/ort foior (Raccoon just born) 



156 



" " Pointer Dog (male) ..... 



577 



" " Common Cat (female) .... 



522 



These tables show that the spleen is smallest in Birds and Ophidians, and largest 

 in Fishes and Mammals. The temperature of Birds is high, their blood-corpuscles 

 numerous, their life-actions vigorous, and the physical and chemical changes of the 

 elements of their fluids and solids correspondingly rapid. In Fishes, circulation 



