Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Dublin Journal of Medical Science: July to December, 1907
A short account of the general anatomy and functions of the Spleen will be necessary in order to make it fully under stood how an organ of such small size is capable of enlargement to a degree proportionally much more marked than that of any other organ in the body, with the possible exception of the thyroid and some lymphatic glands. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.