Peevor mentions an instance of second
spleen. Beclard and Guy-Patin have seen the spleen congenitally
misplaced on the right side and the liver on the left; Borellus
and Bartholinus with others have observed misplacement of the
spleen.
The Pancreas.--Lieutaud has seen the pancreas missing and speaks
of a double pancreatic duct that he found in a man who died from
starvation; Bonet speaks of a case similar to this last.
There are several cases of complete transposition of the viscera
on record. This bizarre anomaly was probably observed first in
1650 by Riolanus, but the most celebrated case was that of Morand
in 1660, and Mery described the instance later which was the
subject of the following quatrain:--
"La nature, peu sage et sans douse en debauche
Placa le foie au cote gauche,
Et de meme, vice versa
Le coeur a le droite placa."
Young cites an example in a woman of eighty-five who died at
Hammersmith, London. She was found dead in bed, and in a
postmortem examination, ordered to discover if possible the cause
of death, there was seen complete transposition of the viscera.
The heart lay with its base toward the left, its apex toward the
right, reaching the lower border of the 4th rib, under the right
mamma.
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