I Guess there Really Is a Sense of Violent Anger in the Spleen’s Purpose – Shakespeare Knew; We’re Just Finding Out.

 

Finally, the Spleen gets some respect, as written by Natalie Angier in the New York Times today:

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“…the spleen is a reservoir for huge numbers of immune cells called monocytes, and that in the event of a serious trauma to the body like a heart attack, gashing wound or microbial invasion, the spleen will disgorge those monocyte multitudes into the bloodstream to tackle the crisis.

“The parallel in military terms is a standing army,” said Matthias Nahrendorf, an author of the report. “You don’t want to have to recruit an entire fighting force from the ground up every time you need it.”