1011. The spirits of the spleen are they who mix profane things with holy; and also separate them. Spirits of the liver do likewise with moral qualities, separating those which are essentially honorable and dishonorable; the pancreas, qualities of propriety-thus the formalities of honorableness-[from the improper]. 1748, 25 February. Whether the pancreas [separates] public and civic qualities, as something apart from qualities of propriety, I do not yet know for sure.