spleen

• A. To the end that the heat of the heart may mitigate the coldness of the spleen; for the spleen is the seat of melancholy, which is on the left side also Q. Why is the heart first engendered; for the heart doth live first and die last? —  The Works of Aristotle the Famous Philosopher Containing his Complete Masterpiece and Family Physician; his Experienced Midwife, his Book of Problems and his Remarks on Physiognomy
• The liver, the lung, the spleen are attacked to better purpose, without, however, getting beyond the state of a semi-fluid jam, which easily mixes with water and even appears to dissolve in it. —  The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography
• Oh, how much superior to the books of Paul de Kock for getting rid of the spleen are these marble slabs and these crosses where the relatives of the deceased have unburdened their sorrow, their desires for the happiness of the vanished ones and their hope of rejoining them -- humbugs! —  Original Short Stories — Volume 05
• For ages runners have believed that the spleen was a hindrance to their vocation, and that its reduction was followed by greater agility on the course. —  Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
• From these, among other facts, I infer that the spleen is the representative of the liver on the left side, and that as such, its signification being manifest, there exists no exception to the law of animal symmetry. —  Surgical Anatomy

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