368. WHO THOSE ARE THAT FORM THE LIVER [jecur seu hepar] But spirits in whom there is something of innocence, form the liver; wherefore, also, the liver is the largest organ of the body in infants, and the infant is nourished thereby. It also acts in the place of many viscera. 1747, Dec. 20.
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