Selected monographs.

Date:: 1888

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must not be forgotten tliat their weight cannot come into operation until the abdominal pressure is eliminated by- opening the abdominal cavity and removing the abdominal viscei'a. Fig. 2 {after Sappey), 1,1. The two kidneys. 2. 2. Capsula fibrosii, by which they are fixed to the ijosterior wall of the abdoraen. 3. Pelvis of the kidney. 4. Ureter, 5. Ilenal artery. 6. Renal vein. 7. Snpriireiial body. 8. 8. 'J'he liver, niiscd, in order to show the relations of its lower snrfacc to the right kidney. 9. Gall-bhidder, 10. Terminal portion of the portal vein. 11. Origin of the common bile-duct. 12. The spleen, turned oiitwaids, in order to show the relations of its inner surface to the left kidney, 13. Semicircular pouch on which, the lower end of the spleen rests. 14. Abdominal aorta. 15. Vena cava inferior. 16. Left spermatic artery and vein. 17. Right spermatic vein opening into the vena cava inferior. 18. Subperitoneal fibrous layer or fascia propria, dividing at the convex border of the kidnevs into two folds, to form their sheath. 19. Lower end of the quadrntus lum- borum muscle.