Elementary anatomy and physiology : for colleges, academies, and other schools . elementaryanato00hitc Year: 1869 294 HITCH COCK'S ANATOMY 517. Function of this Organ.—Produces and Destroys the Red Blood Corpuscles—As already stated there is no duct or outlet to this organ, or evidence of any secretion out- Pig. 285. Small Portion of the Spleen very highly magnified, showing two corpnseles and the minute Blood-Vessels. ward. But the idea has occurred to physiologists, though with no positive proof as yet, that a kind of secretion is pro- duced by the spleen which is poured directly into th
Elementary anatomy and physiology : for colleges, academies, and other schools . elementaryanato00hitc Year: 1869 294 HITCH COCK'S ANATOMY 517. Function of this Organ.—Produces and Destroys the Red Blood Corpuscles—As already stated there is no duct or outlet to this organ, or evidence of any secretion out- Pig. 285. Small Portion of the Spleen very highly magnified, showing two corpnseles and the minute Blood-Vessels. ward. But the idea has occurred to physiologists, though with no positive proof as yet, that a kind of secretion is pro- duced by the spleen which is poured directly into the blood, and consequently there is no necessity for any outlet. And again experiments have been carried so far as to give plausi- bility to the idea, that this organ is designed to produce blood corpuscles, and at the same time use up those that are 517. Of what use is the spleen? What is said of it as an organ for producing blood corpuscles ?
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